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HOW
MANY
CARDS?
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A MURDER MYSTERY
by
ISABEL
OSTRANDER
HOW MANY
CARDS?
By
Isabel Ostrander
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Million-a-Month Creveling was found dead under very peculiar circumstances. If it was suicide, why? If it was murder, who? Ex-Roundsman McCarty found the answer and Isabel Ostrander makes a thrilling story
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HOW MANY
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Author of "The Island of Intrigue," "Suspense,"
"Ashes to Ashes," Etc.
NEW YORK
ROBERT M. McBRIDE & CO,
1920
Copyright, 1920, by
Robert M. McBride & Co.
Printed in the
United States of America
Published, 1920
CONTENTS
chapter page I. Ex-Roundsman McCarty Mixes in 1 II. The Voice on the Wire 12 III. Inquiries 25 IV. The Torn Card 36 V. "Who Killed Him?" 50 VI. The Cigarette Case 64 VII. The Shadow on the Stairs 78 VIII. From the Long Ago 92 IX. "Done For!" 106 X. Ilsa 121 XI. Birds of Different Feather 136 XII. Bolted Doors 150 XIII. The Curse of Scotland 166 XIV. The Lure of Chance 183 XV. Wade Terhune Experiments 199 XVI. Into Their Hands 216 XVII. The Letter 230 XVIII. The Name in the Book 241 XIX. Green Fire 254 XX. Mice and Men—and Trixie Burns 266 XXI. McCarty Opens the Pot 279 XXII. The Turn of a Card 293 XXIII. The Last Hand 310
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