The Riddle of the Mysterious Light
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Hanshew Mary E.. The Riddle of the Mysterious Light
CHAPTER I. TRAPPED BY THE APACHES
CHAPTER II. A KISS FOR A LIFE
CHAPTER III. THE HAUNTED VILLAGE
CHAPTER IV. WEIRD CHURCH BELLS OF THE NIGHT
CHAPTER V. THE PRIVATE AFFAIRS OF A DUKE
CHAPTER VI. THE GHOST IN THE CHURCH BELFRY
CHAPTER VII. A GARDEN OF TRANSPLANTED FLOWERS
CHAPTER VIII. THE MURDER OF CAPTAIN SANDRINGHAM
CHAPTER IX. A FAINTLY FAMILIAR FACE
CHAPTER X. A WALK IN THE GARDEN
CHAPTER XI. CLUES FROM A DEAD BODY
CHAPTER XII. A JANGLE OF PEALING BELLS
CHAPTER XIII. THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHT
CHAPTER XIV "GEORGE HEADLAND" KEEPS AN APPOINTMENT
CHAPTER XV. THE LAYING OF THE VALEHAMPTON "GHOST"
CHAPTER XVI. CLEEK EXPLAINS
CHAPTER XVII. THE MYSTERY OF THE "ROSE OF FIRE"
CHAPTER XVIII. MURDER AT MANOR LODGE
CHAPTER XIX. THE WINGED MESSENGER OF DEATH
CHAPTER XX. THE STOLEN FORMULAS
CHAPTER XXI. COUNTESS MARAVITZ ENTERTAINS
CHAPTER XXII. AN INTERRUPTED HOLIDAY
CHAPTER XXIII. A DIVIDED LEGACY
CHAPTER XXIV "THE FIRE THAT SLAYS IN THE DARK"
CHAPTER XXV. THE PRICELESS STATUE THAT VANISHED
CHAPTER XXVI. FLECKS OF WHITE POWDER
CHAPTER XXVII. THE RUSE OF THE SPRAINED WRIST
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE MYSTERY OF THE "ROPE OF FEAR"
CHAPTER XXIX. THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF ELTON CARLYLE
CHAPTER XXX. THE SAFE WITH THE TIME-LOCK
CHAPTER XXXI. IN THE DEN OF THE APACHES
CHAPTER XXXII. THE PASSING OF CLEEK
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It was just dusk when the police officials were obliged to give up their quest for the Superintendent and Hammond returned to Scotland Yard to make his report to the Chief Commissioner. Dejected of mien and heavy of heart he stopped mechanically at the door of the Superintendent's room. He would have given worlds if he had never been the unconscious instrument of his superior's disaster. The door stood slightly ajar and he halted with the intention of closing it.
The electric light had been switched on and he stood in the doorway. A figure sat at the familiar desk and as the Inspector gave one brief glance, a cry of half pain, half fear, burst from his shaking lips.
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"Margot! Nom du pipe! If she is Queen, I am King. Leave him to me and give me the key of the door."
Jeannette wheeled suddenly on him.
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