The Red Thumb Mark

By Freeman, R. Austin

Book Id: WPLBN0000167577
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 1.2 MB
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Red Thumb Mark
Author:	Freeman, R. Austin
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection
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Publisher:	World Ebook Library


Citation APA MLA Chicago Freeman, R. A. (n.d.). The Red Thumb Mark. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.us/

Excerpt
CONFLAGRATAM An0 1677. Fabricatarn An0 1698. Richardo Powell Armiger Thesaurar. The words, set in four panels, which formed a frieze beneath the pediment of a fine brick portico, summarized the history of one of the tall houses at the upper end of King's Bench Walk and as I, somewhat absently, read over the inscription, my attention was divided between admiration of the exquisitely finished carved brickwork and the quiet dignity of the building, and an effort to reconstitute the dead and gone Richard Powell, and the stirring times in which he played his part.

Table of Contents
· CHAPTER I. MY LEARNED BROTHER · CHAPTER II. THE SUSPECT · CHAPTER III. A LADY IN THE CASE · CHAPTER IV. CONFIDENCES · CHAPTER V. THE 'THUMBOGRAPH' · CHAPTER VI. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL · CHAPTER VII. SHOALS AND QUICKSANDS · CHAPTER VIII. A SUSPICIOUS ACCIDENT · CHAPTER IX. THE PRISONER · CHAPTER X. POLTON IS MYSTIFIED · CHAPTER XI. THE AMBUSH · CHAPTER XII. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN · CHAPTER XIII. MURDER BY POST · CHAPTER XIV. A STARTLING DISCOVERY · CHAPTER XV. THE FINGER-PRINT EXPERTS · CHAPTER XVI. THORNDYKE PLAYS HIS CARD · CHAPTER XVII. AT LAST