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Title: The Holladay Case
A Tale

Author: Burton E. Stevenson

Release Date: October 30, 2006 [EBook #19672]

Language: English

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THE HOLLADAY CASE

_A TALE_

By

BURTON E. STEVENSON

AUTHOR OF "AT ODDS WITH THE REGENT," "A
SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA," ETC.

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1903

COPYRIGHT, 1903,
BY
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

_Published November, 1903_

THE MERSHON COMPANY PRESS,
RAHWAY, N. J.

[Illustration: MR. ROYCE DELIVERS THE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. A BOLT FROM THE BLUE, 1

II. IN THE GRIP OF CIRCUMSTANCE, 15

III. THE COIL TIGHTENS, 37

IV. I HAVE AN INSPIRATION, 56

V. I DINE WITH A FASCINATING STRANGER, 70

VI. GODFREY'S PANEGYRIC, 90

VII. MISS HOLLADAY BECOMES CAPRICIOUS, 101

VIII. THE MYSTERIOUS MAID, 114

IX. I MEET MONSIEUR MARTIGNY, 131

X. AN ASTONISHING DISAPPEARANCE, 146

XI. I UNMASK MY ENEMY, 165

XII. AT THE CAFE JOURDAIN, 183

XIII. EN VOYAGE, 197

XIV. I PROVE A BAD SENTINEL, 213

XV. TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE, 229

XVI. I BEARD THE LION, 247

XVII. ETRETAT, 270

XVIII. THE VEIL IS LIFTED, 280

XIX. THE END OF THE STORY, 293

THE HOLLADAY CASE

CHAPTER I

A Bolt from the Blue

The atmosphere of the office that morning was a shade less genial than
usual. We had all of us fought our way downtown through such a storm
of wind, snow, slush, and sleet as is to be found nowhere save in
mid-March New York, and our tempers had