Illustrated by
Hermann Heyer

NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY
1910

Copyright, 1910, By
THE MACAULAY COMPANY
THE PREMIER PRESS
NEW YORK

CONTENTS

PAGE
CHAPTER I[ 9]
CHAPTER II[ 33]
CHAPTER III [ 45]
CHAPTER IV[ 83]
CHAPTER V[ 120]

ILLUSTRATIONS

“‘One or other of you three, if not all of you,will be accused of the murder’” [ Frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
“The maid found the dead body of her mistress”[ 22]
“Sir John was found still seated at his writing-table,but dead”[ 46]
“Line for line, feature for feature, the face wasthat of Dolores Alvarez”[ 90]
“‘Look there!’ he almost shouted, as he pointedto the miniature”[ 188]
“‘I object to anyone tampering with the witness’”[ 300]

The Duplicate Death

The Duplicate Death