Chapter I: Front Matter

THE ART OF
DISAPPEARING

_By_ John Talbot Smith

_AUTHOR:_

"SARANAC" "HIS HONOR THE MAYOR," "A WOMAN OF CULTURE," "SOLITARY ISLAND," "TRAINING OF A PRIEST," ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK, CINCINNATI, CHICAGO:
BENZIGER BROTHERS
PRINTERS TO THE HOLY APOSTOLIC SEE.

COPYRIGHT, 1902, BY JOHN TALBOT SMITH

_All Rights Reserved_

CONTENTS.

DISAPPEARANCE.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Holy Oils 1

II. The Night at the Tavern 7

III. The Abysses of Pain 16

IV. The Road to Nothingness 25

V. The Door is Closed 33

AMONG THE EXILES.

VI. Another Man's Shoes 40

VII. The Dillon Clan 55

VIII. The Wearin' o' the Green 68

IX. The Villa at Coney Island 77

X. The Humors of Election 87

XI. An Endicott Heir 100

THE GREEN AGAINST THE RED.

XII. The Hate of Hannibal 107

XIII. Anne Dillon's Felicity 119

XIV. Aboard the "Arrow" 128

XV. The Invasion of Ireland 137

XVI. Castle Moyna 147

XVII. The Ambassador 158

AN ESCAPED NUN.

XVIII. Judy Visits the Pope 170

XIX. La Belle Colette 177

XX. The Escaped Nun 190

XXI. An Anxious Night 199

XXII. The End of a Melodrama 208

XXIII. The First Blow 218

XXIV. Anne Makes History 227

XXV. The Cathedral 236

XXVI. The Fall of Livingstone 248

THE TEST OF DISAPPEARANCE.

XXVII. A Problem of Disappearance 258

XXVIII. A First Test 266

XXIX. The Nerve of Anne 274

XXX. Under the Eyes of Hate 283

XXXI. The Heart of Honora 296

XXXII. The Pauline Privilege 304

XXXIII. Love is Blind 312

XXXIV. A Harpy at the Feast 320

XXXV. Sonia Consults Livingstone 327

XXXVI. Arthur's Appeal 335

XXXVII. The End of Mischief 344

XXXVIII. A Tale Well Told 351

XXXIX. Three Scenes 360

DISAPPEARANCE.

THE ART OF DISAPPEARING.