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Title: The Vagrant Duke

Author: George Gibbs

Release Date: August 6, 2009 [EBook #29617]

Language: English

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_The_

VAGRANT DUKE

BY GEORGE GIBBS

The Vagrant Duke
The Splendid Outcast
The Black Stone
The Golden Bough
The Secret Witness
Paradise Garden
The Yellow Dove
The Flaming Sword
Madcap
The Silent Battle
The Maker of Opportunities
The Forbidden Way
The Bolted Door
Tony's Wife
The Medusa Emerald

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Publishers New York

[Illustration: PETER STRUCK HIM FULL ON THE HEAD]

_The_
VAGRANT DUKE

BY

GEORGE GIBBS

AUTHOR OF "THE SPLENDID OUTCAST," "THE YELLOW DOVE,"
"THE SECRET WITNESS," ETC.

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1921

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Copyright, 1920, by The Story Press Corporation
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

PROLOGUE 1

I INTRODUCING PETER NICHOLS 15

II NEW YORK 27

III THE OVERALL GIRL 42

IV THE JOB 56

V NEW ELEMENTS 71

VI THE HOUSE OF TERROR 88

VII MUSIC 105

VIII THE PLACARD 121

IX SHAD IS UNPLEASANT 137

X "HAWK" 153

XI ANCIENT HISTORY 170

XII CONFESSION 186

XIII THE CHASE 207

XIV TWO LETTERS 226

XV SUPERMAN 236