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Title: A Lost Leader

Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim

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Language: English

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A LOST LEADER

by

E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

Author of "A Maker of History," "Mysterious Mr. Sabin," "The Master
Mummer," "Anna the Adventuress," Etc.

Illustrated by Fred Pegram

Boston
Little, Brown & Company

1907

CONTENTS

BOOK I

Chapter

I Reconstruction

II The Woman with an Alias

III Wanted--A Politician

IV The Duchess Asks a Question

V The Hesitation of Mr. Mannering

VI Sacrifice

VII The Duchess's "At Home"

VIII The Mannering Mystery

IX The Pumping of Mrs. Phillimore

X The Man with a Motive

XI Mannering's Alternative

BOOK II

I Borrowdean makes a Bargain

II "Cherchez la Femme"

III One of the "Sufferers"

IV Debts of Honour

V Love _versus_ Politics

VI The Conscience of a Statesman

VII A Blow for Borrowdean

VIII A Page from the Past

IX The Faltering of Mannering

X The End of a Dream

XI Borrowdean shows his "Hand"

XII Sir Leslie Borrowdean incurs a Heavy Debt

XIII The Woman and--the Other Woman

BOOK III

I Matrimony and an Awkward Meeting

II The Snub for Borrowdean

III Clouds--and a Call to Arms

IV Disaster

V The Journalist Intervenes

VI Treachery and a Telegram

VII Mr. Mannering, M.P.

VIII Playing the Game

IX The Tragedy of a Key

X Blanche finds a Way Out

BOOK IV

I The Persistency of Bor