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CONTENTS

CHAPTER
[I.]THE MAJOR AND HIS HOUSEHOLD.
[II.]THE ASHANTEE DEVIL-STICK.
[III.]DIDO.
[IV.]VOODOO! VOODOO!
[V.]DR. ETWALD'S WARNING.
[VI.]A STRANGE OCCURRENCE.
[VII.]THE RIVALS.
[VIII.]A CRY IN THE NIGHT.
[IX.]AFTER THE DEED.
[X.]FURTHER MYSTERY.
[XI.]MAJOR JEN, DETECTIVE.
[XII.]THE STRANGE PERFUME.
[XIII.]ISABELLA.
[XIV.]LADY MEG.
[XV.]CROSS-EXAMINATION.
[XVI.]THE EVIDENCE OF JAGGARD.
[XVII.]THE STORY OF THE NIGHT.
[XVIII.]THE DEVIL-STICK THIEF.
[XIX.]FURTHER EVIDENCE.
[XX.]A STRANGE REQUEST.
[XXI.]A NINE DAY'S WONDER.
[XXII.]FOR THE DEFENSE,
[XXIII.]THE RESULT OF THE TRIAL.
[XXIV.]A FINAL SURPRISE.
[XXV.]THREE LETTERS.

FOR THE DEFENCE

BY

FERGUS HUME

AUTHOR OF
"MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," "HARLEQUIN OPAL," ETC.
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK:
RAND, McNALLY & COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS.
Copyright 1897, by Fergus Hume.
Copyright, 1898, by Rand McNally & Co.

FOR THE DEFENCE.

[CHAPTER I.]