Chapter I: Front Matter

BEHIND THE BRONZE DOOR

BEHIND
THE BRONZE DOOR

BY
WILLIAM LE QUEUX

AUTHOR OF “THE VOICE FROM THE VOID”

FRONTISPIECE BY
G. W. GAGE

NEW YORK
THE MACAULAY COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1923,
BY THE MACAULAY COMPANY

PRINTED IN THE U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I THE EPIDEMIC OF MYSTERY 9

II HUSBAND, WIFE--AND ANOTHER 17

III THE HIDDEN SCANDAL 30

IV THE BRONZE FACE 41

V BEHIND THE DOOR 52

VI CORA HARTSILVER’S CONFESSION 61

VII CONCERNS “DEAR JESSICA” 72

VIII IN WHICH A DISCOVERY IS MADE 81

IX BEFRIENDING A REPORTER 91

X A PARAGRAPH FOR THE PAPERS 104

XI HUSH MONEY 112

XII YOOTHA’S PRESENTIMENT 122

XIII BOX NUMBER THIRTEEN 133

XIV CONCERNS A NECKLACE 142

XV SOME CROOKED QUESTIONS 153

XVI GATHERING CLOUDS 163

XVII “NOBODY MUST KNOW” 173

XVIII WHAT DR. JOHNSON KNEW 182

XIX WITHOUT A STAIN 194

XX CONCERNS A RUMOR 205

XXI THE LITTLE HORSES 215

XXII ANOTHER MYSTERY MAN 226

XXIII A FRIEND INDEED 236

XXIV THE TIGHTENING GRIP 247

XXV THE CITY OF SMILES 257

XXVI SUNSET LOVE 266

XXVII AGAINST THE WIND 276

XXVIII NUMBER FIFTEEN 286

XXIX A MESSAGE FROM YOOTHA 291

XXX BLENKIRON’S NARRATIVE 301

XXXI CONCLUSION 307

BEHIND THE BRONZE DOOR

BEHIND THE BRONZE DOOR