The Mask - A Story of Love and Adventure

The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Mask, by Arthur Hornblow, Illustrated by Paul Stahr This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure Author: Arthur Hornblow Release Date: December 18, 2006 [eBook #20131] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MASK*** E-text prepared by Al Haines A small jewelled hand struck him full on the mouth. A small jewelled hand struck him full on the mouth. THE MASK A Story of Love and Adventure BY ARTHUR HORNBLOW AUTHOR OF THE NOVELS "THE LION AND THE MOUSE," "THE GAMBLERS," "BOUGHT AND PAID FOR," "BY RIGHT OF CONQUEST," "THE END OF THE GAME," ETC. ILLUSTRATIONS BY PAUL STAHR G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS ———— NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY The Mask CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER VI CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER II CHAPTER VII CHAPTER IXI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER III CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER IV CHAPTER IX CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER V CHAPTER X CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XX ILLUSTRATIONS A small jewelled hand struck him full on the mouth. . . . Frontispiece "Yes, you are my brother. We are twins." "I adore you—I adore you," he murmured, as he kissed her again. THE MASK CHAPTER I "There!