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Title: The Paternoster Ruby
Author: Charles Edmonds Walk
Illustrator: J. V. McFall
Release Date: August 1, 2007 [EBook #22212]
Language: English
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[Frontispiece: The gem lay between them, a splash of crimson flame]
The Paternoster Ruby
_By_ CHARLES EDMONDS WALK
Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Yellow Circle," etc.
WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
BY J. V. McFALL
A. L. BURT COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1910
Published, October 22, 1910
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, England
TO
M. H. W.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I THE SHERIDAN PARK MYSTERY
II THE PRIVATE SECRETARY
III SOME DISCOVERIES
IV THE RUBY
V THE HIDDEN SAFE
VI AN EXTRAORDINARY ERRAND
VII HOW THE ERRAND ENDED
VIII MAILLOT'S EXPERIENCE
IX TRACKS IN THE SNOW
X THE SECOND STORY
XI A PACT
XII THE CIPHER
XIII DISCLOSURES
XIV RIDDLES
XV A WOMAN'S SCREAM
XVI THE FACE IN THE ALCOVE
XVII PRISON DOORS
XVIII A FIGHT IN THE DARK
XIX BELLE
XX GENEVIEVE'S MISSION
XXI SHADOWS
XXII ASHES OF OLD ROMANCE
XXIII BURKE UNBOSOMS
XXIV CONFESSION
XXV "THIMBLE, THIMBLE--"
XXVI THE CIPHER SOLVED
ILLUSTRATIONS
The gem lay between them, a splash of crimson flame . . . _Frontispiece_
Diagram of second floor
The door opened a few inches, to reveal the figure of Alexander Burke
Cipher
Cipher (repeated)
"I'll shoot," she announced in a tense tone, "so help me, I'll shoot"
"Uncle, Uncle, sit up! Don't go to pieces this way"
Cipher (repeated)
THE PATERNOSTER RUBY
CHAPTER I
THE SHERIDAN PARK MYSTERY
With a screaming of brakes, the elevated train on which I happened to be
jerked to a stop, and passengers intending to disembark were catapulted
toward the doorways--a convenience supplied gratis by all elevated roads,
which, I have obse
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