THE WOODEN HAND
Reading edition
A DETECTIVE STORY
BY
FERGUS HUME
AUTHOR OF "THE MYSTERY OF A HANSOM CAB," "THE GUILTY HOUSE," "THE SILVER BULLET," "THE LONELY CHURCH," "THE WHITE ROOM," ETC. ETC. ETC.
LONDON GEORGE BELL AND SONS 1905
This Edition is issued for circulation in India and the Colonies only.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. MISERY CASTLE
II. LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM
III. THE NE'ER-DO-WEEL
IV. MYSTERY
V. A STRANGE LOSS
VI. THE WARNING
VII. THE INQUEST
VIII. A NEW LIFE
IX. THE MYSTERIOUS PARCEL
X. MRS. HILL EXPLAINS
XI. ALLEN AS A DETECTIVE
XII. LORD SALTARS
XIII. THE OTHER WOMAN
XIV. SIGNOR ANTONIO
XV. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
XVI. MR. HILL'S STORY
XVII. A FRIEND IN NEED
XVIII. THE FINDING OF BUTSEY
XIX. MRS. MERRY'S VISITORS
XX. AN AMAZING CONFESSION
XXI. THE DIAMONDS
XXII. BUTSEY'S STORY
XXIII. MISS LORRY'S LAST APPEARANCE
XXIV. THE WINDING OF THE SKEIN