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Title: Room Number 3
and Other Detective Stories

Author: Anna Katharine Green

Release Date: March 9, 2010 [EBook #31578]

Language: English

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ROOM NUMBER 3

AND OTHER DETECTIVE STORIES

By ANNA KATHARINE GREENE

AUTHOR OF

"The Mystery of The Hasty Arrow," "The Golden Slipper," "That Affair
Next Door," etc.

A. L. BURT COMPANY

Publishers New York

Published by arrangement with Dodd, Mead & Company

COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY
ANNA KATHARINE GREEN

COPYRIGHT, 1909, 1910, BY
THE CROWELL PUBLISHING CO.

COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY
ABBOTT & BRIGGS INC.

COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY
DODD, MEAD & COMPANY
_As "Masterpieces of Mystery"_

CONTENTS

PAGE

I ROOM NUMBER 3 3

II MIDNIGHT IN BEAUCHAMP ROW 85

III THE RUBY AND THE CALDRON 107

IV THE LITTLE STEEL COILS 149

V THE STAIRCASE AT HEART'S DELIGHT 181

VI THE AMETHYST BOX 209

VII THE GREY LADY 311

VIII THE THIEF 339

IX THE HOUSE IN THE MIST 369

ROOM NUMBER 3

I

"What door is that? You've opened all the others; why do you pass that
one by?"

"Oh, that! That's only Number 3. A mere closet, gentlemen," responded
the landlord in a pleasant voice. "To be sure, we sometimes use it as a
sleeping-room when we are hard pushed. Jake, the clerk you saw below,
used it last night. But it's not on our regular list. Do you want a peep
at it?"

"Most assuredly. As you know, it's our duty to see every room in this
house, whether it is on your regular list or not."

"All right. I haven't the key of this one with me. But--yes, I have.
There, gentlemen!" he cried, unlo