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The Bat

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While attributed to Rinehart and Hopwood, this novel, based on their play of the same name, was apparently ghostwritten by Stephen Vincent Benét. The Bat was adapted into 3 films: in 1926 as The Bat, 1930 as The Bat Whispers, and 1959 as The Bat.

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THE BAT

A Novel

From the Play by

MARY ROBERTS RINEHART
And AVERY HOPWOOD

 

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

Copyright 1926,

By George H. Doran Company

"THE BAT COPYRIGHT, 1926, BY

MARY ROBERTS RINEHART AND AVERY HOPWOOD

THE BAT

—A—

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA



CONTENTS


chapter
One The Shadow of the Bat 9
Two The Indomitable Miss Van Gorder 24
Three Pistol Practice 43
Four The Storm Gathers 60
Five Alopecia and Rubeola 76
Six Detective Anderson Takes Charge 96
Seven Cross-Questions and Crooked Answers 114
Eight The Gleaming Eye 128
Nine A Shot in the Dark 145
Ten The Phone Call from Nowhere 160
Eleven Billy Practices Jiu-Jitsu 176
Twelve "I Didn't Kill Him" 192
Thirteen The Blackened Bag 208
Fourteen Handcuffs 225
Fifteen The Sign of the Bat 240
Sixteen The Hidden Room 259
Seventeen Anderson Makes an Arrest 269
Eighteen The Bat Still Flies 281
Nineteen Murder on Murder 294
Twenty "He Is—The Bat!" 309
Twenty-One Quite a Collection 316


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


The longest-living author of this work died in 1958, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 65 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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