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| Chapter I | THE DETECTIVE AND THE BANKER—A REMARKABLENARRATIVE—A PECULIAR TRAIL—MILLIONS WITH NOOWNER—A GREAT TASK LOOMING UP FOR JACK—A MOMENT OFEXPECTANCY. | 7 |
| Chapter II | NOT A TERRIBLE CRIME—A SERIES OF SHARP QUESTIONS—ADETECTIVE AT HIS BEST—STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS OF ALOGICAL MYSTERY SOLVER—REPRODUCING AN IMAGE AFTERFORTY YEARS—A GREAT DIALOGUE. | 13 |
| Chapter III | AN EXTRAORDINARY CROSS-EXAMINATION—A THEORY ATLAST—WHITE SAND AND JERSEY MUD—WORKING ON A SLIGHTCLUE—AN INSPIRATION—THE MAN WITH THE DIARY—APROSPECT. | 20 |
| Chapter IV | A MOST WONDERFUL "SHADOW"—GOING OVER A RAILROADDIARY—AN INCIDENT THAT WAS SUGGESTIVE—A MARVELOUSDISCOVERY—THE OLD TRUNK—ON THE TRACK OF A GENUINECLUE. | 27 |
| Chapter V | THE SECRET OF THE OLD BOX—A GHASTLY FIND—WONDERFULCONFIRMATIONS—STILL MORE WONDERFUL DETECTIVEWORK—A NOVEL SURPRISE—THE DEAD ALIVE—AN ABSOLUTEIDENTIFICATION. | 35 |
| Chapter VI | ON A NEW "LAY"—DOWN IN MONMOUTH COUNTY—AN APPARENTDEFEAT—A SINGULAR CLUE—TWO COINCIDENT DATES—OLDBERWICK—STRIKING SUGGESTIONS—ONCE AGAIN A CHANCE. | 43 |
| Chapter VII | OLD BERWICK'S RECOLLECTIONS—A GOOD REASON FOR ASTRANGE DEPOSIT—A GIRL IN THE CASE—EXTRAORDINARYDETECTIVE RESULTS—A NEW "SHADOW"—GREATPOSSIBILITIES—SURE TO WIN. | 50 |
| Chapter VIII | JACK'S FORESIGHT—A SECOND VISIT TO OLD BERWICK—THEPORTRAIT—OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES—"ALAS! THELETTER!"—A STREET CAR INCIDENT—"I WILL FIND THATLETTER." | 58 |
| Chapter IX | A WONDERFUL SEARCH—JACK BECOMES THE SEARCHER—ASTARTLING DISCOVERY—THE LONG-LOST LETTER FOUND ATLAST—A MOST REMARKABLE FEAT—THE STORY OF THESEALED LETTER. | 66 |
| Chapter X | CONCLUSION. | 73 |
Author of All the Famous Old Sleuth Stories.
THE DETECTIVE AND THE BANKER—A REMARKABLENARRATIVE—A PECULIAR TRAIL—MILLIONS WITH NOOWNER—A GREAT TASK LOOMING UP FOR JACK—A MOMENT OFEXPECTANCY.