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Title: The Yellow Dove

Author: George Gibbs

Release date: July 9, 2017 [eBook #55077]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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THE YELLOW DOVE


THE
YELLOW DOVE

BY

GEORGE GIBBS

ILLUSTRATED
BY THE AUTHOR

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NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1915,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE
  Prelude 1
I. Sheltered People 5
II. The Undercurrent 17
III. Rice-Papers 31
IV. Dangerous Secrets 45
V. The Pursuit Continues 55
VI. Rizzio Takes Charge 68
VII. An Intruder 83
VIII. Evidence 96
IX. The Viking’s Tower 108
X. The Yellow Dove 121
XI. Von Stromberg 131
XII. Hammersley Explains 145
XIII. The Unwilling Guest 157
XIV. Von Stromberg Catechises 172
XV. The Inquisition 188
XVI. The General Plays to Win 206
XVII. Lindberg 221
XVIII. Success 243
XIX. The Cave on the Thorwald 260
XX. The Fight in the Cavern 275
XXI. Hare and Hounds 289
XXII. From the Heights 306
XXIII. Headquarters 320

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

“His blond hair disheveled, his shoulders coatless, Cyril emerged.” Frontispiece
  FACING PAGE
“‘Not that,’ he whispered hoarsely, ‘for God’s sake—not that.’” 80
“Her lips ... were whispering words that she hoped could follow him into the distance.” 128
“The truth, and he becomes an honorable prisoner of war. Silence, and he is shot tomorrow. Speak.” 218

THE YELLOW DOVE