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_Title:_ The Emperor of America
_Date of first publication:_ 1927
_Author:_ Arthur Henry Sarsfield Ward (as Sax Rohmer) (1883-1959)
_Date first posted:_ Nov. 30, 2021
_Date last updated:_ Nov. 30, 2021
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[Cover Illustration]

[Illustration: _It was a dead yellow face—the face of a mummy. . . .
The effect was indescribably terrifying until one realized that this
yellow terror was a wonderful mask of delicate texture._ . . .]

THE EMPEROR OF
AMERICA

By
SAX ROHMER

[Illustration]

McKINLAY, STONE & MACKENZIE
NEW YORK

C O N T E N T S

CHAPTER PAGE
I THE ZONES 1
II A PAWN MOVED 11
III “YOU BEGIN TO INTEREST ME” 26
IV STOPFORD GOES ASHORE 37
V MADAME CZERNA 50
VI THE DIAMOND Z 57
VII THE BRAZILIAN DANCER 66
VIII THORN APPLE 73
IX THE LOST HOUR 83
X THE PAGE SUTTON SIEGE 93
XI THE SECOND TREE 103
XII THE MAP 114
XIII GROUP MASTER 4 127
XIV NIGHT ATTACK 138
XV AT THE ROADHOUSE 146
XVI “THE BLUE BARBER” 153
XVII AT THE ROADHOUSE (_concluded_) 159
XVIII THE WHITE ROOM 174
XIX RAIDED 181
XX SOME MONTHS LATER 194
XXI “REMOVED FROM THE ROLLS” 206
XXII A GALA NIGHT 216
XXIII PERFORMANCE BEGINS 224
XXIV THE BLACK WHITE WAY 235
XXV RESCUE 240
XXVI THIRTY MILES FROM SHORE 249
XXVII 40.26 NORTH, 73.58 WEST 257
XXVIII THE MANHATTAN CAVERNS 263
XXIX THE DUCHESSE 271
XXX TOM FLYNN 279
XXXI THE CARDINAL’S GARDEN 288
XXXII THE SUNDIAL 296
XXXIII G. H. Q. 305