BY FRED M. WHITE

Author of "THE MIDNIGHT GUEST," "THE CRIMSON BLIND," Etc., Etc.

1908

CONTENTS

I. THE BLACK PATCH

II. THE FIRST FINGER

III. THE LOST MINE

IV. IN THE LIFT

V. A PUZZLE FOR VENNER

VI. A PARTIAL FAILURE

VII. THE WHITE LADY

VIII. MISSING

IX. A NEW PHASE

X. THE SECOND FINGER

XI. AN UNEXPECTED MOVE

XII. THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR

XIII. THE WHITE LADY AGAIN

XIV. MASTER OF THE SITUATION

XV. FELIX ZARY

XVI. FENWICK MOVES AGAIN

XVII. MERTON GRANGE

XVIII. A COUPLE OF VISITORS

XIX. PHANTOM GOLD

XX. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN

XXI. THE THIRD FINGER

XXII. "THE TIME WILL COME"

XXIII. SMOKED OUT

XXIV. THE MOUTH OF THE NET

XXV. AN ACT OF CHARITY

XXVI. THE LAST FINGER

XXVII. NEMESIS

XXVIII. EXPLANATIONS

XXIX. THIS MORTAL COIL

XXX. A PEACEFUL SUNSET

CHAPTER I

THE BLACK PATCH