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Title: The World Peril of 1910

Author: George Griffith

Release Date: March 6, 2008 [EBook #24764]

Language: English

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THE WORLD PERIL OF 1910

BY

GEORGE GRIFFITH

AUTHOR OF
"THE ANGEL OF THE REVOLUTION," "A CONQUEST OF FORTUNE,"
"A MAYFAIR MAGICIAN," "HIS BETTER HALF," ETC. ETC.

LONDON

F. V. WHITE & CO. LTD.

14, BEDFORD STREET, STRAND, W.C.

1907

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

PROLOGUE--A RACE FOR A WOMAN 1

I. A MOMENTOUS EXPERIMENT 9

II. NORAH'S GOOD-BYE 17

III. SEEN UNDER THE MOON 24

IV. THE SHADOW OF THE TERROR 31

V. A GLIMPSE OF THE DOOM 37

VI. THE NOTE OF WAR 47

VII. CAUGHT! 55

VIII. FIRST BLOOD 63

IX. THE "FLYING FISH" APPEARS 72

X. FIRST BLOWS FROM THE AIR 79

XI. THE TRAGEDY OF THE TWO SQUADRONS 88

XII. HOW LONDON TOOK THE NEWS 98

XIII. A CRIME AND A MISTAKE 106

XIV. THE EVE OF BATTLE 115

XV. THE STRIFE OF GIANTS 123

XVI. HOW THE FRENCH LANDED AT PORTSMOUTH 132

XVII. AWAY FROM THE WARPATH 143

XVIII. A GLIMPSE OF THE PERIL 151

XIX. A CHANGE OF SCENE 160

XX. THE NIGHT OF TERROR BEGINS-- 167

XXI. --AND ENDS 176

XXII. DISASTER 182

XXIII. THE OTHER CAMPAIGN BEGINS 189