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Title: The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton

Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim

Release Date: November 19, 2005 [EBook #17103]

Language: English

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THE DOUBLE LIFE

OF

MR. ALFRED BURTON

BY

E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I. THE FRUIT OF THE TREE
II. A TRANSFORMATION
III. MR. ALFRED BURTON'S FAMILY
IV. A SHOCK TO MR. WADDINGTON
V. BURTON'S NEW LIFE
VI. A MEETING WITH ELLEN
VII. LIE TRUTHFUL AUCTIONEER
VIII. HESITATION
IX. THE LAND OF ENCHANTMENT
X. NO RECONCILIATION
XI. THE GATE INTO PARADISE
XII. A BOLT FROM THE BLUE
XIII. PROOF POSITIVE
XIV. THE LEGEND OF THE PERFECT FOOD
XV. THE PROFESSOR INSISTS
XVI. ENTER MR. BOMFORD!
XVII. BURTON DECLINES
XVIII. THE END OP A DREAM
XIX. A BAD HALF-HOUR
XX. ANOTHER COMPLICATION
XXI. AN AMAZING TRANSFORMATION
XXII. DOUBTS
XXIII. CONDEMNED!
XXIV. MENATOGEN, THE MIND FOOD
XXV. DISCONTENT
XXVI. THE END OF A WONDERFUL WORLD
XXVII. MR. WADDINGTON ALSO
XXVIII. THE REAL ALFRED BURTON
XXIX. RICHES AND REPENTANCE
XXX. A MAN'S SOUL

THE DOUBLE LIFE

OF

MR. ALFRED BURTON

CHAPTER I

THE FRUIT OF THE TREE

Mr. Alfred Burton, although he was blissfully and completely ignorant
of the fact, stood at the door of Fate. He was a little out of breath
and his silk hat was reclining at the back of his head. In his mouth
was a large cigar which he felt certain was going to disagree with him,
but he smoked it because it had been presented to him a few minutes ago
by the client upon whom he was in attendance. He had rather deep-set
blue eyes, which might have been attractive but for a certain keenness
in their outlook, which was in a sense indicative of the methods and
character of the young man himself; a pale, characterless face, a
straggling, sandy moustache, and an earnest, not to say convincing,
manner. He was dressed in such garments as the head-clerk of Messrs.
Waddington & For