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The Frontier, by Maurice LeBlanc
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Title: The Frontier
Author: Maurice LeBlanc
Translator: Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
Release Date: April 2, 2009 [EBook #28480]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE FRONTIER
BY
MAURICE LEBLANC
AUTHOR OF "ARSENE LUPIN," "813," ETC.
TRANSLATED BY
ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS
[Illustration: Publisher's logo]
HODDER & STOUGHTON NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
Copyright, 1912, By Maurice Leblanc
Copyright, 1912, By George H. Doran Company
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I A HEAD BETWEEN THE BUSHES 3
II THE GIRL WITH THE BARE ARMS 17
III THE VIOLET PAMPHLET 30
IV PHILIPPE AND HIS WIFE 46
V THE SHEET OF NOTE-PAPER 58
VI THE PLASTER STATUE 66
VII EVE TRIUMPHANT 76
VIII THE TRAP 94
PART II
I THE TWO WOMEN 107
II PHILIPPE TELLS A LIE 118
III FATHER AND SON 133
IV THE ENQUIRIES 150
V THE THUNDERCLAP 164
VI THE BUTTE-AUX-LOUPS 177
VII MARTHE ASKS