CHRISTOPHER QUARLES
College Professor and Master Detective

BY
PERCY JAMES BREBNER

AUTHOR OF "PRINCESS MARITZA," "THE LITTLE GREY SHOE," ETC., ETC.

NEW YORK
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
681 FIFTH AVENUE
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1914, BY
E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY

Press of
J. J. Little & Ives Co.
New York


CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.The Affair of the Ivory Boxes[1]
II.The Identity of the Final Victim[17]
III.The Riddle of the Circular Counters[32]
IV.The Strange Case of Michael Hall[48]
V.The Evidence of the Cigarette-end[67]
VI.The Mystery of "Old Mrs. Jardine"[86]
VII.The Death-trap in the Tudor Room[102]
VIII.The Mystery of Cross Roads Farm[120]
IX.The Conundrum of the Golf Links[137]
X.The Diamond Necklace Scandal[156]
XI.The Disappearance of Dr. Smith[175]
XII.The Affair of the Stolen Gold[195]
XIII.The Will of the Eccentric Mr. Frisby[217]
XIV.The Case of the Murdered Financier[239]
XV.The Strange Affair of the Florentine Chest[258]
XVI.The Search for the Missing Fortune[280]