THE GREAT SKENE
MYSTERY

BY
BERNARD CAPES

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

[COPYRIGHT.]

First Published in 1907

[DEDICATION.]

TO
A. J. RICE-OXLEY
IN TOKEN OF SOME DEVOTED KINDNESS
THIS STORY IS DEDICATED
BY HIS FRIEND AND CONNEXION
The Author
Good is a good doctor”—Emerson

CONTENTS.

[PROLOGUE. MOTHER CAREY’S CHICKEN]

[I. AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL]