The Speculations of John Steele
by Robert Barr
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Chapters (22)
- THE SPECULATIONS OF JOHN STEELE
- Illustrated By F. R. Gruger
- New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company
- 1905
- CHAPTER I—A NARROW ESCAPE
- CHAPTER II—PROMOTION
- CHAPTER III—-WAYLAYING A MAGNATE
- CHAPTER IV—A CONSPIRACY
- CHAPTER V—A FAVOURITE OF FORTUNE
- CHAPTER VI—“THERE’S NOTHING HALF SO SWEET IN LIFE”
- CHAPTER VII—THE FIRST CAST OF THE DICE
- CHAPTER VIII—AN IMPENDING CHANGE
- CHAPTER IX—LOVE’S SPECTRE
- CHAPTER X—BUYING A RAILWAY
- CHAPTER XI—THE TERROR OF WHEAT
- CHAPTER XII—THE EMBODIMENT OF MAMMON
- CHAPTER XIII.—PERSONALLY CONDUCTED BY A GIRL
- CHAPTER XIV—AN IMPORTANT CHAMPAGNE LUNCH.
- CHAPTER XV—AN ATTEMPT AT AN ARMISTICE.
- CHAPTER XVI—THE RICHEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD
- CHAPTER XVII—TO THE SOUND OF THE SILVER CHIME
- THE END
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