Chapter I: Front Matter

THE
MARK OF CAIN

By CAROLYN WELLS
_Author of “A Chain of Evidence,” “The Gold Bag,” “The White Alley,”
etc._

_WITH A FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR BY_
GAYLE HOSKINS

PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1917

COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PUBLISHED JANUARY, 1917

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Through the Green Cord 7
II. Who Could Have Done It? 21
III. Pinckney, the Reporter 33
IV. The Inquest Begins 45
V. The Swede 57
VI. Out of the West 69
VII. Stephanotis 81
VIII. The Milk Bottle 93
IX. A Clause in the Will 105
X. Stryker’s Handkerchief 117
XI. Duane, the Detective 127
XII. A New Theory 139
XIII. Fibsy Fibs 153
XIV. Two Suitors 165
XV. The Trap that was Set 175
XVI. A Promise 187
XVII. Madame Isis 198
XVIII. All for Love 210
XIX. Two at Luncheon 223
XX. Fleming Stone 233
XXI. Stone’s Questions 245
XXII. Judge Hoyt’s Plan 259
XXIII. In Kito’s Care 269
XXIV. Escape 282
XXV. The Whole Truth 294

THE MARK OF CAIN