Transcriber's Notes: 1. Page scan source: https://books.google.com/books?id=qdw9AQAAMAAJ (The Ohio State University) 2. The diphthong oe is represented by [oe]. THE MYSTERY OF M. FELIX BY B. L. FARJEON AUTHOR OF "GREAT PORTER SQUARE," "MISER FAREBROTHER," ETC., ETC. NEW YORK JOHN W. LOVELL COMPANY 150 WORTH STREET, CORNER MISSION PLACE Copyright, 1890, by J. W. LOVELL CO. CONTENTS Chap. I. A CRY FOR HELP FLOATS THROUGH THE NIGHT. II. THE SPECTRE CAT. III. A THRILLING INCIDENT. IV. A DISCUSSION ABOUT RED CATS AND WHITE SNOW. V. DR. LAMB TELLS THE CONSTABLES AND MRS. MIDDLEMORE WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH MR. FELIX. VI. THE "EVENING MOON" INDULGES IN A BOMBASTIC RETROSPECT, IN WHICH SOME VERY TALL AND VERY FINE WRITING WILL BE DETECTED BY THE OBSERVANT READER. VII. AN EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN DISCREPANCIES IN THE STATEMENTS OF THE THREE PRINCIPAL WITNESSES. VIII. A STARTLING PHASE IN THE MYSTERY. IX. INTRODUCES SOPHY. X. OUR REPORTER GIVES MRS. MIDDLEMORE SOME SENSIBLE ADVICE. XI. THE "EVENING MOON" IS INUNDATED WITH CORRESPONDENCE CONCERNING THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE BODY OF M. FELIX. XII. THE REPORTER OF THE "EVENING MOON" MAKES A DISCOVERY. XIII. THE REPORTER OF THE "EVENING MOON" GIVES SOPHY A TREAT. XIV. SOPHY IMPARTS STRANGE NEWS TO THE REPORTER OF THE "EVENING MOON." XV. A SINGULAR ADVENTURE ON THE THAMES EMBANKMENT. XVI. AT THE BOW STREET POLICE STATION. XVII. THE SLEEPING BEAUTY. XVIII. HOW THE CHARGE WAS DISPOSED OF. XIX. WHAT WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER. XX. MRS. MIDDLEMORE IS VICTIMIZED. XXI. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. BOOK SECOND. A LIFE DRAMA: LINKS IN THE MYSTERY. XXII. THE HALF-BROTHERS. XXIII. TWO HEARTS THAT BEAT AS ONE. XXIV. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. XXV. LOST, OR SAVED? XXVI. SLANDER'S FOUL TONGUE. XXVII. LEONARD RETURNS HOME. XXVIII. THE FALSE FRIEND. XXIX. ON THE TRACK. XXX. THE FLIGHT AND THE RESCUE. XXXI. LIGHT SHINES THROUGH THE DARK CLOUDS. XXXII. LEONARD MEETS WITH A FELLOW-SCOUNDREL. XXXIII. A FOUL DEED. XXXIV. DR. PETERSSEN EXPLAINS HIMSELF. XXXV. EMILIA AND LEONARD. XXXVI. "ONLY YOU AND I, DARLING, ONLY YOU AND I." XXXVII. A GOOD WOMAN. XXXVIII. CONSTANCE AND JULIAN. XXXIX. IN ENGLAND ONCE MORE. XL. DR. PETERSSEN REAPPEARS ON THE SCENE. XLI. DR. PETERSSEN BRINGS M. FELIX TO BOOK. XLII. EMILIA AND M. FELIX. BOOK THIRD. WHAT BECAME OF M. FELIX, AS RELATED IN THE FIRST PERSON BY ROBERT AGNOLD, ON THE REPORTING STAFF OF THE "EVENING MOON."