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Title
The Whisper on the Stair
Author
Lyon Mearson
Illustrator
George W. Gage
Year
1924
Publisher
The Macaulay Company
Location
New York
Source
djvu
Progress
Proofread—All pages of the work proper are proofread, but not all are validated
Transclusion
Fully transcluded
OCLC
1158385668
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER
PAGE
I.
The Lady of the Bookshop
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11
II.
Hidden Money
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
19
III.
A Wraith in the Night
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24
IV.
The Thing Begins
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
29
V.
A Certain Vagueness of Memory
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
34
VI.
The Start of the Chase
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
45
VII.
The Trail Gets Warmer
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
51
VIII.
The Man without Hands
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
60
IX.
Trailed!
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
68
X.
“Keep Away from that Girl”
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76
XI.
Dinner, and a Bit of Information
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
83
XII.
The Mysterious Message
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
93
XIII.
The Fight for the Books
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
102
XIV.
Green Eyes that Hypnotize
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
120
XV.
Eddie Uses His Brain
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
128
XVI.
Faced by Death
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
133
XVII.
A Deserted Apartment
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
142
XVIII.
Fatal Orders
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
149
XIX.
Val Waxes Obstinate
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
156
XX.
In the Shadow of the Grave
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
164
XXI.
The Sight of Home
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
177
XXII.
The Warning
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
186
XXIII.
On Familiar Ground
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
191
XXIV.
“To-night at the Old House”
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
195
XXV.
The Wings of the Night
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
202
XXVI.
The Whisper on the Stair
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
214
XXVII.
The Unknown Presence
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
225
XXVIII.
A Job of Burglary
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237
XXIX.
Prisoners!
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242
XXX.
The Books Again
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250
XXXI.
The Secret in the Books
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258
XXXII.
Night Alarms
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266
XXXIII.
The Search for the Girl
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272
XXXIV.
When Graveyards Yawn
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277
XXXV.
The Chase
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286
XXXVI.
In the Secret Case
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291
XXXVII.
Blood and Gold
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299
XXXVIII.
The End of the Trail
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