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Title: Trusia
A Princess of Krovitch

Author: Davis Brinton

Release Date: March 6, 2010 [EBook #31518]

Language: English

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TRUSIA

A PRINCESS OF KROVITCH

By

DAVIS BRINTON

With Illustrations by WALTER H. EVERETT

PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON GEORGE W. JACOBS AND COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1906, BY GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY

_Published, September, 1906_

_Reprinted, October_, 1906

_All rights reserved_

Printed in U. S. A.

_To A. M. P. this volume is gratefully inscribed_

CONTENTS

I. A WAGER IS MADE 9

II. "STRANGE COUNTRIES FOR TO SEE" 18

III. A DUEL--OF WITS 24

IV. THE GRAY MAN 34

V. I AM THE LADY TRUSIA 46

VI. THE GRAY MAN AGAIN 53

VII. A COOL RECEPTION 61

VIII. THE SPECTRE OF THE STAR 72

IX. IF ZULKA WERE HERE 80

X. THE GLIMMER OF SUSPICION 98

XI. YOU LOVE TRUSIA 101

XII. CARTER FINDS AN ALLY 115

XIII. A NEW MAJOR OF HUSSARS 121

XIV. FOUND IN THE COURTYARD OF THE INN 134

XV. THE DREAM KISS 149

XVI. YOU ARE THE KING OF KROVITCH 159

XVII. AT THE HOTEL DES S. CROIX 172

XVIII. I SAW--I KNOW 194

XIX. IT WAS