His Unknown Wife (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from His Unknown Wife "Prisoner, attention! His excellency the President has permitted Señor Steinbaum to visit you." The "prisoner" was lying on his back on a plank bed, with his hands tucked beneath his head to obtain some measure of protection from the roll of rough fiber matting which formed a pillow. He did not pay the slightest heed to the half-caste Spanish jailer´s gruff command. But the visitor´s name stirred him. He turned his head, apparently to make sure that he was not being deceived, and rose on an elbow. "Hello, Steinbaum!" he said in English. "What´s the swindle? Excuse this terseness, but I have to die in an hour, or even less, if a sunbeam hasn´t misled me." "There´s no swindle this time, Mr. Maseden," came the guttural answer. "I´m sorry I cannot help you, but I want you to do a good turn for a lady." "A lady! What lady?" "I don´t know." "If you don´t know the lady that i a recommendation in itself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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