THE WHISPERING LANE
THE
WHISPERING LANE
BY
FERGUS HUME
Author of “The Moth Woman,” “The Trick of Time,”
“The Mystery of a Hansom Cab,” etc.
BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1925
By SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(Incorporated)
Printed in the United States of America
THE MURRAY PRINTING COMPANY
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
THE BOSTON BOOKBINDING COMPANY
CAMBRIDGE, MASS.
TO
MY KIND FRIEND
ERNEST GEORGE MATHEW
CONTENTS
chapter page I A Terrible Discovery 1 II The Best Policy 15 III Facing the Worst 29 IV A Friend in Need 44 V Seeking for Light 57 VI What the Law Said 71 VII What the Woman Said 84 VIII The Dark Path 100 IX The Mysterious Word 117 X Heard in the Darkness 133 XI An Important Clue 149 XII The Unforeseen 163 XIII The Lost Trail 178 XIV An Unexpected Meeting 192 XV A Clue 205 XVI Jimmy’s Adventure 221 XVII In the Underworld 236 XVIII An Amazing Admission 249 XIX The First Revelation 263 XX The Second Revelation 279 XXI The Third Revelation 292
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