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The Yellow Dove (1915)
by George Fort Gibbs
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Adventure of the breathless sort is the subject matter of The Yellow Dove, in which Mr. George Gibbs shows what may happen to people who get mixed up in the present European entanglement. His heroine, Doris, an American girl working as a Red Cross nurse in London, cannot understand why the Honourable Cyril Hammersley, an athlete and all-around sportsman, hangs around drawing-rooms instead of wearing khaki in the trenches, and tells him so. His answer is that he is afraid. But Hammersley is in reality a hero enlisted in the secret service [...] Much of the story sounds like burlesque, but for those readers who want a thrill on every page it will doubtless prove a fascinating tale. —From a review in The Bookman 1916.

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THE YELLOW DOVE

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'His blond hair disheveled, his shoulders coatless, Cyril emerged."

[Page 47]

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THE
YELLOW DOVE

BY
GEORGE GIBBS

ILLUSTRATED
BY THE AUTHOR

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS
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Copyright, 1915,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY

Printed in the United States of America

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Contents
  1. chapterpage
  2. Prelude 1
  3. I. Sheltered People 5
  4. II. The Undercurrent 17
  5. III. Rice-papers 31
  6. IV. Dangerous Secrets 45
  7. V. The Pursuit Continues 55
  8. VI. Rizzio Takes Charge 68
  9. VII. An Intruder 83
  10. VIII. Evidence 96
  11. IX. The Viking's Tower 108
  12. X. The Yellow Dove 121
  13. XI. Von Stromberg 131
  14. XII. Hammersley Explains 145
  15. XIII. The Unwilling Guest 157
  16. XIV. Von Stromberg Catechises 172
  17. XV. The Inquisition 188
  18. XVI. The General Plays to Win 206
  19. XVII. Lindberg 221
  20. XVIII. Success 243
  21. XIX. The Cave on the Thorwald 260
  22. XX. The Fight in the Cavern 275
  23. XXI. Hare and Hounds 289
  24. XXII. From the Heights 306
  25. XXIII. Headquarters 320

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. "His blond hair disheveled, his shoulders coatless, Cyril emerged" Frontispiece
  2. FACING PAGE
  3. "‘Not that,' he whispered hoarsely, 'for God's sake not that’" 80
  4. "Her lips . . . were whispering words that she hoped could follow him into the distance" 128
  5. "The truth, and he becomes an honorable prisoner of war. Silence, and he is shot tomorrow. Speak" 218

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