The Mask: A Story of Love and AdventureArthur Hornblow
The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure
Arthur Hornblow
Adventure
Book language: English
197 pages
The Mask: A Story of Love and Adventure by Arthur Hornblow is an early 20th-century adventure novel blending romance and intrigue. It opens with news of a huge diamond found near Fontein in South Africa and a man's troubled reaction. It offers an old-fashioned adventure atmosphere and a readable love story.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
E-text prepared by Al Haines A small jewelled hand struck him full on the mouth. A small jewelled hand struck him full on the mouth. THE MASK
A Story of Love and Adventure BY ARTHUR HORNBLOW AUTHOR OF THE NOVELS "THE LION AND THE MOUSE," "THE GAMBLERS," "BOUGHT AND PAID FOR," "BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST," "THE END OF THE GAME," ETC. ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAUL STAHR G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS ———— NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY The Mask CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER VI CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER II CHAPTER VII CHAPTER IXI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER III CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IX CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER V CHAPTER X CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XX ILLUSTRATIONS A small jewelled hand struck him full on the mouth. . . . Frontispiece "Yes, you are my brother. We are twins."