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                         THE HOUSE OF BALTAZAR




                         _=BY THE SAME AUTHOR=_

IDOLS
JAFFERY
VIVIETTE
SEPTIMUS
DERELICTS
THE USURPER
STELLA MARIS
WHERE LOVE IS
THE ROUGH ROAD
THE RED PLANET
THE WHITE DOVE
FAR-AWAY STORIES
SIMON THE JESTER
A STUDY IN SHADOWS
A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY
THE WONDERFUL YEAR
THE FORTUNATE YOUTH
THE BELOVÈD VAGABOND
AT THE GATE OF SAMARIA
THE GLORY OF CLEMENTINA
THE MORALS OF MARCUS ORDEYNE
THE DEMAGOGUE AND LADY PHAYRE
THE JOYOUS ADVENTURES OF ARISTIDE PUJOL




                                  THE
                           HOUSE OF BALTAZAR

                                   BY
                            WILLIAM J. LOCKE

             AUTHOR OF “THE ROUGH ROAD,” “THE RED PLANET,”
           “THE WONDERFUL YEAR,” “THE BELOVÈD VAGABOND,” ETC.

       