Chapter I: Front Matter

JACK O' JUDGMENT

BY

EDGAR WALLACE

WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED

LONDON AND MELBOURNE

_Made and Printed in Great Britain by_ WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED, LONDON.

JACK O' JUDGMENT

POPULAR NOVELS

BY

EDGAR WALLACE

PUBLISHED BY WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED.

_In Various Editions_

SANDERS OF THE RIVER BONES BOSAMBO OF THE RIVER BONES IN LONDON THE KEEPERS OF THE KING'S PEACE THE COUNCIL OF JUSTICE THE DUKE IN THE SUBURBS THE PEOPLE OF THE RIVER DOWN UNDER DONOVAN PRIVATE SELBY THE ADMIRABLE CARFEW THE MAN WHO BOUGHT LONDON THE JUST MEN OF CORDOVA THE SECRET HOUSE KATE, PLUS TEN LIEUTENANT BONES THE ADVENTURES OF HEINE JACK O' JUDGMENT THE DAFFODIL MYSTERY THE NINE BEARS THE BOOK OF ALL POWER MR. JUSTICE MAXELL THE BOOKS OF BART THE DARK EYES OF LONDON CHICK SANDI, THE KING-MAKER THE THREE OAK MYSTERY THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE FROG BLUE HAND GREY TIMOTHY A DEBT DISCHARGED THOSE FOLK OF BULBORO' THE MAN WHO WAS NOBODY THE GREEN RUST THE FOURTH PLAGUE THE RIVER OF STARS

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE

I.--THE KNAVE OF CLUBS 7
II.--JACK O' JUDGMENT--HIS CARD 14
III.--THE DECOY 24
IV.--THE MISSING HANSON 28
V.--IN THE MAGISTRATE'S COURT 35
VI.--STAFFORD KING RESIGNS 42
VII.--THE COLONEL CONDUCTS HIS BUSINESS 48
VIII.--THE LISTENER AT THE DOOR 54
IX.--THE COLONEL EMPLOYS A DETECTIVE 61
X.--THE GREEK PHILLOPOLIS 67
XI.--THE COLONEL AT SCOTLAND YARD 71
XII.--BUYING A NURSING HOME 80
XIII.--THE LOVE OF STAFFORD KING 84
XIV.--THE TAKING OF MAISIE WHITE 88
XV.--THE COMMISSIONER HAS A THEORY 92
XVI.--IN THE TURKISH BATHS 96
XVII.--SOLOMON COMES BACK 100
XVIII.--THE JUDGMENT OF DEATH 106
XIX.--THE COLONEL IS SHOCKED 111
XX.--"SWELL" CREWE BACKS OUT 119
XXI.--THE BRIDE OF DEATH 123
XXII.--MAISIE TELLS HER STORY 126
XXIII.--THE GANG FUND 134
XXIV.--PINTO GOES NORTH 141
XXV.--A PATRON OF CHARITY 150
XXVI.--THE SOLDIER WHO FOLLOWED 157
XXVII.--THE CAPTURE OF "JACK" 162
XXVIII.--THE PASSING OF PHILLOPOLIS 169
XXIX.--THE VOICE IN THE ROOM 178
XXX.--DIAMONDS FOR THE BANK 186
XXXI.--THE VOICE AGAIN 194
XXXII.--LOLLIE GOES AWAY 201
XXXIII.--WHERE THE VOICE LIVED 205
XXXIV.--CONSCIENCE MONEY 210
XXXV.--IN A BOX AT THE ORPHEUM 217
XXXVI.--LOLLIE PROPOSES 224
XXXVII.--THE FALL OF PINTO 229
XXXVIII.--A USE FOR OLD FILMS 234
XXXIX.--JACK O' JUDGMENT REVEALED 244

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