CONTENTS CHAPTER I CHAPTER II Page The Man in the Closet ... 37 CHAPTER III A Serious Accusation ...... 57 Alvan s Appeal to the Wizard . CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V 81 The Real Incendiary . IOI vii 858 ILLUSTRATIONS quot quot The passenger continued to regard the boy quot Who minds what old Jewett says quot .... Page 17 . Frontispiece 14 You young blunderhead 25 quot As quot Extracted quot He he entered the long apartment quot...... 39 a glove from his waistcoat quot..... 45 was new no longer quot 4 I ll make it hot for him quot quot Alvan quot Alvan quot When quot What quot quot quot I came to see if I could n t do something 73 quot .... 75 quot .... 85 resolved to see Mrs. Hines observed the fatal result you loaded those reservoirs Why did n t you speak of this before ... 97 Try, Try quot he commanded do you want with me .... . quot 49 61 93 113 119 Fairly embarrassed with thanksquot 127 ix BLITZEN THE CONJURER