Old Broadbrim Into the Heart of Australia / or, A Strange Bargain and Its Consequences

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OR,
A STRANGE BARGAIN AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
By the author of OLD BROADBRIM.
OLD BROADBRIM'S STRANGE BARGAIN.
The 12th of April, 189—, as Old Broadbrim, the famous Quaker detective, will ever remember, fell on a Thursday.
Just after the noon hour on that day he received a letter asking him to come to one of the most elegant private residences on Fifth Avenue.
He was sure no crime had been committed, and he was puzzled to guess just what the invitation meant.
The owner of the mansion was Custer Kipp, one of the richest and best-known dwellers on the avenue, a man who counted his wealth almost by the tens of millions, so it was said at least, and the detective had seen him often on the street and in his elegant turnout in the parks.
Old Broadbrim answered the letter in person, as was his wont.
He reached the door of the mansion, and his ring was answered immediately, as if he was expected, and a servant conducted him into the library.