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Title: The Crevice

Author: William John Burns and Isabel Ostrander

Release Date: July 6, 2009 [eBook #29331]

Language: English

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THE CREVICE

by

WILLIAM J. BURNS and ISABEL OSTRANDER

Illustrations by Will Grefe

[Illustration: "I supposed that father was working late over some papers
and I knew that I must not disturb him."]

New York
Grosset & Dunlap
Publishers

Copyright, 1915, by
W. J. Watt & Company

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I PENNINGTON LAWTON AND THE GRIM REAPER 1
II REVELATIONS 16
III HENRY BLAINE TAKES A HAND 29
IV THE SEARCH 38
V THE WILL 53
VI THE FIRST COUNTER-MOVE 66
VII THE LETTER 78
VIII GUY MORROW FACES A PROBLEM 98
IX GONE! 104
X MARGARET HEFFERMAN'S FAILURE 116
XI THE CONFIDENCE OF EMILY 134
XII THE CIPHER