By NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN

THE CAT’S PAW
THE UNSEEN EAR
THE THREE STRINGS
THE MOVING FINGER
THE NAMELESS MAN
THE OFFICIAL CHAPERON
THE LOST DESPATCH
THE RED SEAL
I SPY
C. O. D.
THE MAN INSIDE
THE TREVOR CASE


DROPPING THE CAT, SHE SPRANG TO HER FEET WITH A SLIGHT CRY

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TO
EDNA LEIGHTON TYLER
THIS YARN IS AFFECTIONATELY
INSCRIBED IN TOKEN
OF A FAITHFUL FRIENDSHIP


CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I.Kitty![1]
II.The Summons[6]
III.Details[17]
IV.Suicide?[35]
V.At the Morgue[52]
VI.Testimony[63]
VII.Mrs. Parsons Has Callers[79]
VIII.The Case of the Gila Monster[94]
IX.Mrs. Parsons Asks Questions[116]
X.Rumors[127]
XI.I. O. U.[139]
XII.A Word of Warning[155]
XIII.Bribery[169]
XIV.And Corruption[185]
XV.Bound in Red Tape[203]
XVI.A Startling Encounter[215]
XVII.“K. B.”[223]
XVIII.Elusive Clues[239]
XIX.Suspicion[252]
XX.The Feet of the Furtive[260]
XXI.Mouchette, the Seven-Toed[270]
XXII.Greed[287]