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Title: The Fate of Felix Brand

Author: Florence Finch Kelly

Illustrator: Edwin John Prittie

Release Date: December 22, 2009 [EBook #30733]

Language: English

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THE FATE OF
FELIX BRAND

BY

FLORENCE FINCH KELLY

AUTHOR OF "WITH HOOPS OF STEEL," "THE DELAFIELD AFFAIR," "RHODA
OF THE UNDERGROUND," "EMERSON'S WIFE,
AND OTHER WESTERN STORIES," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
EDWIN JOHN PRITTIE

PHILADELPHIA
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1913, by

THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.

[Illustration: MILDRED ANNISTER MADE APPREHENSIVE INQUIRY ABOUT HIM]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. FELIX BRAND HAS A MYSTERIOUS EXPERIENCE 9
II. "LIKE OTTAR OF ROSES OUT OF AN OTTER" 15
III. THE MASK OF HIS COUNTENANCE 27
IV. BILLIKINS IS FRIGHTENED 40
V. MRS. BRAND'S DREAM SON 62
VI. WHO IS HUGH GORDON? 82
VII. FELIX BRAND READS A LETTER 96
VIII. DAYS OF STRESS 113
IX. BATTLING WITH THE INVISIBLE 128
X. HUGH GORDON WINS HENRIETTA'S CONFIDENCE 140
XI. PENELOPE HAS A VISITOR 158
XII. DR. ANNISTER HAS DOUBTS 179
XIII. MILDRED IS MILITANT 190
XIV. "THERE IS NOT ROOM FOR US BOTH" 199
XV. FELIX BRAND HAS A BAD QUARTER OF AN HOUR 215
XVI. MRS. FENLOW IS ANGRY 230
XVII. "WHICH SHOULD HAVE THE GIFT OF LIFE?" 249
XVIII. ISABELLA TAKES ONE MORE RIDE