Chapter I: Front Matter

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Appletons'
Town and Country
Library

No. 215

THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._

DR. NIKOLA.

12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"Crowded to the covers with the mysterious, the startling,
and the supernatural."--_New York Mail and Express._

"A novel containing a more ingenious, exciting, and
absorbing romance has not appeared upon our book table this
season."--_Boston Courier._

A BID FOR FORTUNE.

12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"Mr. Boothby never allows the interest of their doings to
drop from first page to last: and he tells his tale in a
pleasant, brisk fashion that carries the reader along, and
is as convincing a vehicle as could be chosen for the
relation of strange adventures such as befell the hero and
his friends."--_London Times._

THE MARRIAGE OF ESTHER.

12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.

"Abounds in dramatic situations, and is bright in dialogue,
graphic in description, and subtle in character
analysis."--_Boston Advertiser._

"Crowded with incident yet perfectly natural throughout, the
story is one of the most charming that its author has yet
written."--_New York World._

New York: D. APPLETON & CO., 72 Fifth Avenue.

THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL

BY

GUY BOOTHBY

AUTHOR OF A BID FOR FORTUNE, DR. NIKOLA,
THE MARRIAGE OF ESTHER, ETC.

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1897

COPYRIGHT, 1896,
BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. HOW I COME TO HEAR OF THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL 1

II. AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE 16

III. THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL 34

IV. THE HOME OF THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL 60

V. HOW WE FOUGHT THE PLAGUE 79

VI. A TRIP INTO THE COUNTRY 100

VII. AN EXCITING DAY 117

VIII. A QUEER SURPRISE 135

IX. HOW WE SUCCEEDED IN OUR ENTERPRISE 149

X. RETRIBUTION 167

XI. A TYPHOON 186

XII. THE FIRST OF MAY 208

XIII. REMANDED 226

XIV. PLOTTING AND PLANNING 239

XV. HOW WE SUCCEEDED 256

XVI. OUR MARRIAGE, AND THE SETTLEMENT AGAIN 270

THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE DEVIL.