NEW YORK

Copyright, 1915, by

Doubleday, Page & Company

CONTENTS

I.[A Mysterious Affair]
II.[How the Chase Ended]
III.[The Shadow That Lay Behind]
IV.[Clews and Suspicions]
V.[The Riddle of the Night]
VI.[A Little Discrepancy]
VII.["Coming Events Cast Their Shadows Before"]
VIII.[Ailsa Lorne]
IX.[Blind Groping]
X.[Another Strand in the Web]
XI.[The Cloudburst]
XII.[The Thunderbolt]
XIII.[A Question of Veracity]
XIV.[A Change in the Program]
XV.[A Clew from the Air]
XVI.[A Bold Stroke]
XVII.[A Blunder and a Discovery]
XVIII.[Springing a Surprise]
XIX.[Picking up Threads]
XX.["How Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth"]
XXI.[When Two and Two Make Four]
XXII.[When Four and Four Make Eight]
XXIII.[The Lady at the Gate]
XXIV.[The Mousetrap]
XXV.[The Fly in the Ointment]
XXVI.[The Open Window]
XXVII.[The View Halloo]
XXVIII.[Loisette is Vindicated]
XXIX.["Quick! Fire!"]
XXX.[Nearing the Truth!]
XXXI.[How the Truth Was Told]

CHARACTERS

Hamilton Cleek, The Man of the Forty Faces and once known to the Police as "The Vanishing Cracksman," now the great Detective in his various disguises as Monsieur Georges de Lesparre, Philip Barch, George Headland.
Superintendent Narkom, of Scotland Yard.
Lennard, his chauffeur.
Hammond } Detective Sergeants.
Petrie }
Mellish, Police Officer.
Dollops, Cleek's trusted assistant.
Lord St. Ulmer, the father of
Lady Katherine Fordham, who is in love with
Geoffrey Clavering, the only son and heir of
Sir Philip Clavering, of Clavering Close, and
Lady Clavering, his second wife.
Count Franz de Louvisan, found mysteriously murdered after having forced Lady Katherine to become engaged to him.
Ailsa Lorne, Lady Katherine's friend and companion.
General and
Mrs. Raynor, Lady Katherine's relatives.
Harry Raynor, their son.