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The Man Who Knew, by Edgar Wallace
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Title: The Man Who Knew
Author: Edgar Wallace
Release Date: March 28, 2008 [EBook #24933]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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THE MAN WHO KNEW
BY
EDGAR WALLACE
AUTHOR OF "THE CLUE OF THE TWISTED CANDLE," "KATE PLUS 10," ETC.
WITH A FRONTISPIECE BY WILLIAM A. KIRKPATRICK
[Illustration: Publisher's logo]
BOSTON SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1918 BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY (INCORPORATED)
[Illustration: "The girl had risen to her feet and was shrinking back to the wall." See page 333.]
CONTENTS
I THE MAN IN THE LABORATORY 9
II THE GIRL WHO CRIED 27
III FOUR IMPORTANT CHARACTERS 40
IV THE ACCOUNTANT AT THE BANK 59
V JOHN MINUTE'S LEGACY 73
VI THE MAN WHO KNEW 99
VII INTRODUCING MR. REX HOLLAND 109
VIII SERGEANT SMITH CALLS 135
IX FRANK MERRILL AT THE ALTAR 155
X A MURDER 175
XI THE CASE AGAINST FRANK MERRILL 201
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