In that way we began a courtship which, proving highly satisfactory on both sides, is now about to come to an end--or a new beginning--in marriage. THE END. * * * * * _THE MYSTERY STORIES OF_ _J. S. FLETCHER_ "_We always feel as though we were really spreading happiness when we can announce a genuinely satisfactory mystery story, such as J. S. Fletcher's new one._" --N. P. D. in the New York Globe. * * * * * THE MIDDLE TEMPLE MURDER [1918] "Unquestionably, the detective story of the season and, therefore, one which no lover of detective fiction should miss."--_The Broadside._ THE TALLEYRAND MAXIM [1920] "A crackerjack mystery tale; the story of Linford Pratt, who earnestly desired to get on in life, by hook or by crook--with no objection whatever to crookedness, so long as it could be performed in safety and secrecy."--_Knickerbocker Press._ THE PARADISE MYSTERY [1920] "As a weaver of detective tales Mr. Fletcher is entitled to a seat among the elect. His numerous followers will find his latest book fully as absorbing as anything from his pen that has previously appeared."--_New York Times._ DEAD MEN'S MONEY [1920] "The story is one that holds the reader with more than the mere interest of sensational events; Mr. Fletcher writes in a notable style."--_Newark Evening News._ THE ORANGE-YELLOW DIAMOND [1921] "... A rattling good yarn.... An uncommonly well written tale."--_New York Times._ THE CHESTERMARKE INSTINCT [1921] "Mr. Fletcher is a master of plot.... To tell a story as well as this is a literary achievement."--_Boston Transcript._ THE BOROUGH TREASURER [1921] "As mystifying a tale as even Mr. Fletcher himself has written."--_New York Times._ THE HERAPATH PROPERTY [1921] Numerous complications lead from the murder of Jacob Herapath and the search for his will. SCARHAVEN KEEP [1922] The mystery of the disappearance of Bassett Oliver, famous actor. RAVENSDENE COURT [1922] Two men are struck down by an unseen hand, at the same time in widely separated places--who killed them? _$2.00 net each at all booksellers or from the Publisher_ ALFRED A. KNOPF, New York.