The Lost Parchment
Reading edition
A Detective Story
BY
FERGUS HUME
AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," "THE MYSTERY QUEEN," "THE RAINBOW FEATHER," "RED MONEY," "THE SEALED MESSAGE," "THE SECRET PASSAGE," "THE STEEL CROWN," ETC.
G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
The Lost Parchment
Press of J. J. Little & Ives Co. New York
CONTENTS
CHAPTER.
I. Schoolfellows
II. The Vicar
III. Lovers
IV. The Cottage
V. A Revelation
VI. Counsels Opinion
VII. A Nine Days Wonder
VIII. Mallien Speaks
IX. A Serious Position
X. Dorinda
XI. Carringtons Advice
XII. On the Track
XIII. Confession
XIV. A Clue
XV. Circumstantial Evidence
XVI. A New Witness
XVII. Difficulties
XVIII. Setting a Trap
XIX. Resurgam
XX. A Weird Story
XXI. A Final Surprise