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Transcriber's Notes:

A number of typographical errors found in the original text have been corrected in this version. A list of these errors is provided at the end of the book.

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THE DOOMSMAN

VAN TASSEL SUTPHEN

AUTHOR OF "THE CARDINAL'S ROSE" "THE GATES OF CHANCE" ETC.

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS MCMVI

Copyright, 1905, 1906, by The Metropolitan Magazine Company.

Copyright, 1906, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved.

Published June, 1906.

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I. THE VERMILION FEATHER 1

II. THE NIGHT OF THE TERROR 14

III. THE NEW WORLD 19

IV. THE MAN ON HORSEBACK 25

V. THE RAT'S-HOLE 32

VI. TROY TOWN 41

VII. THE BREAD OF AFFLICTION 50

VIII. IN THE SHADOW OF DOOM 58

IX. THE KEYS OF POWER 67

X. THE MESSAGE 83

XI. THE SISTERS 93

XII. THE HEDGE OF ARROWS 106