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Title: The Apartment Next Door

Author: William Andrew Johnston

Release Date: February 23, 2004 [EBook #11240]
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The Apartment Next Door

BY

WILLIAM JOHNSTON

AUTHOR OF
THE HOUSE OF WHISPERS, LIMPY, ETC.

ILUSTRATIONS BY
ARTHUR WILLIAM BROWN

_1919_

TO THAT MARVELLOUS SCHEHERAZADE

CAROLYN WELLS HOUGHTON

THE AUTHOR, IN ENVIOUS ADMIRATION,
DEDICATES THIS VOLUME

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE FACE OF HATE

II. THE ADDRESS ON THE CARD

III. "MR. FLECK"

IV. THE CLUE IN THE BOOK

V. ON THE TRAIL

VI. THE MISSING MESSAGE

VII. THE WOMAN ON THE ROOF

VIII. THE LISTENING EAR

IX. THE PURSUIT

X. CARTER'S DISCOVERY

XI. JANE'S ADVENTURE

XII. PUZZLES AND PLANS

XIII. THE SEALED PACKET

XIV. THE MOUNTAIN'S SECRET

XV. THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS

XVI. THE ATTACK ON THE HOUSE

XVII. SOMETHING UNEXPECTED

XVIII. WHAT THE PACKET CONTAINED

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

* * * * *

She could not bring herself to tell him, the
man she loved, the thing she knew he
was.

More than likely, she alone in all the world--knew
who the murderer was.

Had he been standing there listening? How
much had he heard?

"Thank God," he cried. "Jane, dear,
tell me you are not hurt!"

THE APARTMENT
NEXT DOOR

CHAPTER I

THE FACE OF HATE

It was three o'clock in the morning. Along a deserted pavement of
Riverside Drive strode briskly a young man whose square-set shoulders
and erect poise suggested a military training. His coat, thrown
carelessly open to the cold night wind, displayed an expanse of white
indicative of evening dress. As he walked his heels clicked sharply on
the concrete with the forceful firm tread of the type which does things
quickly and decisively. The intense stillness of the early morning hours
carried the sound in little st