



Produced by Charles Bowen from page scans provided by the
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Transcriber's Notes:
     1. Page scan source: Internet Archive
        https://archive.org/details/ladyfromnowhere00humegoog
        (Princeton University)

     2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe].





THE
LADY FROM NOWHERE

A DETECTIVE STORY



BY
FERGUS HUME

AUTHOR OF "The MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," ETC.




BRENTANO'S
31 UNION SQUARE, NEW YORK
1900






CONTENTS


I.       The Tragedy of the Strange Room
II.      The Death-card
III.     A Woman without a Past
IV.      The Five Landladies
V.       A Friend in Need
VI.      The Crime of Kirkstone Hall
VII.     Comments on the Crime
VIII.    Mr. Prain, Solicitor
IX.      Kirkstone Hall
X.       Strange Behaviour
XI.      The Mad Gardener
XII.     The Diamond Necklace
XIII.    Arthur Ferris
XIV.     A Surprising Discovery...
XV.      The Revelation of Mr. Prain
XVI.     Miss Wedderburn
XVII.    An Explanation
XVIII.   What Mrs. Presk found
XIX.     The Unexpected occurs
XX.      A Needle in a Haystack
XXI.     Found at Last
XXII.    A Secret Hoard
XXIII.   The Convict's Defence
XXIV.    Proof Positive
XXV.     How the Deed was done
XXVI.    The End of it All






THE LADY FROM NOWHERE




CHAPTER I
