CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. WHEN THREE IS A MYSTERY
CHAPTER II. THE FLEETING PROMPTER
CHAPTER III. THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER
CHAPTER IV. A SCIENTIFIC NOVELTY
CHAPTER V. THE MISBEHAVIOR OF THE 'PHONE
CHAPTER VI. AN EXPERIMENT WITH THE “MOVIES”
CHAPTER VII. ENTER A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN
CHAPTER VIII. WHEN GREEK MEETS GREEK
CHAPTER IX. IN THE GARDEN OF TEMPTATION
CHAPTER X. WHEN IT'S DARK IN THE PARK
CHAPTER XI. A TURN IN THE TRAIL
CHAPTER XII. THE HAND OF THE VOICE
CHAPTER XIII. THE SPIDER'S WEB
CHAPTER XIV. A PILGRIMAGE INTO FRIVOLITY
CHAPTER XV. CONCERNING HELENE'S FINESSE
CHAPTER XVI. THE STRANGE AND SURPRISING WARREN
CHAPTER XVII. IN WHICH SHIRLEY SURPRISES HIMSELF
CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE RISING TIDE
CHAPTER XIX. AN EXPEDITION UNDERGROUND
CHAPTER XX. A DOUBLE ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER XXI. A BURGLARY FOR JUSTICE
CHAPTER XXII. IN THE DOUBLE TRAP
CHAPTER XXIII. CAPTURED AND THEN
CHAPTER XXIV. CONCLUSION
“Mr. Shirley is waiting for you in the grill-room, sir. Just step this way, sir, and down the stairs.”
The large man awkwardly followed the servant to the cosey grill-room on the lower floor of the club house. He felt that every man of the little groups about the Flemish tables must be saying: “What's he doing here?”
“I wish Monty Shirley would meet me once in a while in the back room of a ginmill, where I'd feel comfortable,” muttered the unhappy visitor. “This joint is too classy. But that's his game to play—”
He reached the sought-for one, however, and exclaimed eagerly: “By Jiminy, Monty. I'm glad to find you—it would have been my luck after this day, to get here too late.”
He was greeted with a grip that made even his generous hand wince, as the other arose to smile a welcome.
“Hello, Captain Cronin. Yo