The adventuress

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CRAIG KENNEDY IN HIS LABORATORY
THE ADVENTURESS A CRAIG KENNEDY DETECTIVE STORY BY
AUTHOR OF “The Treasure Train” and other Craig Kennedy Scientific Detective Stories FRONTISPIECE BY WILL FOSTER
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Adventuress
Copyright, 1917, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published November, 1917
THE ADVENTURESS
THE ADVENTURESS
A revolver-shot followed by the crash of glass sounded in our hall.
At the same instant the laboratory door burst open and an elderly, distinguished-looking man stumbled in on us, his hat now off, his coat and collar awry, his hair rumpled, and his face wearing a dazed, uncertain expression, as though he did not yet comprehend what had so suddenly taken place.