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Title: The Missioner

Author: E. Phillips Oppenheim

Illustrator: Fred Pegram

Release Date: August 27, 2010 [EBook #33546]

Language: English

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The Missioner

BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM

Author of "Anna, the Adventuress," "A Prince of
Sinners," "The Master Mummer," etc.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BY FRED PEGRAM

A. L. BURT COMPANY

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

_Copyright, 1907,_
BY THE PEARSON PUBLISHING COMPANY.

_Copyright, 1907,_
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved._

Published January, 1909.

Fourth Printing

[ Illustration: "DO YOU MIND EXPLAINING YOURSELF?" SHE ASKED.
[Page 23.] FRONTISPIECE.]

CONTENTS

BOOK I

CHAPTER PAGE

I MISTRESS AND AGENT 1
II THE HUNTER AND HIS QUARRY 13
III FIRST BLOOD 22
IV BEATING HER WINGS 32
V EVICTED 41
VI CRICKET AND PHILOSOPHY 52
VII AN UNDERNOTE OF MUSIC 61
VIII ROSES 70
IX SUMMER LIGHTNING 78
X THE STILL FIGURE IN THE CHAIR 85
XI THE BAYING OF THE HOUNDS 93
XII RETREAT 100
XIII A CREATURE OF IMPULSE 105
XIV SEARCHING THE PAPERS 114
XV ON THE SPREE 121
XVI THE NIGHT SIDE OF LONDON 129
XVII THE VICTIMS OF SOCIETY 138
XVIII LETTY'S DILEMMA 147
XIX A