The Beautiful White Devil

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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.