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L. P. M. by J. Stewart Barney

L. P. M. Chapter 1 No.1

{Illustration: "COUNT VON HEMELSTEIN," THE AMERICAN SAID LAZILY,

"I WAS JUST THINKING WHAT A STUNNING BOOK-COVER YOU WOULD

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THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

TO MY REAL FRIENDS, WHO MAY LOVE IT.

WHILE THE OTHERS IT MAY BORE;

TO MY ENEMIES, GOD BLESS THEM,

THO' THEY SPLUTTER, MORE AND MORE.

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Chapter 1 No.1

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Chapter 2 - THE MAN AND THE HOUR

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Chapter 3 - THE ONE-MAN SECRET

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Chapter 4 - CROSSING WITH ROYALTY

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Chapter 5 - THE FIRST REBUFF

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Chapter 6 - ECHOES FROM THE WILHELMSTRASSE

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Chapter 7 - A RUSTY OLD CANNON-BALL

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Chapter 8 - DIPLOMACY WINS

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Chapter 9 - THE SPY-DRIVEN TAXI. -

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Chapter 10 - BUCKINGHAM PALACE

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Chapter 11 - HE MEETS THE KING

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Chapter 12 - THE DEIONIZER

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Chapter 13 - FIRST SHOW OF FORCE

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Chapter 14 - "THE KING IS DEAD; LONG LIVE THE KING!"

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Chapter 15 - THE ROYAL TEA-TABLE

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Chapter 16 - SURROUNDED BY SOLDIERS

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Chapter 17 - A DINNER AT THE BRITZ

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Chapter 18 - THE VOICE IN THE TELEPHONE

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Chapter 19 - IN THE HANDS OF THE GERMANS

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Chapter 20 - THE GERMAN POINT OF VIEW

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Chapter 21 - GENERAL VON LICHTENSTEIN

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Chapter 22 - HE INSTALLS HIS WIRELESS

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Chapter 23 - KAFFEE KLATSCH

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Chapter 24 - THE TWO-WHEELED MYSTERY

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Chapter 25 - DER KAISER

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Chapter 26 - THE MASQUERADER

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Chapter 27 - TWO REMARKABLE MEN

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Chapter 28 - ALL CARDS ON THE TABLE

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Chapter 29 - WHERE IS IT

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Chapter 30 - THE DIFFERENCE OF THEIR STATIONS

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Chapter 31 - THEY CALL FOR ASSISTANCE

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Chapter 32 - "SIT DOWN, YOU DOG!"

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Chapter 33 - L. P. M.

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Chapter 34 - YACHTING IN THE AIR

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Chapter 35 - THE ULTIMATUM

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Chapter 36 - A LYING KING MAKES A NATION OF LIARS

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Chapter 37 - THINK OF IT! WHY NOT

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