Front matter
Reading edition
Author of “The Cat’s Paw,” “The Meredith Mystery,” “The Red Seal,” “The Unseen Ear,” etc.
A. L. BURT COMPANY
Publishers New York
Published by arrangement with D. Appleton & Company Printed in U. S. A.
COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Copyright, 1923, 1924, by The Constructive Publishing Corporation
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO HARRIET BROWNSON HUSSEY The Thirteenth Letter is affectionately inscribed in memory of many happy hours together
The author desires to express to ALAIN CAMPBELL WHITE of Litchfield, Connecticut, her sincere appreciation of his cleverly devised stamp code utilized in The Thirteenth Letter.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. The Events of a Night 1
II. Caught in the Web 13
III. Complications 23
IV. The Black Crest 38
V. Sheriff Trenholm Asks Questions 55
VI. The Third Hand 68
VII. Curious Questions and Evasive Answers 81
VIII. Blackmail 95
IX. The Denial 106
X. Skirmishing 119
XI. The Folded Note 132
XII. The Human Eye 146
XIII. The Spider and the Fly 160
XIV. The Will of Hate 175
XV. Three Beehives 188
XVI. The Thirteenth Letter 205
XVII. Cherchez la Femme 221
XVIII. The Death Clutch 234
XIX. Which? 252
XX. The Ruling Passion 271