KARL GRIER KARL GRIER The Strange Story of a Man with a Sixth Sense BY LOUIS TRACY AUTHOR OF “THE WINGS OF THE MORNING,” “THE PILLAR OF LIGHT” AND “THE GREAT MOGUL.” [Illustration] New York Edward J. Clode 156 Fifth Avenue 1906 COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY EDWARD J. CLODE _Entered at Stationers’ Hall_ _The Plimpton Press Norwood Mass. U.S.A._ CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE THE AFFAIR OF THE TEA-GARDEN 1 CHAPTER II THE SAVING OF CONSTANTINE 14 CHAPTER III THE FINDING OF MAGGIE HUTCHINSON 27 CHAPTER IV A CAT AND FRANK HOOPER 41 CHAPTER V KARL’S FIRST MEETING WITH STEINDAL 53 CHAPTER VI IN WHICH CONSTANTINE HAS A VISION 66 CHAPTER VII “BLOOD IS A VERY PECULIAR JUICE” 78 CHAPTER VIII MAGGIE HUTCHINSON INTERVENES 90 CHAPTER IX THE CONFOUNDED HOTEL CLERK 101 CHAPTER X MAGGIE TELLS WHAT BEFEL HER 115 CHAPTER XI THE KEY OF THE TREASURE-HOUSE 126 CHAPTER XII THE SCENE IN THE GARDEN COURT 138 CHAPTER XIII CONSTANTINE TAKES A JOURNEY 151 CHAPTER XIV CONSTANTINE ENCOUNTERS THE SHARK 165 CHAPTER XV THE OTHER WOMAN 177 CHAPTER XVI WOMEN CALLED HIM “THE MAGNET” 190 CHAPTER XVII I MEET NORA CAZENOVE 203 CHAPTER XVIII THE PROBLEM TAKES SHAPE 216 CHAPTER XIX THE UNBIDDEN GUEST 231 CHAPTER XX STEINDAL GIVES A PUBLIC PERFORMANCE 246 CHAPTER XXI HOOPER SUGGESTS A WAY OUT 260 CHAPTER XXII NORA FACES THE INEVITABLE 275 CHAPTER XXIII “A STRUGGLE ’TWIXT LOVE AND DEATH” 292 CHAPTER XXIV THE FALL OF THE CURTAIN 308 KARL GRIER CHAPTER I THE AFFAIR OF THE TEA-GARDEN The chief actor in the singular, perhaps unprecedented, incidents herein recorded now leads a sedate existence of British top-hatted respectability. Many reputable citizens of London and Edinburgh, not to mention cosmopolitan Paris and New York, to whom he is personally known, would be exceedingly surprised were they to recognize, through the thin disguise of places and people, the popular man of the world whose extraordinary career is now set forth for the first time.