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Appletons' Town and Country Library
No. 215
THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL
_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._
DR. NIKOLA.
12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"Crowded to the covers with the mysterious, the startling, and the supernatural."--_New York Mail and Express._
"A novel containing a more ingenious, exciting, and absorbing romance has not appeared upon our book table this season."--_Boston Courier._
A BID FOR FORTUNE.
12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"Mr. Boothby never allows the interest of their doings to drop from first page to last: and he tells his tale in a pleasant, brisk fashion that carries the reader along, and is as convincing a vehicle as could be chosen for the relation of strange adventures such as befell the hero and his friends."--_London Times._
THE MARRIAGE OF ESTHER.
12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
"Abounds in dramatic situations, and is bright in dialogue, graphic in description, and subtle in character analysis."--_Boston Advertiser._
"Crowded with incident yet perfectly natural throughout, the story is one of the most charming that its author has yet written."--_New York World._
New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 72 Fifth Avenue.
THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL
BY
GUY BOOTHBY
AUTHOR OF A BID FOR FORTUNE, DR. NIKOLA, THE MARRIAGE OF ESTHER, ETC.
NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1897
COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE
I. HOW I COME TO HEAR OF THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL 1
II. AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE 16
III. THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL 34
IV. THE HOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL 60
V. HOW WE FOUGHT THE PLAGUE 79
VI. A TRIP INTO THE COUNTRY 100
VII. AN EXCITING DAY 117
VIII. A QUEER SURPRISE 135
IX. HOW WE SUCCEEDED IN OUR ENTERPRISE 149
X. RETRIBUTION 167
XI. A TYPHOON 186
XII. THE FIRST OF MAY 208
XIII. REMANDED 226
XIV. PLOTTING AND PLANNING 239
XV. HOW WE SUCCEEDED 256
XVI. OUR MARRIAGE, AND THE SETTLEMENT AGAIN 270
THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL.