PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Copyright, 1904, by

G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY

[All rights reserved.]

Quintus Oakes Issued March, 1904


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.[The Rescue]5
II.[Quintus Oakes at Home]19
III.[Oakes's Experiences]31
IV.[The Departure]41
V.[The Letter]50
VI.[The Murder]56
VII.[The Inquest]69
VIII.[The Mansion]89
IX.[Distrust and Suspicion]100
X.[The Cellar]108
XI.[The Night Walk]123
XII.[The Witness]141
XIII.[The Plan of Campaign]148
XIV.[Clues]159
XV.[The Ruse]171
XVI.[The Negro's Story]191
XVII.[Checkmated]209
XVIII.[Misadventures]221
XIX.[A Faulty Story]240
XX.[A Man's Confession]253
XXI.[The Attack]267
XXII.[The Insane Root]278
XXIII.[The Test]287
XXIV.[Across the Bridge]298
XXV.[The Man of the Hour]311

QUINTUS OAKES

CHAPTER I