The Chase of the Ruby

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  The Chase of the Ruby

  Seventh Edition of RICHARD MARSH'S

  MOST STRIKING NOVEL

  With Illustrations by John Williamson

  THE BEETLE: A Mystery

  Crown 8vo. Price 6s.

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  The Speaker says: 'A story of the most terrific kind is duly recordedin this extremely powerful book. The skill with which its fantastichorrors are presented to us is undeniable.'

  The Daily Graphic says: 'It is the kind of book which you put downonly for the purpose of turning up the gas and making sure that noperson or thing is standing behind your chair; and it is a book whichno one will put down until finished, except for the reason abovedescribed.'

  The Glasgow Herald says: 'The weird horror of this being grows uponthe reader. It is difficult, if not impossible, to lay down this bookwhen once begun.'

  The Academy says: '"Dracula," by Mr Bram Stoker, was creepy, but MrMarsh goes one, oh! many more than one, better. This surprising andingenious story succeeds in producing that sensation of horror whichshould make the flesh of even the least susceptible reader creep.'

  Answers says: 'Mr Marsh's famous novel is one of the mostenthrallingly interesting narratives of the past few years. I stronglyadvise all my readers to order the book at once.'

  The Literary World says: 'An ingenious, weird, and thrilling story,narrated with a clearness of style and a fulness of incident whichhold the reader's attention from first to last.'

  The St James's Budget says: 'The frontispiece is a nightmare, and theterrors are thrillingly described. One is compelled to read it to theend.'

  The Birmingham Daily Gazette says: 'A powerful and vigorous story of amost terrible character, told with skill and ingenuity. It is evenmore strange and mysterious than Bulwer's "Zanoni."'

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  London: SKEFFINGTON & SON, 163 Piccadilly, W. _Publishers to Her Majesty The Queen and to H.R.H. The Prince_ _of Wales_ And at all Libraries and Railway Bookstalls

  THE

  Chase of the Ruby

  BY

  RICHARD MARSH

  AUTHOR OF

  'THE BEETLE: A MYSTERY,' 'IN FULL CRY,' 'FRIVOLITIES,' ETC.

  LONDON SKEFFINGTON & SON, 163 PICCADILLY

  Publishers to Her Majesty The Queen AND TO His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales

  1900

  CONTENTS

  CHAP.

  I. GHOSTS IN AFRICA.

  II. THE QUEST ORDAINED.

  III. MISS BROAD COMMANDS.

  IV. MR HOLLAND FAILS.

  V. A WOMAN SCORNED.

  VI. MISS BROAD COMMANDS A SECOND TIME.

  VII. THE BOTTOM DRAWER.

  VIII. THE LADY--AND THE GENTLEMAN.

  IX. THE FLYMAN.

  X. SHE WISHES THAT SHE HADN'T.

  XI. THE PURSUIT OF THE GENTLEMAN.

  XII. THE TENDER MERCIES OF TWO LADIES.

  XIII. VISITORS FOR MISS CASATA.

  XIV. WHO KNOCKS?

  XV. AN HONOURABLE RETREAT.

  XVI. THE FINDING OF THE RUBY AND THE LOCKING OF THE DOOR.

  XVII. THE FIGURES ON THE BED.

  XVIII. REINFORCED.

  XIX. STILL WITH A SMILE.

  XX. HOW THE CHASE WAS ENDED.

  The Chase of the Ruby