The Frontier

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The Frontier (1912)
by Maurice LeBlanc, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
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THE FRONTIER


BY
MAURICE LEBLANC
AUTHOR OF "ARSENE LUPIN," "813," ETC.


HODDER & STOUGHTON
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY


Copyright, 1912,
By Maurice Leblanc

Copyright, 1912,
By George H. Doran Company

CONTENTS

PART I
chapter   page
I A Head Between the Bushes 3
II The Girl With the Bare Arms 17
III The Violet Pamphlet 30
IV Philippe and His Wife 46
V The Sheet of Note-Paper 58
VI The Plaster Statue 66
VII Eve Triumphant 76
VIII The Trap 94
   
PART II
I The Two Women 107
II Philippe Tells a Lie 118
III Father and Son 133
IV The Enquiries 150
V The Thunderclap 164
VI The Butte-Aux-Loups 177
VII Marthe Asks a Question 195
VIII The Stages to Calvary 208
   
PART III
I The Armed Vigil 233
II They Who Go to Their Death 249
III Ideas and Facts 268
IV The Sacred Soil 281

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Original:

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Translation:

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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