The Fellowship of the Frog
THE FELLOWSHIP
OF THE FROG
EDGAR WALLACE
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON AND MELBOURNE
1926
Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London
CONTENTS
IT was of interest to those who study the psychology of the mass that, until the prosperous but otherwise insignificant James G. Bliss became the object of their attention, the doings and growth of the Frogs were almost unnoticed. There were strong references in some of the country newspapers to the lawless character of the association; one Sunday journal had an amusing article headed
“Tramps’ Trade Union Takes Frog for
Symbol of Mystic Order”
and gave a humorous and quite fanciful extract from its rules and ritual. The average man made casual references:
Edgar Wallace
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FOREWORD
THE FROGS
CHAPTER I
AT MAYTREE COTTAGE
CHAPTER II
A TALK ABOUT FROGS
CHAPTER III
THE FROG
CHAPTER IV
ELK
CHAPTER V
MR. MAITLAND GOES HOME
CHAPTER VI
MR. MAITLAND GOES SHOPPING
CHAPTER VII
A CALL ON MR. MAITLAND
CHAPTER VIII
THE OFFENSIVE RAY
CHAPTER IX
THE MAN WHO WAS WRECKED
CHAPTER X
ON HARLEY TERRACE
CHAPTER XI
MR. BROAD EXPLAINS
CHAPTER XII
THE EMBELLISHMENT OF MR. MAITLAND
CHAPTER XIII
A RAID ON ELDOR STREET
CHAPTER XIV
“ALL BULLS HEAR!”
CHAPTER XV
THE MORNING AFTER
CHAPTER XVI
RAY LEARNS THE TRUTH
CHAPTER XVII
THE COMING OF MILLS
CHAPTER XVIII
THE BROADCAST
CHAPTER XIX
IN ELSHAM WOOD
CHAPTER XX
HAGN
CHAPTER XXI
MR. JOHNSON’S VISITOR
CHAPTER XXII
THE INQUIRY
CHAPTER XXIII
A MEETING
CHAPTER XXIV
WHY MAITLAND CAME
CHAPTER XXV
IN REGARD TO SAUL MORRIS
CHAPTER XXVI
PROMOTION FOR BALDER
CHAPTER XXVII
MR. BROAD IS INTERESTING
CHAPTER XXVIII
MURDER
CHAPTER XXIX
THE FOOTMAN
CHAPTER XXX
THE TRAMPS
CHAPTER XXXI
THE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
CHAPTER XXXII
IN GLOUCESTER PRISON
CHAPTER XXXIII
THE FROG OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER XXXIV
THE PHOTO-PLAY
CHAPTER XXXV
GETTING THROUGH
CHAPTER XXXVI
THE POWER CABLE
CHAPTER XXXVII
THE GET-AWAY
CHAPTER XXXVIII
THE MYSTERY MAN
CHAPTER XXXIX
THE AWAKENING
CHAPTER XL
FROG
CHAPTER XLI
IN QUARRY HOUSE
CHAPTER XLII
JOSHUA BROAD EXPLAINS
