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Title: The Copper House

A detective story

Author: Julius Regis

Release date: September 20, 2025 [eBook #76903]

Language: English

Original publication: New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1928

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THE COPPER HOUSE

A Detective Story

BY JULIUS REGIS

AUTHOR OF "NO. 13 TORONI"

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1923

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

	Part I-The Whirlpool
	PROLOGUE
I.	BARON FREDERICK FAYERLING WAITS IN VAIN FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENT IN EUROPE
II.	A YOUNG MAN ARRIVES FROM CALIFORNIA, AND HEARS SOME UNEXPECTED NEWS
III.	WALLION MEETS B. 22, AND CERTAIN REMARKABLE EPISODES IN A GREAT MAN'S CAREER ARE DESCRIBED WITH THE DESIRED EFFECT
IV.	LEONARD GRATH ACTS ON HIS OWN RESPONSIBILITY AND MEETS WITH A GIRL WHO RUNS AWAY FROM HIM
V.	IN WHICH IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE OWNER IS A GUEST IN HIS OWN HOUSE
VI.	THE PROBLEM-HUNTER
VII.	THE SLAYERS

	Part II-The Twentieth of July
VIII.	LONA IVANOVNA ASKS HER FIRST QUESTION
IX.	UNREST IN BOTH CAMPS; AN OUTPOST SKIRMISH AND A WARNING
X.	THE SITUATION BECOMES ACUTE
XI.	MAURICE WALLION LOOKS ABOUT HIM A BIT AND MAKES A NEW ACQUAINTANCE
XII.	IN WHICH WE CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE SHADOW OF NAPOLEON THE GREAT
XIII.	LONA IVANOVNA ASKS A SECOND QUESTION AND GETS AN UNEXPECTED REPLY
XIV.	THE STORY OF THE BERNIN FAMILY

	Part III-Gabriel Ortiz
XV.	THE STORM BURSTS
XVI.	GABRIEL ORTIZ MUSTERS HIS FORCES AND COUNTS HIS PRISONERS
XVII.	LEO AND SONIA DETERMINE TO STEAL A MOTOR-CAR BUT FALL INTO AN UNEXPECTED TRAP
XVIII.	TARRASCHIN'S MEMORANDUM CHANGES OWNERS
XIX.	WALLION SPEAKS OUT AND RASTAKOV IS BALKED OF HIS PREY
XX.	IN WHICH WALLION SHOWS THAT A GREAT DEAL CAN BE DONE IN TEN MINUTES
XXI.	THE END OF A GLORIOUS DREAM

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