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The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation

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The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation (1922)
by Joseph Smith Fletcher
4686454The Rayner-Slade Amalgamation1922Joseph Smith Fletcher

THE
RAYNER-SLADE
AMALGAMATION

P613 THE RAYNER-SLADE AMALGAMATION BY J. S. FLETCHER AUTHOR OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER, SCARHAVEN KEEP, ETC. 200598 16/2/26 GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1922, BY
ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.

Published April, 1922
Second Printing, April, 1922

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER
I The Midnight Ride, 9
II The Dead Man, 17
III The Shoe Buckle, 26
IV Mr. Franklin Fullaway, 35
V The Nastirsevitch Jewels, 44
VI The Prima Donna's Portrait, 52
VII The Frantic Impresario, 61
VIII The Jewel Box, 69
IX The Lady's Maid's Mother, 78
X The Second Murder, 86
XI The Russian Bank-Notes, 95
XII The Third Murder, 103
XIII Ambler Appleyard, 112
XIV Fifty Thousand Pounds Reward, 121
XV The Bayswater Boarding-house, 130
XVI Mr. Gerald Rayner, 139
XVII The Photograph, 147
XVIII Definite Suspicion, 155
XIX The Late Call, 164
XX Number Fifty-three, 172
XXI The Young Man who Led Pugs, 181
XXII Thick Fog, 190
XXIII The Possible Death Warrant, 199
XXIV Concerning Carl Federman, 208
XXV The Card on the Door, 217
XXVI Participants in the Secret, 225
XXVII The Millionaire, the Stranger, and the Princess, 234
XXVIII The First Pursuit, 243
XXIX The Parcel from Hull, 252
XXX The Packet in the Safe, 260
XXXI The Hyde Park Tea-house, 268
XXXII The Chilverton Anti-climax, 276
XXXIII The Smart Miss Slade, 281
XXXIV Merrifield Explains, 293
XXXV The Allerdyke Way, 299

THE
RAYNER-SLADE
AMALGAMATION

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