THE

MANDARIN'S FAN

BY

FERGUS HUME

AUTHOR OF
"THE MYSTERY OF A HAMSOM CAB," ETC.
SECOND EDITION

LONDON
DIGBY, LONG & CO.
18 BOUVERIE STREET, FLEET STREET, E.C.
1905

CONTENTS

CHAPTER.
[I.]THE ADVERTISEMENT
[II.]DR. FORGE
[III.]MISS WHARF AT HOME.
[IV.]RUPERT'S SECRET
[V.]CONCERNING THE FAN
[VI.]BURGH'S STORY
[VII.]THE WARNING
[VIII.]THE BEGINNING OF THE BALL
[IX.]THE END OF THE BALL
[X.]A MYSTERIOUS CASE
[XI.]THE CANTON ADVENTURE
[XII.]AT THE INQUEST
[XIII.]THE WILL
[XIV.]A MYSTERIOUS LETTER
[XV.]THE ROTHERHITHE DEN
[XVI.]THE FAN MYSTERY
[XVII.]A DISAPPEARANCE
[XVIII.]A SURPRISE
[XIX.]A VISITOR
[XX.]THE MANDARIN EXPLAINS
[XXI.]WHO IS GUILTY?
[XXII.]AFTER EVENTS
[XXIII.]THE CHASE
[XXIV.]THE FULFILLED PROPHECY

THE MANDARIN'S FAN

THE MANDARIN'S FAN