The Gray Mask
"'Even if you had croaked him you wouldn't dare acknowledge it here. Why, George, you're kneeling where he lay'"
THE GRAY MASK
BY
WADSWORTH CAMP
AUTHOR OF
"THE ABANDONED ROOM"
"THE HOUSE OF FEAR," ETC
FRONTISPIECE BY
WALTER DE MARIS
Garden City New York
DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY
1920
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BY
DOUBLEDAY. PAGE & COMPANY
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, INCLUDING THAT OF
TRANSLATION INTO FOREIGN LANGUAGES,
INCLUDING THE SCANDINAVIAN
Copyright, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, by P. F. Collier & Sons, Inc.,
in the United States, Great Britain and Canada
Contents
chapter page I. Garth Is Shown a Gray Mask 3 II. It Opens Nora's Eyes 14 III. In the Steel Room 30 IV. Garth Buys a Boutonnière 45 V. What Happened at Elmford 51 VI. A Crying Through the Silence 68 VII. Nora Fears for Garth 95 VIII. Through the Dark 103 IX. The Phantom Army 118 X. The Coins and the Chinaman 140 XI. Nora Disappears in an Empty House 151 XII. The Hidden Door 163 XIII. Alsop's Incredible Visitor 183 XIV. The Levantine Who Guarded a Curtain 195 XV. The Veiled Woman 209 XVI. A Note from the Dead 224 XVII. The Knife by the Lifeless Hand 239 XVIII. The Stained Robe 250 XIX. Payment Is Demanded for the Gray Mask 264 XX. The Black Cap 277 XXI. The Antics of a Train 290
THE GRAY MASK
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