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The After House


by

Mary Roberts Rinehart



CONTENTS

      I  I PLAN A VOYAGE
     II  THE PAINTED SHIP
    III  I UNCLENCH MY HANDS
     IV  I RECEIVE A WARNING
      V  A TERRIBLE NIGHT
     VI  IN THE AFTER HOUSE
    VII  WE FIND THE AXE
   VIII  THE STEWARDESS'S STORY
     IX  PRISONERS
      X  "THAT'S MUTINY"
     XI  THE DEAD LINE
    XII  THE FIRST MATE TALKS
   XIII  THE WHITE LIGHT
    XIV  FROM THE CROW'S NEST
     XV  A KNOCKING IN THE HOLD