Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations
in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and
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Italics are represented thus _italic_.
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“HE HEAR ALL DE SECRETS ER DER CREEPIN’ THINGS”]
_DEVIL_
TALES
BY
VIRGINIA FRAZER BOYLE
ILLUSTRATED BY
A. B. FROST
[Illustration]
NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS
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