Lynch Lawrence L.. The Last Stroke: A Detective Story
CHAPTER I. SOMETHING WRONG
CHAPTER II. FOUND
CHAPTER III. NEMESIS
CHAPTER IV. FERRARS
CHAPTER V. IN CONSULTATION
CHAPTER VI "WHICH?"
CHAPTER VII. RENUNCIATION
CHAPTER VIII. TRICKERY
CHAPTER IX. A LETTER
CHAPTER X. THIS HELPS ME
CHAPTER XI. DETAILS
CHAPTER XII "FERRISS-GRANT."
CHAPTER XIII. THE "LAKE COUNTY HERALD."
CHAPTER XIV. A GHOST
CHAPTER XV. REBELLION
CHAPTER XVI "OUT OF REACH."
CHAPTER XVII. RUTH GLIDDEN
CHAPTER XVIII. SUDDEN FLITTINGS
CHAPTER XIX. THROUGH THE MAIL
CHAPTER XX. A WOMAN'S HEART
CHAPTER XXI "QUARRELSOME HARRY."
CHAPTER XXII. IN NUMBER NINE
CHAPTER XXIII. TWO INTERVIEWS
CHAPTER XXIV. MRS. GASTON LATHAM
CHAPTER XXV. THE LAST STROKE
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"I suppose it's all right," said Samuel Doran, as he walked toward the school-house, followed by three or four of the villagers, "called" because of their nearness, rather than "chosen"; "but Brierly's certainly the last man to let any ordinary matter keep him from his post. We'll hear what Miss Grant has to say."
Miss Grant met the group at the gate, and when she had told them all she had to tell, ending with the testimony of the boy Peter, and the suggestion concerning the target-shooting.
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Hilda Grant was still at the window. She had made no attempt to listen to recitations, or even to call the roll; and she hastened out, at sight of the slight black robed figure entering the school yard, her big grey eyes full of the question her lips refused to frame.
They met at the foot of the steps, and Mrs. Jamieson spoke at once, as if in reply, to the wordless inquiry in the other's face.
