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The Project Gutenberg EBook of Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 Author: Collected and Arranged by Francis J. Reynolds Release Date: April 8, 2004 [EBook #11949] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MASTER TALES OF MYSTERY, VOLUME 3 *** Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. MASTER TALES of MYSTERY COLLECTED AND ARRANGED BY FRANCIS J. REYNOLDS VOLUME III CONTENTS ARTHUR B. REEVE THE POISONED PEN THE INVISIBLE RAT THE SILENT BULLET THE DEADLY TUBS THE BLACK HAND THE STEEL DOOR PAUL L. FORD GREAT K. & A. TRAIN ROBBERY MAX PEMBERTON THE RISEN DEAD GEO.B. McCUTCHEON COWARDICE COURT BURTON E. STEVENSON THE CASE OF MRS. MAGNUS JOSEPH ERNEST THE EPISODE or THE BLACK CASQUETTE MARJORIE L.C. PICKTHALL CHEAP The Poisoned Pen BY ARTHUR B. REEVE I Kennedy's suit-case was lying open on the bed, and he was literally throwing things into it from his chiffonier, as I entered after a hurried trip up-town from the _Star_ office in response to an urgent message from him. "Come, Walter," he cried, hastily stuffing in a package of clean laundry without taking off the wrapping-paper, "I've got your suit-case out. Pack up whatever you can in five minutes. We must take the six o'clock train for Danbridge." I did not wait to hear any more. The mere mention of the name of the quaint and quiet little Connecticut town was sufficient. For Danbridge was on everybody's lips at that time. It was the scene of the now famous Danbridge poisoning case--a brutal case in which the pretty little actress, Vera Lytton, had been the victim. "I've been retained by Senator Adrian Willard," he called from his room, as I was busy packing in mine. "The Willard family believe that that young Dr. Dixon is the victim of a conspiracy--or at least Alma Willard does, which comes to the same thing, and--well, the senator called me up on long-distance and offered me anything I would name in reason to take
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