The Daredevil

THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE DAREDEVIL, BY MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS
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Title: The Daredevil Author: Maria Thompson Daviess Release Date: July 17, 2004 [eBook #12931] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE DAREDEVIL***
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THE DAREDEVIL
By
MARIA THOMPSON DAVIESS
Author of “The Melting of Molly,” “Miss Selina Lue,” “Over Paradise Ridge, etc.”
Frontispiece from Painting by
E. Sophonisba Hergesheimer 1916
To Jessie Morson Grahame Who expects “the best” of me
Contents
I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. SPARKLING WAVES O VER H IGH EXPLOSIVES V IVE LA FRANCE! THAT MR. G. SLADE OF D ETROIT THE IMPOSSIBLE U NCLE ROBERT “H ERE’S MY BOY, G OVERNOR” “WE BOTH N EED Y OU” THE G IRL BUNCH IN THE D RESS OF MAGNIFICENCE “O’ER THE LAND OF THE FREE—” V ITRIOL AND THE H OODOO BUSINESS AND PIE THE BEAUTIFUL MADAM WHITWORTH BROTHERS BY BLOODSHED TO BEAR MEN AND TO SAVE THEM “BEHOLD, I A M A SPY!” “IMMEDIATELY I COME TO Y OU!” THE TALL TIMBERS OF O LD H ARPETH THE CAMP H EAVEN A LL IS LOST “Y OU A RE—MYSELF!”
THE DAREDEVIL
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