"He Wanted 

 the Woman 

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"I heard a shot— I saw him run— and then I saw her fall— the woman I loved. My 1 eg was broken — 

 and ni}' gun was gone! I had only one thought— his strange, astounding plots must be revenged— he 

 must die for a coward at my hand! He had the courage of a lion and the cunning of a rat. He came 

 running toward me when, suddenly— I — " 



But the story is too thrilling— too fascinating, as he tells it, for us to spoil it for you here— for it is 

 told by the man who knows how to make a story the most breathless thing in the world— Robert L,ouis 

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Wild, bleak cliffs of Scotland— raging stormy seas— England— America— in- 

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 over the world "he takes you with the splendid magic of his pen! But he loved the South Eea Islands 

 best— and, better than any other writer, he knows their glowing-, passionate stories. Out of the dull 

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 shipwrecks, duels— into the place we all of us love best, the land of irresistible 1- oraance. 



And it was America who first discovered him— America who proclaimed him! That was be- 

 cause his spirit was the kind to thrill every true American— because he has put that spirit into his 

 books, because they fascinate the gentlest woman and the bravest man alike, and today Americans 

 love him best of all. They read him more than they ever did before. 



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