Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery
CHAPTER PAGE I. In the Studio 9 II. Where They Stood 23 III. What They Said 37 IV. Goldenheart 51 V. Blake's Story 65 VI. Mrs. Faulkner's Account 79 VII. Natalie Not Joyce 94 VIII. The Emeralds 108 IX. One or the Other 123 X. Orienta 137 XI. Sealed Envelopes 151 XII. A Vision...
"It couldn't have been past Miss Vernon," said Bobsy. "She was too near the door, according to her own account. And I don't see how he could have passed Mrs. Stannard, as there...
5. Part 5"It might have been," and Beatrice sighed. "Eric Stannard was an exceedingly selfish man, and though his interest in the model was doubtless his usual temporary love affair, it...
8. Part 8With a high hand Joyce carried the matter through. She ignored opposition and met remonstrance with a baffling disdain. She arranged for a return of Orienta for the experiments...
12. Part 12Great crystal tears formed in Natalie's eyes and one rolled down her cheek. She couldn't possibly help this, the teardrops were beyond her control. But they stood her in good st...
11. Part 11The light laugh that greeted her slip of the tongue served to break the tension of the moment. "Forgive me," she said, and her dimpling smile of embarrassment would have turned...
7. Part 7So Bobsy Roberts was decidedly disgruntled and not a little chagrined. He had welcomed this great case as an opportunity to show his powers of real detective work. But it was no...
13. Part 13"Miss Vernon, I believe all you've said, so far. I want to continue my confidence in your statements, so please be very careful not to exaggerate or over-colour the least mite....
10. Part 10"No, Joyce. He is, as you say, a fine man, and he has asked me many times to marry him, but I do not love him in that way. I admire and respect him, that is all."
6. Part 6"I don't see how they can," and Bobsy looked at the girl, wondering. That child, that little, tender bit of femininity--surely she could never have lifted her hand against a man...
4. Part 4"I should say, not more'n a minute or so. I was that scared when I heard the sounds, I can't tell about the length of time properly. But it wasn't two minutes, I'm sure, between...
3. Part 3If Natalie could have been transferred to canvas as she looked then, the picture would have made any painter's fortune. The girl was in white, soft, crêpy wool stuff, that clung...
2. Part 2"No, sir, not open, but it was a very little ajar. I didn't think much about the light going out, though Mr. Stannard never turned off the lights when he left the room to go ups...
1. Part 1CHAPTER PAGE I. In the Studio 9 II. Where They Stood 23 III. What They Said 37 IV. Goldenheart 51 V. Blake's Story 65 VI. Mrs. Faulkner's Account 79 VII. Natalie Not Joyce 94 VI...
14. Part 14"It was done on a sudden impulse, then." Ford was watching her closely. He knew that her enforced calm might give way at any instant and he strove to speak quietly and lead her...