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قراءة كتاب The White Blackbird
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THE WHITE BLACKBIRD
BY HUDSON DOUGLAS
AUTHOR OF "A MILLION A MINUTE," "THE LANTERN OF LUCK," ETC.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR BY
HERMAN PFEIFER
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1912,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
All rights reserved, including those of translation into
foreign languages, including the Scandinavian
Published, September, 1912
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS & CO., BOSTON, U. S. A.
FOR
ISOBEL MY WIFE
AND
OUR DAUGHTER ISOBEL
"Feel my pulse now, before you go," the pseudo-doctor's patient commanded.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | A Tropical Discussion | 1 |
| II. | "Dutch Courage" | 11 |
| III. | El Farish | 18 |
| IV. | The Masque of Death | 28 |
| V. | Afloat and Ashore | 38 |
| VI. | Hobson's Choice | 51 |
| VII. | The White Blackbird | 64 |
| VIII. | Unmasked | 80 |
| IX. | An Overdraft on the Future | 91 |
| X. | The Goddess of Chance | 107 |
| XI. | A Fool and his Fortune | 119 |
| XII. | The Price of Freedom | 130 |
| XIII. | A Masterstroke | 143 |
| XIV. | "Sallie Harris" | 156 |
| XV. | The Law—and the Profits | 169 |
| XVI. | "Pleasures and Palaces" | 184 |
| XVII. | The Man in Possession | 195 |
| XVIII. | The Loser | 205 |
| XIX. | The Winner | 217 |
| XX. | Beggar-My-Neighbour | 232 |
| XXI. | The Jura Succession | 243 |
| XXII. | The Party of the First Part | 259 |
| XXIII. | A New Idea | 271 |
| XXIV. | By Right of Purchase | 280 |
| XXV. | The White Lady | 295 |
| XXVI. |