CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. IN THE POLICE COURT
CHAPTER II. THE GAME OF CONSEQUENCES
CHAPTER III. THE ROOM WITH THE SEVEN DOORS
CHAPTER IV. BARBARA ENGAGES COUNSEL
CHAPTER V. THE VANISHING MAN
CHAPTER VI. STRAIGHT QUESTIONS AND CROOKED ANSWERS
CHAPTER VII. THE RED SEAL
CHAPTER VIII. THE INQUEST
CHAPTER IX. "B-B-B”
CHAPTER X. AT THE CLUB DE VINGT
CHAPTER XI. HALF A TRUTH
CHAPTER XII. THE ECHO OF A LAUGH
CHAPTER XIII. THE FACE AT THE WINDOW
CHAPTER XIV. PAY CASH
CHAPTER XV. WHEN THE LIGHT FAILED
CHAPTER XVI. THE CRIMSON OUTLINE
CHAPTER XVII. A QUESTION OF HOUSE-BREAKING
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FATAL PERIOD
CHAPTER XIX. THE RED SEAL AGAIN
CHAPTER XX. THE UNKNOWN EQUATION
CHAPTER XXI. THE RIDDLE ANSWERED
The Assistant District Attorney glanced down at the papers in his hand and then up at the well-dressed, stockily built man occupying the witness stand. His manner was conciliatory.
“According to your testimony, Mr. Clymer, the prisoner, John Sylvester, was honest and reliable, and faithfully performed his duties as confidential clerk,” he stated. “Just when was Sylvester in your employ?”
“Sylvester was never in my employ,” corrected Benjamin Augustus Clymer. The president of the Metropolis Trust Company was noted for his precision of speech. “During the winter of 1918 I shared an apartment with Judge James Hildebrand, who employed Sylvester.”
“Was Sylvester addicted to drink?”
“No.”
“Was he quarrelsome?”
“No.”
“Was Sylvester married at that date?”
At the question a faint smile touched the corners of Clymer's clean shaven mouth and his eyes traveled involuntarily toward the over-dressed female whose charge of assault and battery against her husband had brought Clymer to the police court as a “character” witness in Sylvester's behalf.
“Sylvester left Judge Hildebrand to get married,” he explained. “He was a model clerk;