The moving finger

by Natalie Sumner Lincoln

The
MOVING FINGER

BY
NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN
AUTHOR OF “THE NAMELESS MAN,” “I SPY,” “C. O. D.,”
“THE LOST DESPATCH,” “THE TREVOR CASE,” ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY
CHARLES L. WRENN

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
NEW YORK LONDON
1918

Copyright, 1918, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Copyright, 1918, by The Frank A. Munsey Company
Printed in the United States of America

TO
MR. AND MRS. THOMAS E. NEWBOLD
THIS YARN IS SPUN WITH INFINITE AFFECTION

CONTENTS

CHAPTER	PAGE
I.	Visions	[ 1]
II.	Tragedy	[ 8]
III.	Testimony	[ 23]
IV.	More Testimony	[ 40]
V.	Dorothy Deane, “Society Editor”	[ 66]
VI.	The Wall Between	[ 81]
VII.	At Thornedale Lodge	[ 98]
VIII.	Many Inventions	[ 114]
IX.	In the Attic	[ 138]
X.	The Black-Edged Card	[ 154]
XI.	Mrs. Porter Grows Inquisitive	[ 170]
XII.	Detective Mitchell Asks Questions	[ 186]
XIII.	The Red Herring	[ 205]
XIV.	Pro and Con	[ 224]
XV.	Edged Tools	[ 243]
XVI.	Hare and Hounds	[ 259]
XVII.	Vera Receives a Letter	[ 279]
XVIII.	The Counterfeit Bank Note	[ 293]
XIX.	The First Shot	[ 313]
XX.	KA	[ 322]
XXI.	Blind Man’s Buff	[ 329]
XXII.	“The Moving Finger Writes—”	[ 344]
XXIII.	Out of the Maze	[ 352]

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