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Title: The Art of Disappearing

Author: John Talbot Smith

Release Date: January 29, 2009 [EBook #27925]

Language: English

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THE ART OF
DISAPPEARING

_By_ John Talbot Smith

_AUTHOR:_

"SARANAC" "HIS HONOR THE MAYOR," "A WOMAN OF CULTURE,"
"SOLITARY ISLAND," "TRAINING OF A PRIEST," ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO:
BENZIGER BROTHERS
PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE.

COPYRIGHT, 1902,
BY
JOHN TALBOT SMITH

_All Rights Reserved_

CONTENTS.

DISAPPEARANCE.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Holy Oils 1

II. The Night at the Tavern 7

III. The Abysses of Pain 16

IV. The Road to Nothingness 25

V. The Door is Closed 33

AMONG THE EXILES.

VI. Another Man's Shoes 40

VII. The Dillon Clan 55

VIII. The Wearin' o' the Green 68

IX. The Villa at Coney Island 77

X. The Humors of Election 87

XI. An Endicott Heir 100

THE GREEN AGAINST THE RED.

XII. The Hate of Hannibal 107

XIII. Anne Dillon's Felicity 119

XIV. Aboard the "Arrow" 128

XV. The Invasion of Ireland 137

XVI. Castle Moyna 147

XVII. The Ambassador 158

AN ESCAPED NUN.

XVIII. Judy Visits the Pope 170

XIX. La Belle