The Bright Face Of Danger

About this eBook

Author

Stephens, Robert Neilson, 1867-1906

Title

The Bright Face of Danger Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire

Credits

Produced by David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Historical fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

30417

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/30417

Release Date

November 7, 2009

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.The Bright Face of Danger — Being an Account of Some Adventures of Henri de Launay, Son of the Sieur de la Tournoire. Freely Translated into Modern English
2. 2.By Robert Neilson Stephens — Author of "An Enemy to the King," "Philip Winwood," "The Mystery of Murray Davenport," etc. — Illustrated by H. C. Edwards — Boston L. C. Page & Company Mdcccciiii — Copyright, 1904 By L. C. Page & Company — Entered at Stationers' Hall, London All rights reserved — Published April, 1904 Colonial Press — Electrotyped and Printed by C. H. Simonds & Co. Boston. Mass., U.S.A. — "'I GIVE YOU ONE CHANCE FOR YOUR LIFE,' SAID I QUICKLY."
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.THE BRIGHT FACE OF DANGER
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — MONSIEUR HENRI DE LAUNAY SETS OUT ON A JOURNEY
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — A YOUNG MAN WHO WENT SINGING — "'AND NOW SHE WILL WAIT FOR HIM IN VAIN!'"
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — WHERE THE LADY WAS
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — WHO THE LADY WAS
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — THE CHATEAU DE LAVARDIN
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — WHAT THE PERIL WAS — "WE WERE INTERRUPTED BY A LOW CRY."
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — STRANGE DISAPPEARANCES
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — MATHILDE
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — THE WINDING STAIRS — "'THE WRETCHES!' SAID THE TORTURED COUNT, STAGGERING TO HIS FEET."
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — MORE THAN MERE PITY
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — THE RAT-HOLE AND THE WATER-JUG
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — THE ROPE LADDER — "I LEAPED OVER THE BED, AND UPON THE MAN WHO WAS TRYING TO STRANGLE THE COUNTESS."
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — THE PARTING
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — IN THE FOREST
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — THE TOWER OF MORLON
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — THE MERCY OF CAPTAIN FERRAGANT
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — THE SWORD OF LA TOURNOIRE — "MY FATHER'S THRUSTS BECAME NOW SO QUICK AND CONTINUOUS."
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — THE MOUSTACHES OF BRIGNAN DE BRIGNAN
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — AFTERWARDS — THE END.
25. 25.Works of Robert Neilson Stephens
26. 26.L. C. Page and Company — The Mystery of Murray Davenport. — By Robert Neilson Stephens author of "An Enemy to the King," "Philip Winwood," etc. — The Daughter of the Dawn. — By R. Hodder. — The Spoilsmen. — By Elliott Flower author of "Policeman Flynn," etc. — A Daughter of Thespis. — By John D. Barry author of "The Intriguers," "Mademoiselle Blanche," etc. — Prince Hagen. — By Upton Sinclair author of "King Midas," etc. — Earth's Enigmas. — By Charles G. D. Roberts author of "The Kindred of the Wild," "The Heart of the Ancient Wood," etc. — The Silent Maid. — By Frederic W. Pangborn . — The Golden Kingdom. — By Andrew Balfour author of "Vengeance is Mine," "To Arms!" etc. — The Promotion of the Admiral. — By Morley Roberts author of "The Colossus," "The Fugitives," "Sons of Empire," etc. — The Schemers. — A Tale of Modern Life . — By Edward F. Harkins author of "Little Pilgrimages Among the Men Who Have Written Famous Books," etc. — The Captain's Wife. — By W. Clark Russell author of "The Wreck of the Grosvenor," "The Mate of the Good Ship York,"' etc. — The Story of the Foss River Ranch. — By Ridgwell Cullom . — The Interference of Patricia. — By Lilian Bell author of "Hope Loring," "Abroad with the Jimmies," etc. With a frontispiece from drawing by Frank T. Merrill. — A Book Of Girls. — By Lilian Bell author of "Hope Loring," "Abroad with the Jimmies," etc. With a frontispiece. — Count Zarka. — By Sir William Magnay author of "The Red Chancellor." — The Golden Dwarf. — By R. Norman Silver author of "A Daughter of Mystery," etc. — Alain Tanger's Wife. — By J. H. Yoxall author of "The Rommany Stone," etc. — The Diary of a Year. — Passages in the Life of a Woman of the World . Edited by Mrs. Charles H. E. Brookfield . — The Red Triangle. Being some further chronicles of Martin Hewitt, investigator. — By Arthur Morrison author of "The Hole in the Wall," "Tales of Mean Streets," etc. — COMMONWEALTH SERIES No. 7. — The Philadelphians: — As Seen by a New York Woman . — By Katharine Bingham . (Pseud.)

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