NEW

YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1923,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

THE AMATEUR INN. II
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I A NON-SKIPPABLE PROLOGUE[ 9]
II AT LAST THE STORY BEGINS[ 22]
III AN INVOLUNTARY LANDLORD[ 44]
IV TWO OR THREE INTRUDERS[ 56]
V ROBBER’S ROOST, UNINCORPORATED[ 75]
VI THE POLICE AND THE DUKE OF ARGYLE[ 90]
VII FAITH AND UNFAITH AND SOME MOONLIGHT [ 103]
VIII THE INQUISITION[ 112]
IX A LIE OR TWO[ 125]
X A CRY IN THE NIGHT[ 140]
XI WHAT LAY BEYOND THE SMASHED DOOR[ 161]
XII WHEREIN CLIVE PLAYS THE FOOL[ 175]
XIII HOW ONE OATH WAS TAKEN[ 192]
XIV A CLUELESS CLUE[ 211]
XV THE IMPOSSIBLE[ 220]
XVI THE COLLIE TESTIFIES[ 231]
XVII UNTANGLING THE SNARL[ 243]
XVIII WHEN HE CAME HOME[ 257]
XIX A MAN AND A MAID AND ANOTHER MAN[ 283]

THE AMATEUR INN

THE AMATEUR INN