The Marathon Mystery
A STORY OF MANHATTAN
BY
BURTON E. STEVENSON
AUTHOR OF "THE HOLLADAY CASK," "CADETS OF GASCONY," ETC.
With Five Scenes in Colour
By Eliot Keen
NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1904
Copyright, 1904
by
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Published October, 1904
THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS
RAHWAY, N. J.
chapter page I. A Call in the Night 3 II. A Tangled Web 9 III. Tricks of the Trade 17 IV. The Janitor's Story 24 V. Simmonds Snares a Bird 34 VI. Light from a New Angle 41 VII. A Glimpse at a Skeleton 51 VIII. The Fog Thickens 60
CECILY
1. A Change of Lodgings 77 II. A Cry for Help 86 III. A Break in a Circle 95 IV. The Problem of the Diamond 102 V. A Flash from the Depths 111 VI. A Trap for Tremaine 119 VII. Success and Failure 128
THE AFFAIR OF THE NECKLACE
I. The Delroys 139 II. The Gauntlet 147 III. A Crossing of Swords 154 IV. Cut and Thrust 163 V. The Blow Falls 172 VI. The Mystery at the Pier 182 VII. A Tightening Coil 190 VIII. The Hand of the Law 197
DAWN
I. A Thread Breaks 209 II. Treasure Trove! 217 III. A Study in Probabilities 225 IV. Cecily Says Good-bye 238 V. Counsel for the Defence 251 VI. Innocent or Guilty? 260 VII. The Key to the Mystery 269
DAY!
I. What Happened in Suite Fourteen 279 II. A Gathering of Threads 291 III. Godfrey and I are "de Trop" 299 IV. The Story of Monday Night 304 V. A Horror in the Dark 313 VI. Vengeance 319
SCENES IN COLOUR
By ELIOT KEEN
Outside the Marathon on the Night of the Storm Frontispiece In the Promenade de Luxe of the New York Theatre 77 The Pier on Great South Bay in a Storm 139 The Beach at Martinique at Sunset 209 The River at Night 279
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