Produced by Andrew Wainwright, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net THE H E R A P A T H P R O P E R T Y BY J. S. FLETCHER NEW YORK ALFRED . A . KNOPF MCMXXII COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY ALFRED A. KNOPF, INC. _Published October, 1921_ _Second Printing, May, 1922_ PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS CHAPTER I JACOB HERAPATH IS MISSING, 9 II IS IT MURDER? 18 III BARTHORPE TAKES CHARGE, 27 IV THE PRESSMAN, 36 V THE GLASS AND THE SANDWICH, 45 VI THE TAXI-CAB DRIVER, 54 VII IS THERE A WILL? 64 VIII THE SECOND WITNESS, 74 IX GREEK AGAINST GREEK, 83 X MR. BENJAMIN HALFPENNY, 91 XI THE SHADOW, 100 XII FOR TEN PER CENT, 109 XIII ADJOURNED, 118 XIV THE SCOTTISH VERDICT, 127 XV YOUNG BRAINS, 136 XVI NAMELESS FEAR, 145 XVII THE LAW, 154 XVIII THE ROSEWOOD BOX, 163 XIX WEAVING THE NET, 172 XX THE DIAMOND RING, 181 XXI THE DESERTED FLAT, 190 XXII YEA AND NAY, 199 XXIII THE ACCUSATION, 208 XXIV COLD STEEL, 217 XXV PROFESSIONAL ANALYSIS, 226 XXVI THE REMAND PRISON, 235 XXVII THE LAST CHEQUE, 244 XXVIII THE HOTEL RAVENNA, 253 XXIX THE NOTE IN THE PRAYER-BOOK, 263 XXX THE WHITE-HAIRED LADY, 273 XXXI THE INTERRUPTED DINNER-PARTY, 283 XXXII THE YORKSHIRE PROVERB, 290 XXXIII BURCHILL FILLS THE STAGE, 294 XXXIV DAVIDGE'S TRUMP CARD, 304 XXXV THE SECOND WARRANT, 312 THE HERAPATH PROPERTY CHAPTER I JACOB HERAPATH IS MISSING