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THE PROFESSOR'S MYSTERY




[Illustration: No good ever comes of half understandings]




THE PROFESSOR'S
MYSTERY


BY
WELLS HASTINGS
AND
BRIAN HOOKER


WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
HANSON BOOTH

[Illustration]

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS




COPYRIGHT 1911
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY




CONTENTS


  CHAPTER                                                           PAGE
      I IN WHICH THINGS ARE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN                         1
     II THE MEADOW OF ILLUSION                                        17
    III AN ALARM IN THE NIGHT                                         26
     IV AN INSULT IN THE MORNING                                      41
      V BESIDE THE SUMMER SEA: AN INTERLUDE                           51
     VI A RETURN TO THE ORIGINAL THEME                                65
    VII SENTENCE OF BANISHMENT CONFIRMED WITH COSTS                   77
   VIII HOW WE MADE AN UNCONVENTIONAL JOURNEY TO TOWN                 90
     IX HOW WE ESCAPED FROM WHAT WE FOUND THERE                      104
      X AND HOW WE BROUGHT HOME A DIFFICULTY                         116
     XI EXPRESSIONS OF THE FAMILY AND IMPRESSIONS OF THE PRESS       127
    XII AN AMATEUR MAN-HUNT WHEREIN MY OWN POSITION IS SOMEWHAT
            ANXIOUS                                                  143
   XIII THE PRESENCE IN THE ROOM                                     161
    XIV A DISAPPEARANCE AND AN ENCOUNTER                             172
