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 ofGold-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]