The Twenty-Six Clues
THE
TWENTY-SIX CLUES
BY
ISABEL OSTRANDER
AUTHOR OF
"The Clue in the Air," "At 1:30," etc.
New York
W. J. Watt & Company
publishers
Copyright, 19I9, by
W. J. Watt & Company
Other Detective Stories
BY
ISABEL OSTRANDER
- "AT 1:30"
- "THE HERITAGE OF CAIN"
- "THE CREVICE"
- (In collaboration with detective
William J. Burns)
- "THE CLUE IN THE AIR"
PRESS OF
BRAUNSWORTH & CO.
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
BROOKLYN, N. Y.
CONTENTS
chapter page I. In the Crime Museum 1 II. Two Strands of Black Hair 12 III. Margot 24 IV. The Other House 38 V. Dennis Scores 51 VI. The Cake Marked "Noel" 62 VII. The Three Warnings 75 VIII. The Return of Joan Norwod 85 IX. The Second Glove 97 X. In the Dark 109 XI. The Writing on the Wall 120 XII. "Back from the Dead" 134 XIII. The Black Wallet 145 XIV. The Twenty-sixth of May 157 XV. A Lone Hand 169 XVI. "It Was Not My Doing" 181 XVII. One Word 193 XVIII. Greeks Meet 204 XIX. The Second Shot 215 XX. From Out the Past 228 XXI. Signed, "Victor Marchal" 243 XXII. McCarty's Séance 254 XXIII. The Betraying Voice 263 XXIV. The Twenty-six Clues 272
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