CONTENTS

CHAPTER I THE OFFICE OF A NEW YORK DETECTIVE

CHAPTER II TWO OF A KIND

CHAPTER III THE TELL-TALE SCRAP OF PAPER

CHAPTER IV THE HOUSE ON TWENTY-SEVENTH STREET

CHAPTER V THE MAN DRESSED AS A BULL FIGHTER

CHAPTER VI MARIAN

CHAPTER VII A BRAND FROM THE BURNING

CHAPTER VIII THE JEHU ADDS TO THE MYSTERY

CHAPTER IX JOE'S SECRET

CHAPTER X THAT MEERSCHAUM PIPE

CHAPTER XI ALL IS FORGIVEN

CHAPTER XII THE OPIUM JOINT

CHAPTER XIII A TERRIBLE DOOM

CHAPTER XIV ANOTHER LINK IN THE CHAIN

CHAPTER XV COMPARING NOTES

CHAPTER XVI THE LOCKED SARATOGA

CHAPTER XVII THE ARTIST IS DEFIANT

CHAPTER XVIII FORTUNE'S FAVORS

CHAPTER XIX THE TIME DRAWS NEAR

CHAPTER XX FOR PLUNDER

CHAPTER XXI THE COTTAGE BEYOND THE HARLEM

CHAPTER XXII ALMOST

CHAPTER XXIII THE MESSENGER WITH GOOD NEWS

CHAPTER XXIV CONCLUSION

Transcribed from Henneberry Company edition by an anonymous UK volunteer.

JOE LESLIE’S WIFE

OR

A SKELETON IN THE CLOSET

BY

ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, M.D.

Author of “Gold-Maker of Lisbon,” “Little Sweetheart,”
“Phantom Smuggler,” “Diana Thorpe,” “Frozen
Hearts,” “Nora’s Legacy,” etc.

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