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By

MARY ROBERTS RINEHART



CONTENTS

       I  I TAKE A COUNTRY HOUSE
      II  A LINK CUFF-BUTTON
     III  MR. JOHN BAILEY APPEARS
      IV  WHERE IS HALSEY?
       V  GERTRUDE'S ENGAGEMENT
      VI  IN THE EAST CORRIDOR
     VII  A SPRAINED ANKLE
    VIII  THE OTHER HALF OF THE LINE
      IX  JUST LIKE A GIRL
       X  THE TRADERS BANK
      XI  HALSEY MAKES A CAPTURE
     XII  ONE MYSTERY FOR ANOTHER
    XIII  LOUISE
     XIV  AN EGG-NOG AND A TELEGRAM
      XV  LIDDY GIVES THE ALARM
     XVI  IN THE EARLY MORNING
    XVII  A HINT OF SCANDAL
   XVIII  A HOLE IN THE WALL
     XIX  CONCERNING THOMAS
      XX  DOCTOR WALKER'S WARNING
     XXI  FOURTEEN ELM STREET
    XXII  A LADDER OUT OF PLACE
   XXIII  WHILE THE STABLES BURNED
    XXIV  FLINDERS
     XXV  A VISIT FROM LOUISE
    XXVI  HALSEY'S DISAPPEARANCE
   XXVII  WHO IS NINA CARRINGTON?
  XXVIII  A TRAMP AND THE TOOTHACHE
    XXIX  A SCRAP OF PAPER
     XXX  WHEN CHURCHYARDS YAWN
    XXXI  BETWEEN TWO FIREPLACES
   XXXII  ANNE WAT