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Title: The Borough Treasurer

Author: Joseph Smith Fletcher

Release Date: February 19, 2007 [EBook #20630]

Language: English

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THE BOROUGH
TREASURER

BY

J. S. FLETCHER

AUTHOR OF

THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER,
THE PARADISE MYSTERY, ETC.

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS NEW YORK

Made in the United States of America

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY
ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC.

Published July, 1921
Second Printing, November, 1921

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CONTENTS

I BLACKMAIL, 1

II CRIME--AND SUCCESS, 11

III MURDER, 21

IV THE PINE WOOD, 31

V THE CORD, 41

VI THE MAYOR, 52

VII NIGHT WORK, 61

VIII RETAINED FOR THE DEFENCE, 71

IX ANTECEDENTS, 82

X THE HOLE IN THE THATCH, 91

XI CHRISTOPHER PETT, 101

XII PARENTAL ANXIETY, 111

XIII THE ANONYMOUS LETTER, 121

XIV THE SHEET OF FIGURES, 131

XV ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER, 141

XVI THE LONELY MOOR, 149

XVII THE MEDICAL OPINION, 159

XVIII THE SCRAP BOOK, 171

XIX A TALL MAN IN GREY CLOTHES, 181

XX AT BAY, 191

XXI THE INTERRUPTED FLIGHT, 203

XXII THE HAND IN THE DARKNESS, 211

XXIII COMFORTABLE CAPTIVITY, 221

XXIV STRICT BUSINESS LINES, 231

XXV NO FURTHER EVIDENCE, 242

XXVI THE VIRTUES OF SUSPICION, 251

XXVII MR. WRAYTHWAITE OF WRAYE, 260

XXVIII PAGES FROM THE PAST, 269

XXIX WITHOUT THOUGHT OF CONSEQUEN