Contents

CHAPTER I—[THE MYSTERIOUS PATIENT]

CHAPTER II—[THORNDYKE DEVISES A SCHEME]

CHAPTER III—["A CHIEL'S AMANG YE TAKIN' NOTES"]

CHAPTER IV—[THE OFFICIAL VIEW]

CHAPTER V—[JEFFREY BLACKMORE'S WILL]

CHAPTER VI—[JEFFREY BLACKMORE, DECEASED]

CHAPTER VII—[THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTION]

CHAPTER VIII—[THE TRACK CHART]

CHAPTER IX—[THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY]

CHAPTER X—[THE HUNTER HUNTED]

CHAPTER XI—[THE BLACKMORE CASE REVIEWED]

CHAPTER XII—[THE PORTRAIT]

CHAPTER XIII—[THE STATEMENT OF SAMUEL WILKINS]

CHAPTER XIV—[THORNDYKE LAYS THE MINE]

CHAPTER XV—[THORNDYKE EXPLODES THE MINE]

CHAPTER XVI—[AN EXPOSITION AND A TRAGEDY]