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Title: The Monk of Hambleton

Author: Armstrong Livingston

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Language: English

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THE MONK OF HAMBLETON

_By_

ARMSTRONG LIVINGSTON

NEW YORK

RAE D. HENKLE CO. Inc. Publishers

1928

COPYRIGHT, 1928,

By RAE D. HENKLE Co. INC.

Manufactured in the United States

_THE AUTHOR_

_Armstrong Livingston was born in New York City and was educated at St.
George's School, Newport, R. I; and in Europe. He began a writing
career in 1918. He has traveled extensively and for the past two years
he and Mrs. Livingston have made their home in Algiers with occasional
trips to Paris and London. He is the author of the following
books--all mystery stories:_

THE MONK OF HAMBLETON
THE MYSTERY OF THE TWIN RUBIES
THE JU-JU MAN
ON THE RIGHT WRISTS
LIGHT-FINGERED LADIES
THE GUILTY ACCUSER

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. SAYING IT WITH FRUIT
II. THE HEAD OF THE TRAIL
III. A WARNING
IV. THE LEGEND OF THE MONK
V. MISS LUCY'S MAN
VI. AN AUNT IN NEED
VII. OUT OF THE PAST
VIII. TWO VICTIMS OF THEFT
IX. SIMON SEEKS ADVICE
X. CREIGHTON TAKES THE CASE
XI. CHECKERS AND CHICANE
XII. STARLIGHT ON STEEL
XIII. A DEDUCTION OR TWO
XIV. LUCY VARR
XV. TREASURE TROVE
XVI. A WOMAN OF NOTE
XVII. AN ARREST Is MADE
XVIII. SOME OLD MEN ARE OUT
XIX. AMONG THOSE PRESENT
XX. H. ANTEUS KRECH
XXI. TWILIGHT
XXII. A CRY IN THE NIGHT
XXIII. THE DARKEST HOUR
XXIV. BEYOND THE STARS

THE MONK OF HAMBLETON

_I: Saying It With Frui