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THE SILVER BLADE

THE TRUE CHRONICLE OF A
DOUBLE MYSTERY

BY

CHARLES EDMONDS WALK

WITH FIVE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR
BY A. B. WENZELL

CHICAGO
A. C. McCLURG & CO.
1908

COPYRIGHT
A. C. McCLURG & Co.
1906

Published March 18, 1908
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London, Eng.
All Rights Reserved.

The Lakeside Press
R. R. DONNELLY & SONS COMPANY
CHICAGO

TO THE MEMORY OF MY BROTHER

GEORGE EDWARD WALK

WHOSE INTEREST IN THE GROWTH OF THIS STORY
WAS NOT THE LEAST INCENTIVE
TO ITS COMPLETION

CONTENTS

BOOK I. A DUPLEX PROBLEM

CHAPTER

I. Exit Señor de Sanchez
II. The First Problem Develops
III. A Search for Clues
IV. Mr. Converse Appears as Chorus
V. A Telegram from Mexico
VI. The Inquest
VII. The Verdict
VIII. Cherchez la Femme
IX. The Second Problem
X. Footprints
XI. A Burnt Fragment
XII. A Door is Opened

BOOK II. CHARLOTTE FAIRCHILD

I. Miss Charlotte Waits in the Hall
II. Miss Charlotte Entertains a Caller
III. "Paquita—What Do You Spell?"
IV. Miss Charlotte Becomes a Factor
V. A Decision and a Letter
VI. Faint Rays from Strange Sources
VII. A Voice in the Night
VIII. The Coroner's Coup
IX. The Light Brightens—and Dims

BOOK III. SLADE'S BLESSING

I. Opening Ways
II. Fairchild Redivivus
III. "The Thunderbolt Has Fallen"
IV. Some Loose Ends
V. Mr. Slade Resigns
VI. An Arrest
VII. "Slade's Blessing"

BOOK IV. THE DANCER AND THE MOUNTEBAN