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The Apartment Next Door
BY
WILLIAM JOHNSTON
AUTHOR OF THE HOUSE OF WHISPERS, LIMPY, ETC.
ILUSTRATIONS BY ARTHUR WILLIAM BROWN
1919
TO THAT MARVELLOUS SCHEHERAZADE
CAROLYN WELLS HOUGHTON
THE AUTHOR, IN ENVIOUS ADMIRATION, DEDICATES THIS VOLUME
CONTENTS
I. THE FACE OF HATE
II. THE ADDRESS ON THE CARD
III. "MR. FLECK"
IV. THE CLUE IN THE BOOK
V. ON THE TRAIL
VI. THE MISSING MESSAGE
VII. THE WOMAN ON THE ROOF
VIII. THE LISTENING EAR
IX. THE PURSUIT
X. CARTER'S DISCOVERY
XI. JANE'S ADVENTURE
XII. PUZZLES AND PLANS
XIII. THE SEALED PACKET
XIV. THE MOUNTAIN'S SECRET
XV. THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS
XVI. THE ATTACK ON THE HOUSE
XVII. SOMETHING UNEXPECTED
XVIII. WHAT THE PACKET CONTAINED
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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She could not bring herself to tell him, the man she loved, the thing she knew he was.
More than likely, she alone in all the world--knew who the murderer was.
Had he been standing there listening? How much had he heard?
"Thank God," he cried. "Jane, dear, tell me you are not hurt!"
CHAPTER I
THE FACE OF HATE
It was three o'clock in the morning. Along a deserted pavement of Riverside Drive strode briskly a young man whose square-set shoulders and erect poise suggested a military training. His coat, thrown carelessly open to the cold night wind, displayed an expanse of white indicative of evening dress. As he walked his h