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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Master Mystery, by Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey 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: The Master Mystery Author: Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey Release Date: July 1, 2005 [eBook #16168] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MASTER MYSTERY*** E-text prepared by Charles Aldarondo, Eva Sweeney, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See 16168-h.htm or 16168-h.zip: (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/6/1/6/16168/16168-h/16168-h.htm) or (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/6/1/6/16168/16168-h.zip) THE MASTER MYSTERY Novelized by ARTHUR B. REEVE and JOHN W. GREY From Scenarios by Arthur B. Reeve in Collaboration with John W. Grey and C.A. Logue Profusely Illustrated with Photographic Reproductions Taken from the Houdini Super-Serial of the Same Name. A B. A. Rolfe Production. New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Published May, 1919 THE MASTER MYSTERY CHAPTER I Peter Brent sat nervously smoking in the library of his great house, Brent Rock. He was a man of about forty-five or -six--a typical, shrewd business man. Something, however, was evidently on his mind, for, though he tried to conceal it, he lacked the self-assurance that was habitually his before the world. A scowl clouded his face as the door of the library was flung open and he heard voices in the hall. A tall, spare, long-haired man forced his way in, crushing his soft black hat in his hands. "I _will_ see Mr. Brent," insisted the new-comer, as he pushed past the butler. "Mr. Brent!" he cried, advancing with a wild light in his eyes. "I'm tired of excuses. I want justice regarding that water-motor of mine." He paused, then added, shaking his finger threateningly, "Put it on the market--or I will call in the Department of Justice!" Brent scowled again. For years he had been amassing a fortune by a process that was scarcely within the law. For, when inventions threat
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