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The Million-Dollar Suitcase By: Perry Newberry (1870-1938) |
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BY ALICE MacGOWAN
AND
PERRY NEWBERRY NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1922, by
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY Copyright, 1921, by
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
under the title "Two and Two"
Printed in the United States of America
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I WORTH GILBERT 1 II SIGHT UNSEEN 16 III A WEDDING PARTY 27 IV AN APPARITION 45 V AT THE ST. DUNSTAN 57 VI ON THE ROOF 65 VII THE GOLD NUGGET 75 VIII A TIN HORN GAMBLER 87 IX SANTA YSOBEL 101 X A SHADOW IN THE FOG 110 XI THE MISSING DIARY 124 XII A MURDER 137 XIII DR. BOWMAN 147 XIV SEVEN LOST DAYS 155 XV AT DYKEMAN'S OFFICE 164 XVI A LUNCHEON 171 XVII CLEANSING FIRES 181 XVIII THE TORN PAGE 188 XIX ON THE HILL TOP 196 XX AT THE COUNTRY CLUB 209 XXI A MATTER OF TASTE 214 XXII A DINNER INVITATION 225 XXIII A BIT OF SILK 231 XXIV THE MAGNET 240 XXV AN ARREST 250 XXVI MRS. BOWMAN SPEAKS 261 XXVII THE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL 273 XXVIII THE COUNTRY CLUB BALL 293 XXIX UNMASKED 303 XXX A CONFESSION 311 XXXI THE MILLION DOLLAR SUITCASE 320
THE MILLION DOLLAR SUITCASE
CHAPTER I WORTH GILBERT
On the blank silence that followed my last words, there in the big,
dignified room with its Circassian walnut and sound softening rugs,
Dykeman, the oldest director, squalled out as though he had been bitten, "All there is to tell! But it can't be! It isn't possib " His voice
cracked, split on the word, and the rest came in an agonized squeak, "A
man can't just vanish into thin air!" "A man!" Knapp, the cashier, echoed. "A suitcase full of money our
money can't vanish into thin air in the course of a few hours." Feverishly they passed the timeworn phrase back and forth; it would have
been ludicrous if it hadn't been so deadly serious. Well, money when you
come to think of it, is its very existence to such an institution; it
was not to be wondered at that the twelve men around the long table in
the directors' room of the Van Ness Avenue Savings Bank found this a
life or death matter. "How much ?" began heavy set, heavy voiced old Anson, down at the lower
end, but stuck and got no further. There was a smitten look on every
face at the contemplation a suitcase could hold so unguessably great a
sum expressed in terms of cash and securities. "We'll have the exact amount in a few moments I've just set them to
verifying," President Whipple indicated with a slight backward nod the
second and smaller table in the room, where two clerks delved mole like
among piles of securities, among greenbacks and yellowbacks bound round
with paper collars, and stacks of coin. The blinds were down, only the table lamps on, and a gooseneck over
where the men counted. It put the place all in shadow, and threw out
into bolder relief the faces around that board, gray white, denatured,
all with the financier's curiously unhuman look. The one fairly cheerful
countenance in sight was that of A. G. Cummings, the bank's attorney. For myself, I was only waiting to hear what results those clerks would
bring us. So far, Whipple had been quite noncommittal: the extraordinary
state of the market everything so upset that a bank couldn't afford
even the suspicion of a loss or irregularity hinting at something in
his mind not evident to the rest of us... Continue reading book >>
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