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The Plot That Failed; or, When Men Conspire

By John R. Coryell

2022-05-24 00:05:17

Excerpt.....“I feared you would not come.” The speaker, a beautiful woman of two or three and thirty, half reclined on a sofa, in an elegant apartment. A gentleman, rather old, had entered the room. He was what he looked to be&md ... Read more

Excerpt.....“I feared you would not come.”

The speaker, a beautiful woman of two or three and thirty, half reclined on a sofa, in an elegant apartment.

A gentleman, rather old, had entered the room.

He was what he looked to be—one of New York’s money kings.

“It is for the last time, Louise,” he said, toying with his watch guard.

“And why for the last time?”

For a second the woman appeared downcast, and then, rising to her feet, she said, pleadingly:

“You swore that you would always love me.”

“Yes,” he thundered, “but then I was not aware that the shy and modest Louise Calhoun was a common adventuress. Truly, you would be a nice woman to grace my home and be a second mother to my orphan children!”

“I shall force you to keep your promise!” The woman’s eyes blazed and she clinched her hands until the nails sank deep into the flesh.

“Force me—you will force me!” exclaimed the gentleman.....

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File size285.139 KB
Print pages159
PublisherPublic Domain Books
LanguageEnglish
ISBN66863
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John R. Coryell
Author
John Russell Coryell(December 15, 1851 – July15, 1924) was a prolific dime novel author. Like many other dime novelists Coryell also wrote under pseudonyms, his two main being Nicholas Carter and Be...

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