Transcribed from Henneberry Company edition by an anonymous UK volunteer.
JOE LESLIE’S WIFE
OR
A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET
BY
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, M.D.
Author of “Gold-Maker of Lisbon,” “Little Sweetheart,”
“Phantom Smuggler,” “Diana Thorpe,” “Frozen
Hearts,” “Nora’s Legacy,” etc.
CHICAGO
THE HENNEBERRY COMPANY
554 Wabash Avenue
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I | The Office of a New York Detective | [17] |
| II | Two of a Kind | [28] |
| III | The Tell-tale Scrap of Paper | [39] |
| IV | The House on Twenty-seventh Street | [50] |
| V | The Man Dressed as a Bull-fighter | [61] |
| VI | Marian | [73] |
| VII | A Brand from the Burning | [83] |
| VIII | The Jehu Adds to the Mystery | [94] |
| IX | Joe’s Secret | [105] |
| X | That Meerschaum Pipe | [116] |
| XI | All is Forgiven | [127] |
| XII | The Opium Joint | [138] |
| XIII | A Terrible Doom | [149] |
| XIV | Another Link in the Chain | [160] |
| XV | Comparing Notes | [171] |
| XVI | The Locked Saratoga | [182] |
| XVII | The Artist is Defiant | [193] |
| XVIII | Fortune’s Favors | [204] |
| XIX | The Time Draws Near | [215] |
| XX | For Plunder | [226] |
| XXI | The Cottage Beyond the Harlem | [237] |
| XXII | Almost | [248] |
| XXIII | The Messenger with Good News | [259] |
| XXIV | Conclusion | [268] |