Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE BARTLETT MYSTERY BY LOUIS TRACY Author of "The Wings of the Morning," "Number Seventeen," etc., etc. NEW YORK EDWARD J. CLODE COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY EDWARD J. CLODE All rights reserved PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA _By_ LOUIS TRACY THE WINGS OF THE MORNING THE CAPTAIN OF THE KANSAS THE WHEEL O' FORTUNE A SON OF THE IMMORTALS CYNTHIA'S CHAUFFEUR THE MESSAGE THE STOWAWAY THE PILLAR OF LIGHT THE SILENT BARRIER THE "MIND THE PAINT" GIRL ONE WONDERFUL NIGHT THE TERMS OF SURRENDER FLOWER OF THE GORSE THE RED YEAR THE GREAT MOGUL MIRABEL'S ISLAND THE DAY OF WRATH HIS UNKNOWN WIFE THE POSTMASTER'S DAUGHTER THE REVELLERS DIANA OF THE MOORLAND NUMBER SEVENTEEN THE BARTLETT MYSTERY CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. A GATHERING AT A CLUB 1 II. A DARING CRIME 12 III. WINIFRED BARTLETT HEARS SOMETHING 24 IV. FURTHER SURPRISES 39 V. PERSECUTORS 54 VI. BROTHER RALPH 67 VII. STILL MERE MYSTERY 81 VIII. THE DREAM FACE 92 IX. THE FLIGHT 102 X. CARSHAW TAKES UP THE CHASE 115 XI. THE TWO CARS 128 XII. THE PURSUIT 140 XIII. THE NEW LINK 150 XIV. A SUBTLE ATTACK 162 XV. THE VISITOR 173 XVI. WINIFRED DRIFTS 181 XVII. ALL ROADS LEAD TO EAST ORANGE 191 XVIII. THE CRASH 201 XIX. CLANCY EXPLAINS 214 XX. IN THE TOILS 225 XXI. MOTHER AND SON 235 XXII. THE HUNT 245 XXIII. "HE WHO FIGHTS AND RUNS AWAY--" 257 XXIV. IN FULL CRY 269 XXV. FLANK ATTACKS 280 XXVI. THE BITER BIT 293 XXVII. THE SETTLEMENT 304 THE BARTLETT MYSTERY CHAPTER I A GATHERING AT A CLUB