F. MARION CRAWFORD
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF "SARACINESCA," "FAIR MARGARET," ETC., ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1909
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Copyright, 1908, By F. MARION CRAWFORD.
Copyright, 1908, By BUTTERICK PUBLISHING CO.
Copyright, 1909. By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.
Set up and electrotyped. Published October, 1909.
Norwood Press J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co. Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.
Contents
CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V CHAPTER VI CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
'But Ortensia did not even hear him, and sat quite still in her chair' Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
'"This is the celebrated Maestro Alessandro Stradella of Naples"' 11
'The footman came back at last with a white face' 87
'The two Bravi faced the watch side by side' 243
'"The profession has two branches. We take lives, you take purses"' 282
'He began to look about for lodgings' 307
'Trombin advanced upon him slowly, looking more like an avenging demon than a man' 373
'She sat up in his arms and framed his face in her hands' 406