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THE GHOST BREAKER

A NOVEL BASED UPON THE PLAY

CHARLES GODDARD

AND

PAUL DICKEY

HEARST'S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY COMPANY NEW YORK 1915

Copyright, 1915, by

HEARST'S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY CO., INC.

All rights reserved, including that of translation into the foreign languages, including the Scandinavian

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. JARVIS OF KENTUCKY 1

II. THE BLIND PURSUIT 18

III. IN THE ROYAL SUITE 35

IV. AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE 47

V. EXIT JARVIS, LAUGHING 59

VI. OVER THE SEA AND FAR AWAY 74

VII. THE ROMANCE OF THE CASTLE 87

VIII. THE NEW PROFESSION 105

IX. CHECKMATE THE FIRST 125

X. A WAGER WITH THE DUKE 140

XI. WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN 161

XII. WELCOME TO SEGURO! 181

XIII. "GENTLEMEN, A MAN!" 198

XIV. MORE OBSTACLES 217

XV. MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCES 239

XVI. AS IN DAYS OF OLD 250