“All the elements of a good detective story and more.”—N. Y. Times.

“There is a surprise which is absolutely new in the annals of detective stories.”—Commercial Advertiser.

“It is sane and there is no marvellous (and impossible) acumen displayed in ferreting out the criminal.”—Nashville American.


12mo. With frontispiece. Net, $1.00. Postage 10c.


New York—G. P. Putnam’s Sons—London