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Title: The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley

Author: Louis Tracy

Release Date: August 28, 2008 [EBook #26447]

Language: English

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THE STRANGE CASE OF
MORTIMER FENLEY

BY LOUIS TRACY

AUTHOR OF

THE WINGS OF THE MORNING,
NUMBER SEVENTEEN, ETC.

GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY
EDWARD J. CLODE

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE WATER NYMPHS 1

II. "WHO HATH DONE THIS THING?" 19

III. THE HOUNDS 39

IV. BREAKING COVER 59

V. A FAMILY GATHERING 79

VI. WHEREIN FURNEAUX SEEKS INSPIRATION 101

VII. SOME SIDE ISSUES 123

VIII. COINCIDENCES 145

IX. WHEREIN AN ARTIST BECOMES A MAN OF ACTION 166

X. FURNEAUX STATES SOME FACTS 189

XI. SOME PRELIMINARY SKIRMISHING 211

XII. WHEREIN SCOTLAND YARD IS DINED AND WINED 229

XIII. CLOSE QUARTERS 246

XIV. THE SPREADING OF THE NET 266

XV. SOME STAGE EFFECTS 286

XVI. THE CLOSE OF A TRAGEDY 305

XVII. THE SETTLEMENT 324

THE STRANGE CASE OF MORTIMER FENLEY

CHAPTER I

THE WATER NYMPHS

Does an evil deed cast a shadow in advance? Does premeditated crime
spread