The Crime Club

“ As for you, sir, leave my house at once ”
THE CRIME CLUB
BY W. HOLT-WHITE
Illustrated by Hermann Heyer
NEW YORK THE MACAULAY COMPANY 1910
Copyright, 1910, By THE MACAULAY COMPANY
THE PREMIER PRESS NEW YORK
THE CRIME CLUB

THE CRIME CLUB
Hearing the sound of lightly-falling footsteps behind him, Captain Melun ceased his investigations of Sir Paul Westerham's kit-bag and cautiously turned his head.
As he did so, the captain experienced a painful sensation. He felt a little cold ring of steel pressed against his right temple, and from past experience, both objective and subjective, he knew that a Colt cartridge was held, so to speak, in leash within five inches of his head.