ANTHONY TRENT, MASTER CRIMINAL

ANTHONY TRENT,
MASTER CRIMINAL

BY
WYNDHAM MARTYN

NEW YORK
MOFFAT, YARD & COMPANY
1918
COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY
MOFFAT YARD & COMPANY
TO
THOSE OLD AND TRIED FRIENDS OF MINE
LILY AND ERNEST CARR

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
[I]THE FIRST STEP [1]
[II]ANTHONY TRENT TALKS ON CRIME[14]
[III]THE DAY OF TEMPTATION[24]
[IV]BEGINNING THE GAME[36]
[V]ANTHONY PULLS UP STAKES[45]
[VI]FOOLING SHYLOCK DRUMMOND[55]
[VII]THE DANGER OF SENTIMENT[68]
[VIII]WHEN A WOMAN SMILED[82]
[IX]“THE COUNTESS”[94]
[X]ANTHONY TRENT SAVES A PIANO[100]
[XI]ESPIONAGE AT CLOSE RANGE[116]
[XII]THE SINN FEIN PLOT[126]
[XIII]ANTHONY TRENT INTERESTS HIMSELF IN POLICE GOSSIP[135]
[XIV]AMBULANCES AND DIAMONDS[144]
[XV]THE BARON LENDS A HAND[156]
[XVI]THE MOUNT AUBYN RUBY[162]
[XVII]TRENT TAKES A HOLIDAY[172]
[XVIII]THE GREAT BLACK BIRD[180]
[XIX]TRENT ACQUIRES A HOME[192]
[XX]“WANTED—AN EMERALD”[196]
[XXI]THE MURDER OF ANDREW APTHORPE[208]
[XXII]A THIEF TO CATCH A THIEF[219]
[XXIII]THE SECRET OF THE BLACK BAG[227]
[XXIV]DEVLIN’S PROMISE[232]
[XXV]ON THE TRAIL OF “THE COUNTESS”[236]
[XXVI]ANTHONY TRENT—“PAYING GUEST”[251]
[XXVII]MRS. KINNEY MAKES A CONFESSION[267]
[XXVIII]THE GERMAN SPY MERCHANT[284]
[XXIX]MRS. KINNEY INTERVENES[297]
[XXX]“PRIVATE TRENT”[301]
[XXXI]DEVLIN’S REVENGE[309]

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