The Cat's Paw

THE CAT’S PAW
NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN
AUTHOR OF “THE RED SEAL,” “THE UNSEEN EAR,” “THE TREVOR CASE,” “THE MOVING FINGER,” ETC.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY NEW YORK :: 1922 :: LONDON
COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Copyright, 1922, by Street and Smith PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
By NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN
THE CAT’S PAW THE UNSEEN EAR THE THREE STRINGS THE MOVING FINGER THE NAMELESS MAN THE OFFICIAL CHAPERON THE LOST DESPATCH THE RED SEAL I SPY C. O. D. THE MAN INSIDE THE TREVOR CASE
DROPPING THE CAT, SHE SPRANG TO HER FEET WITH A SLIGHT CRY
TO EDNA LEIGHTON TYLER THIS YARN IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED IN TOKEN OF A FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP

Miss Susan Baird let her gaze rest on her companion in speculative silence. Apparently, her last jibe had failed of its mark, judging from the man’s unchanged expression. With a vexed sigh she proceeded to pour out another cup of tea.
They were an oddly matched pair. Miss Baird, still erect in spite of her seventy years, her small slight figure tucked into one corner of the carved, throne-shaped chair which was her habitual seat when in her library, appeared dwarfed in comparison with the broad-shouldered, powerfully built man who faced her across the tea table.