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"'Mr. Dimsdale has been murdered,' cried Miss Hest, clasping her hands."
THE SPIDER.
BY
FERGUS HUME,
AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," "THE SOLITARY FARM," ETC.
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED, LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO. 1910.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. A POSSIBLE PARTNERSHIP
II. A CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION
III. HOW THE TRAP WAS SET
IV. WHO WAS CAUGHT IN THE TRAP
V. AFTER THE TRAGEDY
VI. WHAT MR. IRELAND KNEW
VII. AFTER THE TRAGEDY
VIII. THE GRIEF OF IDA
IX. WITCHCRAFT
X. WITCHCRAFT
XI. THE NEEDLE IN THE HAYSTACK
XII. A TEMPTING OFFER
XIII. THE BAZAAR
XIV. RUN TO EARTH
XV. FACE TO FACE
XVI. THE SEARCH
XVII. IN THE TRAIN
XVIII. AT BOWDERSTYKE
XIX. A BOLD OFFER
XX. GERBY HALL
XXI. JUSTICE
XXII. THE END OF IT ALL