THE SHERIDAN ROAD MYSTERY

by

PAUL AND MABEL THORNE

CONTENTS

I [THE SHOT]
II [DETECTIVE SERGEANT MORGAN]
III [INVESTIGATION]
IV [THE APARTMENT ACROSS THE HALL]
V [PECULIAR FACTS]
VI [THE CABLE FROM LONDON]
VII [MR. MARSH]
VIII [A DEFINITE CLUE]
IX [THE LAST LETTER]
X [THE STOLEN SUITCASE]
XI [THE TRAIL GROWS CLEARER]
XII [MISSING]
XIII [STARTLING DISCLOSURES]
XIV [THE NIGHT CALL]
XV ["DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES"]
XVI [THE CLOSED COUNTRY HOUSE]
XVII [WHAT THE CARETAKER SAW]
XVIII [THE ENEMY SHOWS HIS HAND]
XIX [KIDNAPPED]
XX [THE FALLEN PINE]
XXI [THE CHIMNEY THAT WOULDN'T DRAW]
XXII [CORNERED]
XXIII [SUNSET]

THE SHERIDAN ROAD MYSTERY

CHAPTER I

THE SHOT

It was a still, balmy night in late October. The scent of burned autumn leaves hung in the air, and a hazy moon, showing just over the housetops, deepened the shadows on the streets.