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The Diamond Coterie

The Diamond Coterie

by Lawrence L. Lynch

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Author
Lynch, Lawrence L.
Credits
Produced by Suzanne Shell, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Detective and mystery stories
Category
Text
eBook-No.
25695
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/25695
Release Date
June 4, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.BY LAWRENCE L. LYNCH — Author of "Shadowed by Three" "Madeline Payne," Etc. — CHICAGO: HENRY A. SUMNER AND COMPANY. 1884. — Copyright, 1882, by — DONNELLEY, LOYD & CO., CHICAGO. — Copyright, 1884, by R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS, CHICAGO. — R. R. Donnelley & Sons, The Lakeside Press, Chicago. — " Really this is a sad affair. "
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.The Diamond Coterie.
  6. 6.CHAPTER I. — TWO SHOCKS FOR W——.
  7. 7.CHAPTER II. — W—— INVESTIGATES. — " I have a clue. "
  8. 8.CHAPTER III. — A SAMPLE OF THE LAMOTTE BLOOD. — " I am ready to do that at any and all times. "
  9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — SYBIL'S LETTER. — " John Burrill! Why, he is a Brute! " — So he dines at Wardour Place. — " Who are you? "
  10. 10.CHAPTER V. — THE DEDUCTIONS OF A DETECTIVE. — " Ah! this phial is one of a set. "
  11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — DOCTOR HEATH AT HOME. — " Are we alone? "
  12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — A FALLING OUT. — The tramp turned and looked back. — " Doctor Heath flatters himself. "
  13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — ONE DETECTIVE TOO MANY. — " Here is this man again. "
  14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — DEDUCTIONS OF DETECTIVE NUMBER TWO. — " Poor Frank, don't let this overcome you. "
  15. 15.CHAPTER X. — EVAN. — " Why, Evan, you look ghostly! "
  16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — THE END OF THE BEGINNING. — " You must not have a third attack. "
  17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — THE BEGINNING OF THE END. — " Conny, it has come. "
  18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — CONSTANCE'S DIPLOMACY.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — JOHN BURRILL, ARISTOCRAT. — " I am happy to know you. "
  20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — DIAMONDS. — " I have never once been tempted to self-destruction. "
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — IN OPEN MUTINY. — Only a moment did Sybil listen. — " It is not in his power or yours to alter my decision. "
  22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — THE PLAY GOES ON. — Evan saw Sybil and Frank canter away.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — JOHN BURRILL, PLEBEIAN. — " Then take that, and that. "
  24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. — NANCE BURRILL'S WARNING. — " It's the other one," he muttered .
  25. 25.CHAPTER XX. — CONSTANCE AT BAY. — " Stay a moment, sir. "
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. — APPOINTING A WATCH DOG. — " I'll be hanged if I can understand it. "
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. — THE WATCH DOG DISCHARGED. — " I hope you'll excuse me. " — " Well, Roarke, are you ready for business? "
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. — FATHER AND SON. — " If you ever see me again, you'll see me sober. "
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. — A DAY OF GLOOM. — " You promise never to marry Francis Lamotte? "
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. — THAT NIGHT.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. — PRINCE'S PREY. — The cottage stands quite by itself. — " Prince, come away, sir! "
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. — A TURN IN THE GAME. — " Why, boy! Bless me. "
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. — INTRODUCING MR. SMITH. — " Any of the stiff's friends in this gang? "
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. — OPENLY ACCUSED. — " Did you ever see that knife before? "
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. — AN OBSTINATE CLIENT. — They find Corliss at the Sheriff's desk.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. — BEGINNING THE INVESTIGATION. — " Softly, Sir; softly; reflect a little. "
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. — AN APPEAL TO THE WARDOUR HONOR. — " Sybil Lamotte shall die in her delirium. "
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. — I CAN SAVE HIM IF I WILL. — " Constance Wardour, you love Clifford Heath. "
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. — A LAST RESORT.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. — A STRANGE INTERVIEW. — " Another, Miss Wardour, is—yourself. "
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. — TWO PASSENGERS WEST. — " Mr. Belknap, it is I. "
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII. — SOME EXCELLENT ADVICE.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — BELKNAP OUTWITTED. — " Cap'n, you're a good fellow. " — " My friend, come down off that. "
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX. — "WILL LOVE OUTWEIGH HONOR?" — " That hope is ended now. "
  45. 45.CHAPTER XL. — "TOO YOUNG TO DIE."
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLI. — SIR CLIFFORD HEATHERCLIFFE. — " Prisoner at the bar, are you guilty or not guilty? "
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLII. — A TORTURED WITNESS. — " It was found beside the body of John Burrill. "
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLIII. — JUSTICE, SACRIFICE, DEATH. — They come slowly forward. — There is a flash—a loud report.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLIV. — A SPARTAN MOTHER.
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLV. — TOLD BY A DETECTIVE. — Bathurst telling the story.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVI. — THE STORY OF LUCKY JIM.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLVII. — AFTER THE DRAMA ENDED. — THE END.

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