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[Illustration: THE SCARLET HOUSE OF SIN.]


DEATH TO THE INQUISITIVE!

A STORY OF SINFUL LOVE.

BY

LURANA W. SHELDON,


     "_Nay, do not ask--
       In pity from the task forbear:
     Smile on--nor venture to unmask
       Man's heart, and view the Hell that's there._"


NEW YORK

W. D. ROWLAND, PUBLISHER 23 CHAMBERS STREET 1892


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