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Swirling Waters By: Max Rittenberg (1880-1965) |
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR THE MIND READER, BEING SOME PAGES FROM THE LIFE OF DR XAVIER WYCHERLEY, PSYCHOLOGIST AND MENTAL HEALER. THE COCKATOO. SWIRLING WATERS BY MAX RITTENBERG AUTHOR OF "THE MIND READER," "THE COCKATOO," ETC. SECOND EDITION METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON First Published July 3rd 1913 Second Edition August 1913 TO MY DEAR MOTHER WHOSE ADVICE AND CRITICISM HAVE HELPED SO GREATLY IN MY WORK, AND ESPECIALLY IN THE MAKING OF THIS BOOK; WHOSE COMPANIONSHIP HAS BEEN A CONSTANT INSPIRATION TO ME CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. The Whirlpool 1 II. A £5,000,000 Deal 7 III. Shadowed 17 IV. On the Scent of a Mystery 19 V. The First Move in the Game 29 VI. The Beginning of a New Life 42 VII. A Seat by the Arena 50 VIII. Who and where is Rivière? 61 IX. At Monte Carlo 69 X. Larssen turns another Corner 73 XI. A Letter From Rivière 83 XII. The Second Meeting 87 XIII. At the Maison Carrée 100 XIV. By the Druids' Tower 107 XV. Waiting the Verdict 111 XVI. Only Pity! 123 XVII. Rivière is Called Back 127 XVIII. Not Wanted! 138 XIX. A Throne Room 148 XX. Beaten to Earth 153 XXI. The Bolted Door 171 XXII. The Chameleon Mind 184 XXIII. Larssen's Man Once Again 197 XXIV. Confession 205 XXV. White Lilac 216 XXVI. A Challenge 221 XXVII. Women's Weapons 225 XXVIII. The Counter Move 235 XXIX. The Parting 247 XXX. Heir to a Throne 254 XXXI. The Reins had Slipped 264 XXXII. The New Scheme 273 XXXIII. Larssen's Appeal 278 XXXIV. On Board the "Starlight" 285 XXXV. Intervention 297 XXXVI. Finality 304 Epilogue 311 SWIRLING WATERS CHAPTER I THE WHIRLPOOL On the crucial night of his career, 14 March, 191 , Clifford Matheson, financier, was speeding in a taxi cab to the Gare de Lyon. He was a clean limbed man of thirty seven. There was usually a look of masterfulness in the firm lines of his face, the straight, direct glance, the stiff, close cut moustache. But to night his eyes were tired, very tired. He leant back in a corner of the cab with drooping shoulders as though utterly world weary... Continue reading book >>
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