HUTCHINSON AND CO.

1899

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Printed by Hazell, Watson, & Viney, London and Aylesbury, England.

CONTENTS.


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CHAP.
I.[ABEL DEATH AT WORK.]
II.[SAMUEL BOYD SETS A TRAP FOR HIS DRUDGE.]
III.[A LADY OF FASHION PAYS SAMUEL BOYD A VISIT.]
IV.[SILENCE REIGNS.]
V.[CONSTABLE APPLEBEE AND CONSTABLE POND FOREGATHER.]
VI.[IT WAS GONE! THROUGH DEADMAN'S COURT.]
VII.[IN BISHOP STREET POLICE STATION.]
VIII.[AUNT ROB THINKS FLORENCE OUGHT TO MARRY A MARQUIS OR APRINCE.]
IX.[THE DISAPPEARANCE OF ABEL DEATH.]
X.[UNCLE ROB AND DICK ARGUE IT OUT.]
XI.[DICK REMINGTON REVIEWS THE PAST.]
XII.[DICK CONFESSES HOW HE BEHAVED HIMSELF IN THE SERVICE OFSAMUEL BOYD.]
XIII.[A LIGHT IN THE HOUSE OF DR. PYE.]
XIV.[THE LADY'S HANDKERCHIEF WHICH CONSTABLE POND PICKED UP INCATCHPOLE SQUARE.]
XV.[DICK COMES TO AN ARRANGEMENT WITH CONSTABLE POND.]
XVI.[LETTERS FROM FLORENCE.]
XVII.[THE LITTLE WASHERWOMAN.]
XVIII.[DR. PYE'S FRIEND, OF THE NAME OF VINSEN.]
XIX.[DICK PREPARES FOR A SIEGE AND COMMENCES SERIOUSOPERATIONS.]
XX.[DICK MAKES A DISCOVERY.]
XXI.[THE CHAMBER OF DEATH.]
XXII.[DICK RELIEVES GRACIE'S FEELING BY ONE EXPRESSIVE WORD.]
XXIII.[FLORENCE AND REGINALD.]
XXIV.[DR. VINSEN TAKES AN INTEREST IN DICK.]
XXV.[LADY WHARTON AT THE FOUNTAIN.]
XXVI.["THE LITTLE BUSY BEE" GETS AHEAD OF ITS RIVALS.]
XXVII.["THE LITTLE BUSY BEE" ENLIGHTENS THE PUBLIC.]
XXVIII.[THE BURSTING OF THE CLOUD.]
XXIX.[A MODERN KNIGHT OF CHIVALRY.]
XXX.[REGINALD'S MAN OF BUSINESS.]
XXXI.[SCENES IN CATCHPOLE SQUARE.]
XXXII.["THE LITTLE BUSY BEE'S" REPORT OF THE INQUEST.]
XXXIII.[SCENES IN COURT.]
XXXIV.[GATHERING CLOUDS.]
XXXV.[LADY WHARTON STARTLES THE COURT.]
XXXVI.[THE CONTINUATION OF THE INQUEST.]
XXXVII.[DR. PYE MAKES A STATEMENT.]
XXXVIII.[DICK IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE MYSTERY SEEMSIMPENETRABLE, BUT IS STILL DETERMINED TO PIERCE IT.]
XXXIX. [GRACE MAKES A DISCOVERY.]
XL.[THE SPECTRE IN THE FLASH-LIGHT.]
XLI.[HOW A MURDERER MIGHT HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED.]
XLII.[A FAMILY COUNCIL.]
XLIII.[AUNT ROB PLAYS THE PART OF FAIRY GODMOTHER.]
XLIV.[IN THE CAUSE OF JUSTICE.]
XLV.[CROSS PURPOSES.]
XLVI.["THE LITTLE BUSY BEE'S" REPORT OF THE CONTINUATION OF THEINQUEST.]
XLVII.["THE LITTLE BUSY BEE" CONTINUES ITS REPORT OF THE INQUEST.]
XLVIII.[THE CORONER'S SUMMING-UP.]
XLIX.[LITTLE GRACIE DEATH ON THE TRAIL.]
L.[EZRA LYNN, THE MONEY-LENDER.]
LI.[A DEAD LOCK.]
LII.[ARRESTED FOR MURDER.]
LIII.[GRACIE RELATES THE STORY OF HER ADVENTURES.]
LIV.[EXTRACTS FROM "THE BUSY BEE" OF FRIDAY, THE 15TH OF MARCH,1896.]
LV.[CONSTABLE APPLEBEE ON THE WATCH.]
LVI.[EXTRACTED FROM THE DIARY OF DAVID LAMBERT, DETECTIVEOFFICER.]
LVII.[DETECTIVE LAMBERT CONTINUES HIS DIARY.]
LVIII.[THE DISCOVERY OF THE CRYPTOGRAM.]
LIX.[CONSTABLE APPLEBEE DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF.]
LX.[FROM THE DIARY OF DETECTIVE LAMBERT.]
LXI.[FROM "THE LITTLE BUSY BEE" OF THURSDAY, MARCH 21ST.]
LXII.[AT THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT.]
LXIII.[CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL.]
LXIV.[A STARTLING DENOUEMENT.]
LXV.[FROM "THE LITTLE BUSY BEE."]
LXVI.[JOY.]

SAMUEL BOYD
OF CATCHPOLE SQUARE.