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Bones in London, by Edgar Wallace
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Title: Bones in London
Author: Edgar Wallace
Release Date: December 13, 2008 [EBook #27525]
Language: English
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BONES
IN LONDON
By
EDGAR WALLACE
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON AND MELBOURNE
1921
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I.--BONES AND BIG BUSINESS II.--HIDDEN TREASURE III.--BONES AND THE WHARFINGERS IV.--THE PLOVER LIGHT CAR V.--A CINEMA PICTURE VI.--A DEAL IN JUTE VII.--DETECTIVE BONES VIII.--A COMPETENT JUDGE OF POETRY IX.--THE LAMP THAT NEVER WENT OUT X.--THE BRANCH LINE XI.--A STUDENT OF MEN XII.--BONES HITS BACK
CHAPTER I
BONES AND BIG BUSINESS
There was a slump in the shipping market, and men who were otherwise decent citizens wailed for one hour of glorious war, when Kenyon Line Deferred had stood at 88 1/2, and even so poor an organization as Siddons Steam Packets Line had been marketable at 3 3/8.
Two bareheaded men came down the busy street, their hands thrust into their trousers pockets, their sleek, well-oiled heads bent in dejection.
No word they spoke, keeping ste