CHAPTER

PAGE

I

The Office of a New York Detective

17

II

Two of a Kind

28

III

The Tell-tale Scrap of Paper

39

IV

The House on Twenty-seventh Street

50

V

The Man Dressed as a Bull-fighter

61

VI

Marian

73

VII

A Brand from the Burning

83

VIII

The Jehu Adds to the Mystery

94

IX

Joe’s Secret

105

X

That Meerschaum Pipe

116

XI

All is Forgiven

127

XII

The Opium Joint

138

XIII

A Terrible Doom

149

XIV

Another Link in the Chain

160

XV

Comparing Notes

171

XVI

The Locked Saratoga

182

XVII

The Artist is Defiant

193

XVIII

Fortune’s Favors

204

XIX

The Time Draws Near

215

XX

For Plunder

226

XXI

The Cottage Beyond the Harlem

237

XXII

Almost

248

XXIII

The Messenger with Good News

259

XXIV

Conclusion

268