The Closing Net

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The Closing Net (1912)
by Henry C. Rowland, illustrated by A. C. Michael
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[Dodd, Mead, and Company, New York, 1912. Part I combines (modified) the short story, The Offender (1910) and the novella, The Under-World (1911). The story was adapted into film in 1915

The adventures of an expert American burglar who reforms in Paris when he finds his own half-brother facing his pistol. Later the situation turns around and the burglar brother rescues the reforming half-brother and saves him from ruin and disgrace. The book, as the publishers say, is " full of action, thrills, surprises, and red-blooded excitement." If a "movie" has not been made from it, one certainly should be.—Review in the Outlook, Oct 1920

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THE CLOSING NET

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"IS HE DEAD?" I ASKED, AND LEANED AGAINST THE WALL (page 234)

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THE CLOSING NET


BY
HENRY C. ROWLAND

AUTHOR OF "IN THE SERVICE OF THE PRINCESS,"
"THE MAGNET," ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
A. C. MICHAEL

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY,
1912

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Copyright, 1911, by Henry C. Rowland as "Chu, Chu,
the Shearer" and "Leontine and Company"

Copyright, 1912, by Dodd, Mead and Company

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CONTENTS

  1. PART ONE
  2. chapterpage
  3. I Tide Water Clam 1
  4. II The Tide Turns 25
  5. III Léontine Digs in the Sand 41
  6. IV A Back Eddy 59
  7. V Léontine Shows Her Teeth 74
  8. VI "Will You Walk Into My Parlour?" 94
  9. VII American Methods 105
  10. VIII Hawk And Raven 116
  11. IX The Falcon Strikes 128
  12. X Rosenthal 142
  13. XI An Heroic Lie 160
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  15. PART TWO
  16. I Under Cover 175
  17. II The Countess Rosalie 191
  18. III The First Round 219
  19. IV Sanctuary 237
  20. V Quicksands 247
  21. VI Temptation 270
  22. VII Back Into the World 290
  23. VIII The Passing of Ivan 306
  24. IX The Net Closes 316
  25. X Into the Light 329

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ILLUSTRATIONS

  1. "Is he dead?" I asked, and leaned against the wall. (Page 234) Frontispiece
  2. Rosalie Facing Page 34
  3. Rosalie caught my drift and began to gesticulate. (Page 199) ""98
  4. "What if I were to tell you that you were talking to a crook?" (Page 218) ""164
  5. There was a snarl of rage in his voice, and I began to think that Ivan was a more dangerous man than I had thought. (Page 273)""230
  6. I fired again and brought a snarl out of him. (Page 327) ""300

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