Dead Men's Money (1920)
by Joseph Smith Fletcher
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DEAD MEN'S
MONEY

DEAD MEN'S
MONEY

BY
J. S. FLETCHER

AUTHOR OF

THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER,
THE PARADISE MYSTERY, Etc.

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERSNEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1920, BYALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.
This book has been published and copyrightedin England under the titleDROONIN' WATTER
Published September, 1920First and second printings before publication

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

I The One-Eyed Man, 9
II The Midnight Mission, 17
III The Red Stain, 26
IV The Murdered Man, 33
V The Brass-Bound Chest, 41
VI Mr. John Phillips, 49
VII The Inquest on John Phillips, 57
VIII The Parish Registers, 65
IX The Marine-Store Dealer, 73
X The Other Witness, 81
XI Signatures to the Will, 88
XII The Salmon Gaft, 97
XIII Sir Gilbert Carstairs, 104
XIV Dead Man's Money, 112
XV Five Hundred a Year, 120
XVI The Man in the Cell, 128
XVII The Irish Housekeeper, 136
XVIII The Ice Ax, 144
XIX My Turn, 152
XX The Samaritan Skipper, 160
XXI Mr. Gavin Smeaton, 168
XXII I Read My Own Obituary, 176
XXIII Family History, 184
XXIV The Suit of Clothes, 192
XXV The Second Disappearance, 200
XXVI Mrs. Ralston of Craig, 208
XXVII The Bank Balance, 216
XXVIII The Hathercleugh Butler, 224
XXIX All in Order, 232
XXX The Carstairs Motto, 240
XXXI No Trace, 248
XXXII The Link, 256
XXXIII The Old Tower, 264
XXXIV The Bargain, 273
XXXV The Swag, 281
XXXVI Gold, 289
XXXVII The Dark Pool, 297

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