A Superlatively Good Mystery Story by a Writer of Thrillers. Angel Esquire By EDGAR WALLACE Angel Esquire, of Scotland Yard, has his hands full in helping Jimmy Stannard, as he is known to the criminal element of London, solve the puzzle of the great safe which held the fortune of Old Reale who had placed it there, and who had taken the precaution to hide the combination in a bit of doggerel verse that served as a cryptogram. When Old Reale’s Will was read it was found that four people might benefit by it. Two of them, known as members of the famous “Borough Lots” gang would stop at nothing to gain possession of the fortune. Jimmy and his friend are pitted against them in a story that constitutes the finest entertainment for the person liking excitement, love and mystery combined. OTHER BOOKS BY THIS AUTHOR: THE BLACK ABBOT THE CLUE OF THE NEW PIN THE DOOR WITH SEVEN LOCKS THE MELODY OF DEATH A KING BY NIGHT THE RINGER THE SINISTER MAN THE TERRIBLE PEOPLE TERROR KEEP TRAITOR’S GATE A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers · New York _See Reverse Side of Jacket for Complete List of 75c Fiction_ ANGEL ESQUIRE BY EDGAR WALLACE AUTHOR OF “The Girl from Scotland Yard,” “The Traitors’ Gate,” “The Clue of the New Pin,” “The Green Archer,” “The Hairy Arm,” “Blue Hand,” “The Black Abbott,” “The Sinister Man,” “Terror Keep,” “The Ringer,” “The Door with Seven Locks,” “A King by Night,” “The Melody of Death,” “The Four Just Men,” “Jack O’Judgment,” etc. [Illustration] A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York Published by arrangement with Lincoln Mac Veagh, The Dial Press Printed in U. S. A. COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1927, BY SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY (INCORPORATED) _Printed in the United States of America_ ANGEL ESQUIRE CONTENTS CHAPTER I. PAGE THE LOMBARD STREET DEPOSIT 1 CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE IN TERRINGTON SQUARE 10 CHAPTER III. ANGEL ESQUIRE 35 CHAPTER IV. THE “BOROUGH LOT” 59 CHAPTER V. THE CRYPTOGRAM 85 CHAPTER VI. THE RED ENVELOPE 107 CHAPTER VII. WHAT THE RED ENVELOPE HELD 129 CHAPTER VIII. OLD GEORGE 149 CHAPTER IX. THE GREAT ATTEMPT 172 CHAPTER X. SOME BAD CHARACTERS 202 CHAPTER XI. THE QUEST OF THE BOOK 223 CHAPTER XII. WHAT HAPPENED AT FLAIRBY MILL 238 CHAPTER XIII. CONNOR TAKES A HAND 260 CHAPTER XIV.