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THE FRONTIER

BY

MAURICE LEBLANC

AUTHOR OF "ARSENE LUPIN," "813," ETC.

TRANSLATED BY

ALEXANDER TEIXEIRA DE MATTOS

[Illustration: Publisher's logo]

HODDER & STOUGHTON
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY


Copyright, 1912,
By Maurice Leblanc

Copyright, 1912,
By George H. Doran Company




CONTENTS


PART I

CHAPTER                             PAGE

   I A HEAD BETWEEN THE BUSHES         3

  II THE GIRL WITH THE BARE ARMS      17

 III THE VIOLET PAMPHLET              30

  IV PHILIPPE AND HIS WIFE            46

   V THE SHEET OF NOTE-PAPER          58

  VI THE PLASTER STATUE               66

 VII EVE TRIUMPHANT                   76

VIII THE TRAP                         94


PART II

   I THE TWO WOMEN                   107

  II PHILIPPE TELLS A LIE            118

 III FATHER AND SON                  133

  IV THE ENQUIRIES                   150

   V THE THUNDERCLAP                 164

  VI THE BUTTE-AUX-LOUPS             177

 VII MARTHE ASKS A QUESTION          195

VIII THE STAGES TO CALVARY           208


PART III

   I THE ARMED VIGIL                 233

  II THEY WHO GO TO THEIR DEATH      249

 III IDEAS AND FACT