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Title: The Destroyer
A Tale of International Intrigue

Author: Burton Egbert Stevenson

Release Date: August 7, 2009 [EBook #29629]

Language: English

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THE DESTROYER

_A TALE OF INTERNATIONAL INTRIGUE_

[Illustration]

BY

BURTON E. STEVENSON

Author of "The Holladay Case," "The Marathon Mystery,"
"The Mystery of the Boule Cabinet," etc.

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1921

COPYRIGHT, 1913

BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY

THE DESTROYER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE TWENTY-FIFTH OF SEPTEMBER 1

II FRANCE IN MOURNING 14

III TWO GREAT MEN MEET 31

IV THE ALLIES AT WORK 47

V AT THE CAFE DES VOYAGEURS 60

VI THE MYSTERIOUS SIGNALS 77

VII THE HUT IN THE GROVE 88

VIII THE SECOND INSTALLATION 108

IX CHECKMATE 124

X THE LAND OF FREEDOM 137

XI SHIPMATES 147

XII UNDER RUSSIAN RULE 158

XIII IN THE WIRELESS HOUSE 170

XIV THE MESSAGE 182

XV A WORD OF WARNING 196

XVI A CHARGE TO KEEP 208

XVII THE FIRST CONFERENCE 221

XVIII THE SUBSTITUTE SENTRY 239

XIX THE SECOND CONFERENCE 256

XX THE PRINCE SEEKS DIVERSION 269