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THE DOOR OF DREAD
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"That," announced the chief as he crossed to the Inner door, "should not be a difficult matter."

"Do you happen to know Sadie?" Kestner asked.

"Sadie Wimpel, gentlemen, is already engaged on this case," announced the chief, with a pardonable note of pride in his voice. "And to-morrow, as Madame Fatichiara, the world-renowned astrologist, I might add, she will be doing the decoy-duck act just off Broadway!"