Dead Men's Money
DEAD MEN'S
MONEY
DEAD MEN'S
MONEY
BY
J. S. FLETCHER
AUTHOR OF
THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER,
THE PARADISE MYSTERY, Etc.
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GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERSNEW YORK
Made in the United States of America
COPYRIGHT, 1920, BYALFRED A. KNOPF, Inc.
This book has been published and copyrightedin England under the titleDROONIN' WATTER
Published September, 1920First and second printings before publication
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS
| I | The One-Eyed Man, | 9 |
| II | The Midnight Mission, | 17 |
| III | The Red Stain, | 26 |
| IV | The Murdered Man, | 33 |
| V | The Brass-Bound Chest, | 41 |
| VI | Mr. John Phillips, | 49 |
| VII | The Inquest on John Phillips, | 57 |
| VIII | The Parish Registers, | 65 |
| IX | The Marine-Store Dealer, | 73 |
| X | The Other Witness, | 81 |
| XI | Signatures to the Will, | 88 |
| XII | The Salmon Gaft, | 97 |
| XIII | Sir Gilbert Carstairs, | 104 |
| XIV | Dead Man's Money, | 112 |
| XV | Five Hundred a Year, | 120 |
| XVI | The Man in the Cell, | 128 |
| XVII | The Irish Housekeeper, | 136 |
| XVIII | The Ice Ax, | 144 |
| XIX | My Turn, | 152 |
| XX | The Samaritan Skipper, | 160 |
| XXI | Mr. Gavin Smeaton, | 168 |
| XXII | I Read My Own Obituary, | 176 |
| XXIII | Family History, | 184 |
| XXIV | The Suit of Clothes, | 192 |
| XXV | The Second Disappearance, | 200 |
| XXVI | Mrs. Ralston of Craig, | 208 |
| XXVII | The Bank Balance, | 216 |
| XXVIII | The Hathercleugh Butler, | 224 |
| XXIX | All in Order, | 232 |
| XXX | The Carstairs Motto, | 240 |
| XXXI | No Trace, | 248 |
| XXXII | The Link, | 256 |
| XXXIII | The Old Tower, | 264 |
| XXXIV | The Bargain, | 273 |
| XXXV | The Swag, | 281 |
| XXXVI | Gold, | 289 |
| XXXVII | The Dark Pool, | 297 |
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