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DELILAH OF HARLEM A STORY OF THE NEW YORK CITY OF TO-DAY BY RICHARD HENRY SAVAGE AUTHOR OF "MY OFFICIAL WIFE" "THE LITTLE LADY OF LAGUNITAS'' "PRINCE SCHAMYL'S WOOING" "THE MASKED VENUS" "THE PASSING SHOW" (STORIES) ETC., ETC. COP YRIGHT LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE,& SONS, LIMITED BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL, E. C. MANCHESTER. AND NEW YORK 1893 \A.il rigliis reserved] NOVELS BY RICHARD HENRY SAVAGE' Author of " My Official Wife!' In Crown 8vo, fancy boards, MY OFFICIAL WIFE. THE LITTLE LADY OF LAGUNITAS. A FRANCO-CALIFORXIAN ROMANCE. PRINCE SCHAMYL'S WOOrNG. A STORY OF THE CAUCASUS— RUSSO-TURKISH WAR. THE MASKED VENUS. A STOR Y OF MAXY LANDS. DELILAH OF HARLEM. A STORY OF THE NEW YORK CITY OF TO-DAY. CONTENTS. BOOK L THE SPIDER'S PARLOP. PAGE CHAPTER I.—Mrs. Selina Francis' Reception. An Amber Goddess, - - 7 II.—At the Bank. Love in the Park. Mr. Thomas Overton s Afternoon Call, - - 22 '• III.—Overton's Account Opened. In the Pool-room. The Moth and the Candle, - - - - 38 IV.—Golden Hours. At the Race Track. At Claremont. A Van ished Venus, - - 54 " V.—Birds of a Feather. Mephisto and Faust. The Senior Partner's Yacht, 75 BOOK IL IN THE TOILS. CHAPTER VI.—Breakers Ahead. Awkward Ex planations. The " Universe " Reporter, - - 98 " VII.—Overton's Return. Warring Part ners. Riley's Plan. The Boston Train. Abel Cram's Discovery, 120 4 CONTENTS. PAGE CHAPTER VIII.—Home Again. Viola Pomeroy's Successful Novel. Face to Face. Morton at Bay. A lamiiy Crisis, - - 141 " IX.—A Broken Idol. Jose Olivieras Shipping Venture. Abel Cram's Dilemma. A Wall Street Bank Robbery, - - - 162 " X.—The Inspector Baffled. The Cruise of the " Restless." Maxwell's Clew. Morton's Quest, - - 192 BOOK IIL A BLIND TRAIL. CHAPTER XI.—On the Blue Caribbean. Parted by Fate. In the Honduras Mountains. Nearing his Enemy, 214 ' XII.—A Battle Day with the Revolution ists. Face to Face. Morton Wipes out his Score. Treasure Trove. Yellow Jack, - 232 " XIII.—Haggerty Sees a Lovely Vision. Maxwell's Colorado Journey. In Cairo. John Martin's Bride. In the Bois. " Two Gentlemen from New York." An Old Love-story. " I Want Those Bonds," - . - . 256 ' XIV.—On the Trail. Seth Wise's Bluff. First Blood for Riley and Olivi- era. Delilah of Harlem to the Rescue, - 279 CONTENTS. 5 PAGE CHAPTER XV.—A Morning Surprise. The Veiled Witness. Judge Lawton's Ulti matum. Claire Morton's Fort une. The Witch Undoes her Work. Wedding Bells. At the Legation Ball. " Home Again ! " 302 DELILAH OF HARLEM. A STORY OF THE NEW YORK CITY OF TO-DAY. BOOK L THE SPIDER'S PARLOR. CHAPTER L MRS. SELINA FRANCIS' RECEPTION. AN AMBER GOD DESS ! " No, old boy ! The whole thing is a bore ! I am tired of New York ! " cried Ralph Burnham, carefully selecting a cigar from the box of Excepcionales. In a cosey private room of the Brunswick, two men, old college chums, were seated at a table covered with the debris of a bachelor dinner. It was the genial summer time of 1889.