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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
IWorth Gilbert[1]
IISight Unseen[16]
IIIA Wedding Party[27]
IVAn Apparition[45]
VAt the St. Dunstan[57]
VIOn the Roof[65]
VIIThe Gold Nugget[75]
VIIIA Tin-horn Gambler[87]
IXSanta Ysobel[101]
XA Shadow in the Fog[110]
XIThe Missing Diary[124]
XIIA Murder[137]
XIIIDr. Bowman[147]
XIVSeven Lost Days[155]
XVAt Dykeman's Office[164]
XVIA Luncheon[171]
XVIICleansing Fires[181]
XVIIIThe Torn Page[188]
XIXOn the Hill-top[196]
XXAt the Country Club[209]
XXIA Matter of Taste[214]
XXIIA Dinner Invitation[225]
XXIIIA Bit of Silk[231]
XXIVThe Magnet[240]
XXVAn Arrest[250]
XXVIMrs. Bowman Speaks[261]
XXVIIThe Blossom Festival[273]
XXVIIIThe Country Club Ball[293]
XXIXUnmasked[303]
XXXA Confession[311]
XXXIThe Million-Dollar Suitcase[320]

The Million-Dollar Suitcase


CHAPTER I

WORTH GILBERT

On the blank silence that followed my last words, there in the big, dignified room with its Circassian walnut and sound-softening rugs, Dykeman, the oldest director, squalled out as though he had been bitten,