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MR. SCANLON RELATES SOME PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES ASHTON-KIRK, student of crime, sat cross-legged upon a rug; thoughtfully he drew at the big pipe; the wreaths of smoke drifted over the tottering tower…
SHOWS HOW MATTERS STOOD AT SCHWARTZBERG SCANLON paused for a space; he examined a loose place in the wrapper of his cigar, while Ashton-Kirk sat waiting, upon his rug, his hands clasping his knees. “…
IN WHICH THE SPECIAL DETECTIVE TAKES UP THE HUNT AFTER dinner, Ashton-Kirk smoked a cigar with his friend; then he retired to dress for the journey to Marlowe Furnace. When he reappeared he wore a ro…
TELLS SOMETHING OF THE MAN IN THE ROLLING CHAIR “CAMPE!” cried Bat Scanlon, his eyes upon the fleeing man, and his hand going, with the instinctive movement of an old gun man, to his hip. “And giving…
SPEAKS OF ASHTON-KIRK’S FIRST VISIT TO SCHWARTZBERG ON the following morning, Ashton-Kirk and Scanlon breakfasted at the inn; then they each smoked another of the black cigars. At about nine o’clock …
IN WHICH ASHTON-KIRK INDICATES MUCH BUT SAYS LITTLE “A LIGHT!” cried Campe. “Strike a light, Kretz.” “No light,” said Bat Scanlon, softly. “It is no time for such things when an unknown gentleman is …
SHOWS HOW MR. SCANLON MET THE MAN WITH THE SOFT VOICE IT was late in the afternoon when Bat Scanlon got off the train at Marlowe Furnace and struck down the little road toward the covered bridge. Upo…
TELLS HOW THE NIGHT BREEZE BLEW FROM THE NORTHWEST AT dinner that evening Scanlon was surprised to find Miss Hohenlo. She wore a faded little smile and nodded girlishly to the trainer. “It is such a …
IN WHICH SOME THINGS ARE DONE AND SOME OTHERS ARE SAID AS Bat went cautiously onward, the place where he had seen the movement marked in his mind, he was aware of a glimmering of light over his shoul…
SHOWS HOW MRS. KRETZ SPOKE HER MIND BAT SCANLON stood for a space under the neighbourly tree; he could hear the drawn man coughing away into the gloom at the foot of the hill. “Now,” observed he, “am…
