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Title: The Bandbox

Author: Louis Joseph Vance

Illustrator: Arthur I. Keller

Release Date: January 19, 2010 [EBook #31021]

Language: English

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THE BANDBOX

BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

The Bandbox
Cynthia-of-the-Minute
No Man's Land
The Fortune Hunter
The Pool of Flame
The Bronze Bell
The Black Bag
The Brass Bowl
The Private War
Terence O'Rourke

[Illustration: "Now, sir!" she exclaimed, turning

FRONTISPIECE. _See Page 83_]

The Bandbox

BY LOUIS JOSEPH VANCE

Author of "The Brass Bowl," "The Bronze Bell,"
"Cynthia-of-the-Minute," etc.

With Four Illustrations
By ARTHUR I. KELLER

A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York

_Copyright, 1911, 1912,_
By Louis Joseph Vance.

_All rights reserved, including those of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian_

Published, April, 1912
Reprinted, April, 1912 (three times)

TO
LEWIS BUDDY III

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I INTRODUCING MR. IFF 1

II THE BANDBOX 14

III TWINS 26

IV QUEENSTOWN 43

V ISMAY? 65

VI IFF? 87

VII STOLE AWAY! 109

VIII THE WRONG BOX 128

IX A LIKELY STORY 158

X DEAD O' NIGHT 177

XI THE COLD GREY DAWN 194

XII WON'T YOU WALK INTO MY PARLOUR? 216

XIII WRECK ISLAND 233

XIV THE STRONG-BOX 254

XV THE ENEMY'S HAND 275

XVI NINETY MINUTES 29