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CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | Worth Gilbert | [1] |
| II | Sight Unseen | [16] |
| III | A Wedding Party | [27] |
| IV | An Apparition | [45] |
| V | At the St. Dunstan | [57] |
| VI | On the Roof | [65] |
| VII | The Gold Nugget | [75] |
| VIII | A Tin-horn Gambler | [87] |
| IX | Santa Ysobel | [101] |
| X | A Shadow in the Fog | [110] |
| XI | The Missing Diary | [124] |
| XII | A Murder | [137] |
| XIII | Dr. Bowman | [147] |
| XIV | Seven Lost Days | [155] |
| XV | At Dykeman's Office | [164] |
| XVI | A Luncheon | [171] |
| XVII | Cleansing Fires | [181] |
| XVIII | The Torn Page | [188] |
| XIX | On the Hill-top | [196] |
| XX | At the Country Club | [209] |
| XXI | A Matter of Taste | [214] |
| XXII | A Dinner Invitation | [225] |
| XXIII | A Bit of Silk | [231] |
| XXIV | The Magnet | [240] |
| XXV | An Arrest | [250] |
| XXVI | Mrs. Bowman Speaks | [261] |
| XXVII | The Blossom Festival | [273] |
| XXVIII | The Country Club Ball | [293] |
| XXIX | Unmasked | [303] |
| XXX | A Confession | [311] |
| XXXI | The 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,