Front matter

Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/fordefense00humeiala (University of California Libraries)

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE MAJOR AND HIS HOUSEHOLD.

II. THE ASHANTEE DEVIL-STICK.

III. DIDO.

IV. VOODOO! VOODOO!

V. DR. ETWALD'S WARNING.

VI. A STRANGE OCCURRENCE.

VII. THE RIVALS.

VIII. A CRY IN THE NIGHT.

IX. AFTER THE DEED.

X. FURTHER MYSTERY.

XI. MAJOR JEN, DETECTIVE.

XII. THE STRANGE PERFUME.

XIII. ISABELLA.

XIV. LADY MEG.

XV. CROSS-EXAMINATION.

XVI. THE EVIDENCE OF JAGGARD.

XVII. THE STORY OF THE NIGHT.

XVIII. THE DEVIL-STICK THIEF.

XIX. FURTHER EVIDENCE.

XX. A STRANGE REQUEST.

XXI. A NINE DAY'S WONDER.

XXII. FOR THE DEFENSE,

XXIII. THE RESULT OF THE TRIAL.

XXIV. A FINAL SURPRISE.

XXV. THREE LETTERS.

FOR THE DEFENCE

BY

FERGUS HUME

AUTHOR OF "MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," "HARLEQUIN OPAL," ETC.

CHICAGO AND NEW YORK: RAND, McNALLY & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.

Copyright 1897, by Fergus Hume. Copyright, 1898, by Rand McNally & Co.

FOR THE DEFENCE.