The Siamese Cat

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The Siamese Cat (1907)
by Henry Milner Rideout
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THE SIAMESE CAT

BY

HENRY MILNER RIDEOUT


Illustrations by W. F. Grefé


NEW YORK
McCLURE, PHILLIPS & CO
MCMVII


Copyright, 1907, McClure, Phillips & Company

Copyright, 1907, The Curtis Publishing Company

To my Brother
DUNNING HIDEOUT

CONTENTS

  1. chapterpage
  2. I
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    3
  3. II
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    33
  4. III
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    61
  5. IV
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    89
  6. V
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    115
  7. VI
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    141
  8. VII
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    173
  9. VIII
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    201

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. facing
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  2. The big chap would fetch fifty to a hundred pounds in London
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    46
  3. "My word," he puffed, "that chap could run!"
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    74
  4. "So you will regretfully kill me"
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    98
  5. "Where did the cat stay last night?"
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    100
  6. "Now forget your father and give me the truth"
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    126
  7. "Past three-quarters," said Borkman
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    216


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1907, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1927, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 96 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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