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Title: The Stowmarket Mystery
Or, A Legacy of Hate

Author: Louis Tracy

Release Date: February 1, 2005 [EBook #14853]

Language: english

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THE STOWMARKET MYSTERY

Or A Legacy of Hate

By LOUIS TRACY

AUTHOR OF

"Wings of the Morning,"
"The Final War,"
"An American Emperor,"
"Disappearance of Lady Delia," etc., etc.

1904

CONTENTS

I. "THE STOWMARKET MYSTERY"
II. DAVID HUME'S STORY
III. THE DREAM
IV. THROUGH THE LIBRARY WINDOW
V. FROM BEHIND THE HEDGE
VI. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE
VII. HUSBAND AND WIFE
VIII. REVELATIONS
IX. THE KO-KATANA
X. THE BLACK MUSEUM
XI. MR. "OKASAKI"
XII. WHAT THE STATIONMASTER SAW
XIII. TWO WOMEN
XIV. MARGARET SPEAKS OUT
XV. AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR
XVI. THE COUSINS
XVII. "CHERCHEZ LA FEMME"
XVIII. FURTHER COMPLICATIONS
XIX. THE THIRD MAN APPEARS
XX. THE TRAIL
XXI. CONCERNING CHICKENS, AND MOTIVES
XXII. THE SECOND ATTACK
XXIII. MARGARET'S SECRET
XXIV. THE MEETING
XXV. WHERE DID MARGARET GO?
XXVI. MR. OOMA
XXVII. HOLDEN'S STORY
XXVIII. MR. AND MRS. JIRO
XXIX. MARGARET'S SECRET
XXX. HUSBAND AND WIFE
XXXI. TO BEECHCROFT
XXXII. THE FIGHT
XXXIII. THE LAST NOTE IN BRETT'S DIARY

A LEGACY OF HATE

CHAPTER I

"THE STOWMARKET MYSTERY"

"Mr. David Hume."

Reginald Brett, barrister-detective, twisted round in his easy-chair to
permit the light to fall clearly on the card handed to him by his
man-servant.

"What does Mr. David Hume look like, Smith?" he asked.

"A gentleman, sir."

Well-trained servants never make a mistake when they give such a
description of a visitor. Brett was satisfied.

"Produce him."

Then he examined the card.

"It is odd," he thought. "Mr. David Hume gives no