Produced by K Nordquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) [Illustration: "_Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria_"] THE GHOST BREAKER A NOVEL BASED UPON THE PLAY By CHARLES GODDARD AND PAUL DICKEY HEARST'S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY COMPANY NEW YORK 1915 Copyright, 1915, by HEARST'S INTERNATIONAL LIBRARY CO., INC. _All rights reserved, including that of translation into the foreign languages, including the Scandinavian_ CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. JARVIS OF KENTUCKY 1 II. THE BLIND PURSUIT 18 III. IN THE ROYAL SUITE 35 IV. AN OATH OF ALLEGIANCE 47 V. EXIT JARVIS, LAUGHING 59 VI. OVER THE SEA AND FAR AWAY 74 VII. THE ROMANCE OF THE CASTLE 87 VIII. THE NEW PROFESSION 105 IX. CHECKMATE THE FIRST 125 X. A WAGER WITH THE DUKE 140 XI. WHEN THE SHIP COMES IN 161 XII. WELCOME TO SEGURO! 181 XIII. "GENTLEMEN, A MAN!" 198 XIV. MORE OBSTACLES 217 XV. MYSTERIOUS INFLUENCES 239 XVI. AS IN DAYS OF OLD 250 XVII. CONCLUSION 267 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "Warren--don't call me Highness!... my name is Maria" _Frontispiece_ FACING PAGE It was Jarvis of Kentucky 38 --"and to faithfully fight in my lady's cause" 56 "Just a minute. How did that lock get broken?" 70 "I am known from Bowling Green to the Golden Gate, as Warren the Ghost Breaker" 106 "Gentlemen--a man" 212 "So, you are the brave American, are you?" 214 "Ah, señor, in all my experience I have never seen such an adventurous palm...." 222 "Ah, Mr. Warren, looking for an honest man, like old Socrates?" 232 Rusty caught him by the arm 262 His next weapon was a chair 270 "Don't shoot!" 278 I JARVIS OF KENTUCKY Down the winding roadway came the thunder of hoofbeats!