# The Incendiary: A Story of Mystery Author: Leahy, William Augustine, 1867- Genre: Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39544 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Incendiary%3A+A+Story+of+Mystery+Leahy&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary It was about half-past three in the afternoon when Bertha, the housemaid, came running down the steps, with a shrill cry of "Fire!" and fell plump into the arms of the bake-shop girl, who had seen the smoke curling from Prof. Arnold's window and was hastening across to warn the occupants of his house. The deep bark of a dog was heard within and presently Sire, the professor's old St. Bernard, rushed by the two young women and darted hither and thither, accosting the bystanders distractedly, as if burdened with a message he could not communicate. ## Chapters - [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/22/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER LV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/55/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/57/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/29/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER L.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/50/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/36/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/23/index.md) - [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/31/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/46/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/19/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/37/index.md) - [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/9/index.md) - [CHAPTER LI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/51/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/28/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/53/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/21/index.md) - [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/20/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/25/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/30/index.md) - [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/58/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER LIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/54/index.md) - [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/27/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/38/index.md) - [CHAPTER LII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/52/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/44/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/49/index.md) - [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/26/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/41/index.md) - [CHAPTER XL.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/40/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/24/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/33/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/35/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/39/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/43/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/32/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/42/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/47/index.md) - [CHAPTER LVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/56/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/45/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/34/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-incendiary-a-story-of-mystery-39544/chapters/48/index.md)