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                             The Opal Serpent

                                    By

                                Fergus Hume

                                 AUTHOR OF

           "THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," "THE RAINBOW FEATHER,"
                "A COIN OF EDWARD VII.," "THE PAGAN'S CUP,"
                  "THE SECRET PASSAGE," "THE RED WINDOW,"
                        "THE MANDARIN'S FAN," ETC.

                          G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
                            PUBLISHERS NEW YORK


                            COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY
                          G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY.

                            _Issued July, 1905._


[Illustration: "LOOK! LOOK!" CRIED SYLVIA, GASPING--"THE MOUTH!"]




CONTENTS


CHAP.                                                            PAGE

    I. DON QUIXOTE IN LONDON                              