The Dorrington Deed-Box

The Dorrington Deed-Box (1897)
by Arthur Morrison

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Collection of crime/mystery short stories featuring corrupt private detective Horace Dorrington

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"mr. loftus deacon lay in a pool of blood" (p. 209).

THE DORRINGTON DEED-BOX

THE
DORRINGTON DEED-BOX

by
ARTHUR MORRISON
author of
"a child of the jago," "tales of mean streets,"
"martin hewitt: investigator," etc.

illustrated.

LONDON:
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED,
WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.
new york and melbourne

CONTENTS

		page
I.	the narrative of mr. james rigby . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	1
II.	the case of janissary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	53
III.	the case of the "mirror of portugal" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	101
IV.	the affair of the "avalanche bicycle and tyre co., limited" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	151
V.	the case of mr. loftus deacon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	199
VI.	old cater's money . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .	255

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.

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