Bell's Indian and Colonial Library

THE WHITE ROOM

THE WHITE ROOM

BY

FERGUS HUME

AUTHOR of "THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," "THE PICCADILLY PUZZLE," "WHOM GOD HATH JOINED," "THE VANISHING OF TERA," "THE GUILTY HOUSE," ETC. ETC. ETC.

LONDON GEORGE BELL & SONS 1904

This Edition is issued for circulation in India and the Colonies only.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE POLICEMAN'S DISCOVERY

II. ANOTHER MYSTERY

III. THE BALDWINS

IV. THE MISSING MOTOR-CAR

V. PUBLIC OPINION

VI. A STRANGE DISCOVERY

VII. THE OTHER WHITE ROOM

VIII. PROFESSOR BOCAROS

IX. MRS. BRAND'S WILL

X. WHAT THE COOK FOUND

XI. THE INQUIRY-AGENT

XII. ARNOLD AND LAURA

XIII. ON THE TRACK

XIV. THE NEW TENANT

XV. THE PROFESSOR'S COURTING

XVI. A SURPRISE

XVII. THE PROFESSOR'S TRUMP CARD

XVIII. A STORY OF THE PAST

XIX. STILL A MYSTERY

XX. THE HOUSE IN THE FIELDS

XXI. THE TRUTH

XXII. THE WIND-UP

THE WHITE ROOM

THE WHITE ROOM