Ten Chapters of wonderful reading…
Chapter I: THE DETECTIVE AND THE BANKER—A REMARKABLE
NARRATIVE—A PECULIAR TRAIL—MILLIONS WITH NO
OWNER—A GREAT TASK LOOMING UP FOR JACK—A MOMENT OF
EXPECTANCY.
Chapter II: NOT A TERRIBLE CRIME—A SERIES OF SHARP QUESTIONS—A
DETECTIVE AT HIS BEST—STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS OF A
LOGICAL MYSTERY SOLVER—REPRODUCING AN IMAGE AFTER
FORTY YEARS—A GREAT DIALOGUE.
Chapter III: AN EXTRAORDINARY CROSS-EXAMINATION—A THEORY AT
LAST—WHITE SAND AND JERSEY MUD—WORKING ON A SLIGHT
CLUE—AN INSPIRATION—THE MAN WITH THE DIARY—A
PROSPECT.
Chapter IV: A MOST WONDERFUL “SHADOW”—GOING OVER A RAILROAD
DIARY—AN INCIDENT THAT WAS SUGGESTIVE—A MARVELOUS
DISCOVERY—THE OLD TRUNK—ON THE TRACK OF A GENUINE
CLUE.
Chapter V: THE SECRET OF THE OLD BOX—A GHASTLY FIND—WONDERFUL
CONFIRMATIONS—STILL MORE WONDERFUL DETECTIVE
WORK—A NOVEL SURPRISE—THE DEAD ALIVE—AN ABSOLUTE
IDENTIFICATION.
Chapter VI: ON A NEW “LAY”—DOWN IN MONMOUTH COUNTY—AN APPARENT
DEFEAT—A SINGULAR CLUE—TWO COINCIDENT DATES—OLD
BERWICK—STRIKING SUGGESTIONS—ONCE AGAIN A CHANCE.
Chapter VII: OLD BERWICK’S RECOLLECTIONS—A GOOD REASON FOR A
STRANGE DEPOSIT—A GIRL IN THE CASE—EXTRAORDINARY
DETECTIVE RESULTS—A NEW “SHADOW”—GREAT
POSSIBILITIES—SURE TO WIN.
Chapter VIII: JACK’S FORESIGHT—A SECOND VISIT TO OLD BERWICK—THE
PORTRAIT—OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES—”ALAS! THE
LETTER!”—A STREET CAR INCIDENT—”I WILL FIND THAT
LETTER.”
Chapter IX: A WONDERFUL SEARCH—JACK BECOMES THE SEARCHER—A
STARTLING DISCOVERY—THE LONG-LOST LETTER FOUND AT
LAST—A MOST REMARKABLE FEAT—THE STORY OF THE
SEALED LETTER.
Chapter X: CONCLUSION
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