Detective and mystery stories
There was a great contrast between the two men as the latter entered. The baronet was tall, with an athletic, willowy frame, of classic profile, and his slightly upturned grey mustache and well-brushed grey hair added distinction to an already striking personality.
There was a great contrast between the two men as the latter entered. The baronet was tall, with an athletic, willowy frame, of classic profile, and his slightly upturned grey m...
2. CHAPTER II.When Jill Kirby recognized her mistress in the taxi with Dr. Laidlaw, her first impulse was to withdraw with her companion out of the range of Lady Evenden’s vision. But, the ef...
3. CHAPTER III.At Evenden Priory the preparations were complete for the first shooting party of the season. Jill Kilby for several days had been engaged altogether in writing letters of invita...
4. CHAPTER IV.Jack carried his stepmother over to a couch, laid her gently down, then crossed the room for some water from the carafe that stood on a side table. Soon, the color began to show...
5. CHAPTER V.As soon as he found that his master was dead, the valet, Roberto, immediately raised the alarm, and Lady Evenden was quickly upon the scene. Her grief was terrible. For some tim...
6. CHAPTER VI.If the death of Sir Michael, unexpected as it was, had given the household of Evenden Priory a shock, this new calamity was overwhelming. Roberto’s wild shrieks were only too ju...
7. CHAPTER VII.To Jill was given the task of informing Lady Evenden that Frank had been arrested--charged with the murder of his stepbrother. For some moments Lady Evenden was too utterly bewi...
8. CHAPTER VIII.Cautiously, Mr. Benson, keeping to the shadow of the wall, advanced from his hiding-place to endeavor to hear what the two newcomers were saying, for they talked in whispers, an...
9. CHAPTER IX.In response to the bell, Jill and Lady Porter quickly entered the room, accompanied by a maid. They attended to Lady Evenden, and very soon signs of returning consciousness appe...
10. CHAPTER X.For a moment Mr. Benson was paralyzed by the unexpected identity of the intruder. But, his discomfiture was as nothing compared to that of the rat-faced doctor. Mr. Benson was t...
11. CHAPTER XI.“Who were they?” asked Mr. Benson after a pause, during which both men surveyed each other--Wilfred determined to say no more, wishing that he had not said so much; Mr. Benson,...
12. CHAPTER XII.“Mr. Benson,” she said, “I once told you that nothing on earth will make me divulge certain things that concern only Dr. Laidlaw and myself. It is sufficient for me to tell you...
13. CHAPTER XIII.In ample time for his lunch appointment with Wilfred Barlow, Mr. Benson returned to Evenden Priory. The head groom’s astonishment, when he beheld the old lawyer sitting unconcer...
14. CHAPTER XIV.“A police lantern! What did you think it was?” replied the old man calmly. Then, putting his head out of the window, he ordered: “Sharp to the right, and through the low woods....
15. CHAPTER XV.“It will be ready in half an hour, sir,” shouted Joe Litt. “They are just lining it with pitch.” This little duologue had been prearranged between Mr. Benson and Litt. But the r...
16. CHAPTER XVI.When the doctor finished speaking he looked at his two listeners; and, if he expected to see surprise on their faces, he was not disappointed. Wilfred looked at him as if partly...
17. CHAPTER XVII.The morning following the arrival of Mr. Rushton Tring, Mr. Benson sent word to Lady Evenden that he and a colleague wished to see her most particularly, and at once. She agreed...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.“Mr. Joseph Litt--and a person,” and Joe Litt entered the room accompanied by a strange mud-covered figure. Mr. Benson had thought at once, when he heard of a person accompanyin...
19. CHAPTER XIX.Wilfred took every ounce out of the motor-cycle. When he was once clear of the narrow streets of the town, he soon came to a division of roads. Without slackening speed, he deci...
20. CHAPTER XX.He spoke decisively, and the K.C., watching the determined face of the wonderful old man opposite him, there and then abandoned an idea to spring the whole story on a startled c...
21. CHAPTER XXI.Tuesday morning dawned grey and cold for Frank Gough. Long before the light began to shine, through the uncurtained windows of the prison infirmary ward, he was awake. Often dur...
22. CHAPTER XXII.The loutish footman, Thomason, then entered the witness box. Led by Mr. Assidell, K.C., he repeated his evidence of the quarrel he had heard between the two stepbrothers. At fir...
23. CHAPTER XXIII.“Now, my boy,” said Mr. Benson, “this has got to stop. I don’t want you to jump up in the air about it.” Frank had flushed angrily. “There are as good fish in the sea as ever we...