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The Just Men of Cordova
by Edgar Wallace
1917
CONTENTS:
I THREE MEN OF CORDOVA
II COLONEL BLACK, FINANCIER.
Ill AN ADVENTURE IN PIMLICO
IV THE MEN WHO SAT IN JUDGMENT.
V THE EARL OF VERLOND
VI THE POLICEMAN AND A LADY
VII DR. ESSLEY MEETS A MAN
VIII COLONEL BLACK HAS A SHOCK
IX LORD VERLOND GIVES A DINNER
X A POLICEMAN'S BUSINESS XI TO LINCOLN RACES
XII THE RACE
XIII WHO ARE THE FOUR?
XIV WILLIE JAKOBS TELLS
XV SIR ISAAC'S FEARS
XVI COLONEL BLACK MEETS A JUST MAN
CHAPTER THE
CHAPTER I
- THREE MEN OF CORDOVA
The man who sat at the marble-topped table of the Cafe of the Great Captain--if I translate the sign aright--was a man of leisure. A tall man, with a trim beard and grave grey eyes that searched the street absently as though not quite certain of his quest. He sipped a coffee con leche and drummed a little tune on the table with his slender white hands.
He was dressed in black, which is the conventional garb in Spain, and his black cloak was lined with velvet. His cravat was of black satin, and his well-fitting trousers were strapped under his pointed boots, in the manner affected by certain caballero.
These features of his attire were the most striking, though he was dressed conventionally enough--for Cordova. He might have been a Spaniard, for grey eyes are a legacy of the Army of Occupation, and many were the unions between Wellington's r