Front matter
Reading edition
The SECRET of
TONI
MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL
Author of “The Victory,” “The Sprightly Romance of Marsac,” “The Château of Montplaisir,” etc.
Illustrated by George Brehm
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK MCMVII
Copyright, 1907, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Published February, 1907
MISS SEAWELL’S BOOKS.
CHÂTEAU OF MONTPLAISIR.
Illustrated. Cloth, $1.25.
THE VICTORY. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.50.
YOUNG HEROES OF THE NAVY SERIES.
MIDSHIPMAN PAULDING. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.00.
LITTLE JARVIS. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.00.
PAUL JONES. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $1.00.
DECATUR AND SOMERS. Illustrated. 8vo. Cloth, $1.00.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.
“Standing there ... gnawing his mustache.” [Page 235.]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE
“Standing there ... gnawing his mustache” Frontispiece
“Not daring so much as to lift her eyes to the altar” 50
“Told him to go home to his mother and tell her that she had an ass for a son” 82
“Giving Denise two whole sticks of candy” 102
“Had their last interview in the little cranny on the bridge” 114
“Toni took out a single franc” 124
“Doing his specialty, a wonderful vaulting and tumbling act” 136
“‘This is what you took out of the man’s pocket’” 146
Lucie 168
“There was a softness, almost a tenderness, in her look” 176
“Saw that they were playing another game far more interesting” 194
Denise 198
“The sergeant, got up as if he were on dress parade” 204
“Was it possible that this demure and correct person ... was poking fun at him?” 224
“A corporal was Toni to become” 296
“Seated themselves directly opposite the newly married pair” 306
“He stopped and peered over the rail of the bridge” 324