Chapter I: Front Matter

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POPULAR NOVELS BY FERGUS HUME ============================= A COIN OF EDWARD VII.

_The Philadelphia Item_ says: "This book is quite up to the level of the high standard which Mr. Hume has set for himself in 'The Mystery of a Hansom Cab' and 'The Rainbow Feather.' It is a brilliant, stirring adventure, showing the author's prodigious inventiveness, his well of imagination never running dry."

12mo, Cloth bound, $1.25

THE PAGAN'S CUP

_The Nashville American_ says: "The plot is intricate with mystery and probability neatly dovetailed and the solution is a series of surprises skillfully retarded to whet the interest of the reader. It is excellently written and the denouement so skillfully concealed that one's interest and curiosity are kept on edge till the very last. It will certainly be a popular book with a very large class of readers."

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THE RAINBOW FEATHER

_The Boston Ideas_ says "The plot is worked out very effectively and each character serves the author's purpose very forcibly. The narration is brisk and experienceful, and renders the tale thoroughly enjoyable. It is strongly written, and excellently colored in all its features."

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CLAUDE DUVAL OF NINETY-FIVE

_The Philadelphia Item_ says: "It is a very clever story, which runs on smoothly from start to finish, holding the reader's interest--as do every solitary one of the Hume stories, to the very last sentence. Everybody who likes good detective fiction or who has read Mr. Hume before should not miss this excellent story."

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G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

THE YELLOW HOLLY

BY FERGUS HUME AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," "THE RAINBOW FEATHER," "A COIN OF EDWARD VII.," "THE PAGAN'S CUP," "CLAUDE DUVAL OF NINETY-FIVE," ETC.

G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1903, by G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY

_Issued October 1, 1908_

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. "MRS. JERSEY RECEIVES"
II. BRENDON'S STORY
III. THE NEXT MORNING
IV. A NINE-DAYS' WONDER
V. A LOVERS' MEETING
VI. WHAT MR. IRELAND KNEW
VII. THE RED MAN
VIII. A BACCHANTE
IX. CLEVER MRS. WARD
X. DIPLOMACY
XI. MR. BAWDSEY AT HOME
XII. A FIRESIDE TYRANT
XIII. A WOMAN SCORNED
XIV. MRS. WARD'S TRUMP CARD
XV. A RECOGNITION
XVI. THE PIPE OF PEACE
XVII. LORD DERRINGTON EXPLAINS
XVIII. MISS BULL'S STORY
XIX. THE INQUIRY AGENT
XX. THE TROUBLE OF LOLA
XXI. THE CONFESSION OF A JEALOUS WOMAN
XXII. WHO BAWDSEY WAS
XXIII. THE TURNING OF THE LANE
XXIV. A STARTLING SURPRISE
XXV. THE TRUTH

THE YELLOW HOLLY