Transcriber's Notes:
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(University of California Libraries)

CONTENTS | |
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | THE MAJOR AND HIS HOUSEHOLD. |
| II. | THE ASHANTEE DEVIL-STICK. |
| III. | DIDO. |
| IV. | VOODOO! VOODOO! |
| V. | DR. ETWALD'S WARNING. |
| VI. | A STRANGE OCCURRENCE. |
| VII. | THE RIVALS. |
| VIII. | A CRY IN THE NIGHT. |
| IX. | AFTER THE DEED. |
| X. | FURTHER MYSTERY. |
| XI. | MAJOR JEN, DETECTIVE. |
| XII. | THE STRANGE PERFUME. |
| XIII. | ISABELLA. |
| XIV. | LADY MEG. |
| XV. | CROSS-EXAMINATION. |
| XVI. | THE EVIDENCE OF JAGGARD. |
| XVII. | THE STORY OF THE NIGHT. |
| XVIII. | THE DEVIL-STICK THIEF. |
| XIX. | FURTHER EVIDENCE. |
| XX. | A STRANGE REQUEST. |
| XXI. | A NINE DAY'S WONDER. |
| XXII. | FOR THE DEFENSE, |
| XXIII. | THE RESULT OF THE TRIAL. |
| XXIV. | A FINAL SURPRISE. |
| XXV. | THREE LETTERS. |