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The Uttermost Farthing. A Savant's Vendetta (1914)
by R. Austin Freeman, illustrated by H. Weston Taylor
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Edition: Philadelphia: John C. Winston Company, 1914. Also published as A Savant's Vendetta.

R. Austin FreemanH. Weston Taylor3805654The Uttermost Farthing. A Savant's Vendetta1914


THE UTTERMOST FARTHING

My wife lay on the hearth rug. She was stone dead. I saw that at a glance

THE UTTERMOST
FARTHING

A SAVANT'S VENDETTA

BY
R. AUSTIN FREEMAN
Author of "The Mystery of 31, New
Inn," etc.

ILLUSTRATED BY
H. WESTON TAYLOR

PHILADELPHIA
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1914 by
The John C. Winston Co.

CONTENTS

  1. CHAPTERPAGE
  2. I. The Motive Force 9
  3. II. "Number One" 42
  4. III. The Housemaid's Followers 80
  5. IV. The Gifts of Chance 115
  6. V. By-products of Industry 159
  7. VI. The Trail of the Serpent 195
  8. VII. The Uttermost Farthing 253

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

My wife lay on the hearth rug. She was stone dead. I saw that at a glance Frontispiece

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I took the hair to the window and examined it under a lens 51
"And look 'ere, guv'nor," he added, "where did you git all them skellintons from?" 125
"I've been looking for you for twenty years, and now I've caught you" 293

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