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... WALLACE Author of " The Clue of the New Pin , " " The Daffodil Murder , " etc. , etc. SCIRE OVOD SCIENDVM BOSTON SMALL , MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT 1923 BY SMALL , MAYNARD & COMPANY ( INCORPORATED. THE VALLEY OF.
... WALLACE Author of " The Clue of the New Pin , " " The Daffodil Murder , " etc. , etc. SCIRE OVOD SCIENDVM BOSTON SMALL , MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS COPYRIGHT 1923 BY SMALL , MAYNARD & COMPANY ( INCORPORATED. THE VALLEY OF.
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... murder . Do you remember it , miss ? A wonderful murder it was , too . A man poisoned his wife , being anxious to marry another lady , and this Macleod's evidence got him hanged . Banks told me that , but I remembered it the moment he ...
... murder . Do you remember it , miss ? A wonderful murder it was , too . A man poisoned his wife , being anxious to marry another lady , and this Macleod's evidence got him hanged . Banks told me that , but I remembered it the moment he ...
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... murdered , sir . Oh , it is dreadful ! " " Merrivan - murdered ! Just wait a moment . I'll be down in few minutes . Make me a cup of tea if you can . " He dressed rapidly , swallowed the tea that the manager handed him ( how the cup ...
... murdered , sir . Oh , it is dreadful ! " " Merrivan - murdered ! Just wait a moment . I'll be down in few minutes . Make me a cup of tea if you can . " He dressed rapidly , swallowed the tea that the manager handed him ( how the cup ...
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... murder had been committed . He noticed something peculiar about the carved Chinese cabinet . The door did not seem to fit , and , pulling it open , it came away in his hand . stood the utility of the cabinet . steel safe , which was ...
... murder had been committed . He noticed something peculiar about the carved Chinese cabinet . The door did not seem to fit , and , pulling it open , it came away in his hand . stood the utility of the cabinet . steel safe , which was ...
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... to be given to the reporters beyond the bare fact that Mr. Merrivan was murdered some time between midnight and one o'clock this morning . The posi- tion of the body can be shown diagrammatically ; nobody 86 THE VALLEY OF GHOSTS.
... to be given to the reporters beyond the bare fact that Mr. Merrivan was murdered some time between midnight and one o'clock this morning . The posi- tion of the body can be shown diagrammatically ; nobody 86 THE VALLEY OF GHOSTS.
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