THE SPECULATIONS OF JOHN STEELE
By Robert Barr
Illustrated By F. R. Gruger
New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company
1905
CONTENTS
CHAPTER III—-WAYLAYING A MAGNATE
CHAPTER V—A FAVOURITE OF FORTUNE
CHAPTER VI—“THERE’S NOTHING HALF SO SWEET IN LIFE”
CHAPTER VII—THE FIRST CAST OF THE DICE
CHAPTER VIII—AN IMPENDING CHANGE
CHAPTER XI—THE TERROR OF WHEAT
CHAPTER XII—THE EMBODIMENT OF MAMMON
CHAPTER XIII.—PERSONALLY CONDUCTED BY A GIRL
CHAPTER XIV—AN IMPORTANT CHAMPAGNE LUNCH.
CHAPTER XV—AN ATTEMPT AT AN ARMISTICE.
CHAPTER XVI—THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD
CHAPTER XVII—TO THE SOUND OF THE SILVER CHIME
CHAPTER I—A NARROW ESCAPE
IT was a nasty night,
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