Double Trouble; Or, Every Hero His Own Villain

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Quick Herbert. Double Trouble; Or, Every Hero His Own Villain

Double Trouble; Or, Every Hero His Own Villain

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Instantly he was aware of the descent upon him of a fiery comet of femininity … … Frontispiece

The Persons of the Story:

DOUBLE TROUBLE

I

A SLEEP AND A FORGETTING

II

THE RIDDLE OF RAIMENT AND DATES

III

ANY PORT IN A STORM

IV

AN ADVENTURE IN BENARES

[Illustration: She seemed to emanate from the tiger-skin, as a butterfly from the chrysalis.]

V

SUBLIMINAL ENGINEERING

VI

THE JONES PLANE OF MENTALITY

[Illustration: A new thrill ran through the man. and a new light came into his eyes]

VII

ENTER THE LEGAL MIND

VIII

POISING FOR THE PLUNGE

[Illustration: Vast and complete was the system of notes. built up by the professor and the judge]

IX

IN DARKEST PENNSYLVANIA

X

THE WRONG HOUSE

XI

THE FIRST BATTLE, AND DEFEAT

[Illustration: There she sits so attentive to her book. that his entrance has not attracted her notice]

[Illustration: Soon their heads were. close together over the plans]

XII

ON THE FIRM GROUND OF BUSINESS

XIII

THE MARTYRDOM OF MR. STEVENS

XIV

THE TREASON OF ISEGRIM THE WOLF

XV

THE TURPITUDE OF BRASSFIELD

XVI

THE OFFICE GOES IN QUEST OF THE MAN

XVII

THE HONOR NEARS ITS QUARRY

XVIII

A GLORIOUS VICTORY

XIX

THE ENTRAPPING OF MR. BRASSFIELD

XX

THE STRAWBERRY BLONDE

[Illustration: "Those red ones," said the judge, "are the very devil for showing on black!"]

XXI

SOME ALTERNATIONS IN THE CURRENT

XXII

A REVIVAL OF BELSHAZZAR

XXIII

THE MOVING FINGER WRITES

[Illustration: "I am taking Miss Waldron home," said Mr. Amidon.]

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Herbert Quick

Published by Good Press, 2019

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A lady's eye peeped forth from the curtain of a near-by berth, and vanished instantly. Mr. Amidon, seeing it, plunged back into the shelter from which he had tumbled, and lay there trembling—trembling, forsooth, because, instead of summer, it seemed winter; for Elm Springs Junction, it appeared to be a moving train on some unknown road, going God knew where; and for Florian Amidon, in his outing suit, it had the appearance of a somnambulistic wretch in his night-clothes, who was addressed by the unfamiliar porter as Mr. Brassfield!

[1] Editorial Note: As reflecting light on the personal characteristics of Mr. Florian Amidon, whose remarkable history is the turning-point of this narrative, we append a brief note by his college classmate and lifelong acquaintance, the well-known Doctor J. Galen Urquhart, of Hazelhurst, Wisconsin. The note follows:

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