The Disturbing Charm

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Author

Ruck, Berta, 1878-1978

Credits

Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

Subject

Charms -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

36442

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36442

Release Date

June 16, 2011

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE DISTURBING CHARM
2. 2.BY BERTA RUCK — Author of "In Another Girl's Shoes," "The Three of Hearts," "The Years for Rachel," etc. — ILLUSTRATED BY EDWARD C. CASWELL — NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1919 — Copyright, 1919 By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc. — VAIL-BALLOU COMPANY BINGHAMTON AND NEW YORK — TO THE EVER GAY AND GALLANT MEMORY OF WARREN FENN-SMITH Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps SHOT DOWN WITH HIS OBSERVER IN ACTION JANUARY 18, 1918, AGED 18 — Here he found himself kneeling on the carpet at Olwen's feet.
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS
5. 5.PART I
6. 6.CHAPTER I — THE COMING OF THE CHARM
7. 7.CHAPTER II — THE ACCEPTING OF THE CHARM
8. 8.CHAPTER III — THE LAUNCHING OF THE CHARM
9. 9.CHAPTER IV — THE CHARM BEGINS TO WORK
10. 10.CHAPTER V — FURTHER PLANS FOR THE CHARM
11. 11.CHAPTER VI — THE CLUTCHING OF THE CHARM — " It all came again. Oh, Lord! I thought I was crashing!—-- "
12. 12.CHAPTER VII — THE SPREADING OF THE CHARM
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII — THE FIRST ENGAGEMENT BY THE CHARM
14. 14.CHAPTER IX — UNFORSEEN EFFECTS OF THE CHARM
15. 15.CHAPTER X — DIVAGATIONS OF THE CHARM
16. 16.CHAPTER XI — THE FEASTING OF THE CHARM
17. 17.CHAPTER XII — MOONLIGHT AND THE CHARM
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII — WILD-FIRE AND THE CHARM
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV — CLOUDS UPON THE CHARM — She stood there as if frozen, and said: "Away from here!" and in her heart exclaimed: "Away from him!"
20. 20.CHAPTER XV — THE LOSING OF THE CHARM
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI — THE COUNTER-CHARM
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII — DROP-SCENE
23. 23.PART II
24. 24.CHAPTER I — THE CHARM NEGLECTED
25. 25.CHAPTER II — THE LAST ALLIES
26. 26.CHAPTER III — RECOVERY OF THE CHARM — And there was nothing to tell them what it was, the sachet of the Disturbing Charm.
27. 27.CHAPTER IV — THE VOICE OF THE CHARMER
28. 28.CHAPTER V — THE BEST GIRL-FRIEND
29. 29.CHAPTER VI — THE CHARM REMEMBERED
30. 30.CHAPTER VII — PETROL AND THE CHARM
31. 31.CHAPTER VIII — RATIONS AND THE CHARM
32. 32.CHAPTER IX — CHAMPAGNE AND THE CHARM
33. 33.CHAPTER X — HER BRIDAL NIGHT
34. 34.CHAPTER XI — HIS BRIDAL NIGHT
35. 35.CHAPTER XII — SHRAPNEL AND THE CHARM
36. 36.CHAPTER XIII — VIGIL
37. 37.CHAPTER XIV — HOME AND THE CHARM
38. 38.CHAPTER XV — THE CHARM ACKNOWLEDGED
39. 39.POSTSCRIPT — THE CHARM CONFESSED — THE END

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