The White Mice

by Richard Harding Davis

 

THE WHITE MICE

"What does anything matter, when I know that the end is near!"

 

 

The
White Mice

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BY

RICHARD HARDING DAVIS

 

ILLUSTRATED BY
GEORGE GIBBS

 

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CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

NEW YORK ::::::::::::: 1909

 

Copyright, 1909, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

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Published, May, 1909

 

 

 

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

1. “What does anything matter, when I know—that the end is near!”

   Frontispiece

2. FACING PAGE

3. “O-i-i-ga, you Moso! Get a move on! Pronto! If you don’t I’ll do that myself”

   20

4. “I hear the call of the White Mice,” said Peter de Peyster

   30

5. Under the blow, the masked man staggered drunkenly

   70

6. Shifting the reins to his left hand, Roddy let the other fall upon his revolver

   114

7. “Now I know why I came to Venezuela!”

   144

8. On such a night, Leander swam the Hellespont

   198

9. Her fingers traced the sign of the cross

   294

 

CONTENTS (not listed in original)

• Chapter I, 1
• Chapter II, 36
• Chapter III, 72
• Chapter IV, 105
• Chapter V, 142
• Chapter VI, 185
• Chapter VII, 220
• Chapter VIII, 270
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