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   2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe].






_No. 107_

HARPER'S HANDY SERIES

Issued Weekly

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Copyright,1885, by Harper & Brothers

December 17, 1886

Subscription Price per Year, 52 Numbers, $15

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Entered at the Post-Office at New York, as Second-class Mail Matter



THE NINE OF HEARTS


A Novel

By B. L. FARJEON AUTHOR OF "GREAT PORTER SQUARE" "THE BRIGHT STAR OF
LIFE" "GRIF" ETC.


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_Books you may hold readily in your hand are the most useful, after
all_ Dr. Johnson




NEW YORK

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS

1886






CONTENTS

Part the First
The Trial of Edward Layton.

    I. A Strange Decision.

   II. The Evidence of James Moorhouse, Coachman.

  III. The Evidence of Adolf Wolfstein, Waiter.

   IV. The Evidence of Lumley Rich, Detective Officer--The
           Nine of Hearts.

    V. The Evidence of Ida White, Lady's Maid.

   VI. Description of the Last Day's Proceedings--Extracted
           from a Daily Paper.


Part the Second
The Cable Message from America.


Part the Third
The Mystery of the Nine of Hearts.

    I.

   II.

  III.

   IV.

    V.

   VI