Produced by D. Alexander, Mary Meehan 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 NEW TENANT BY E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM AUTHOR OF "THE YELLOW HOUSE," "TO WIN THE LOVE HE SOUGHT," "A DAUGHTER OF ASTREA," ETC. DONALD W. NEWTON 156 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1910, BY C. H. DOSCHER & CO. THE TROW PRESS, NEW YORK CONTENTS I. FALCON'S NEST II. THE MURDER NEAR THE FALCON'S NEST III. MR. BERNARD BROWN IV. AN EVIL END TO AN EVIL LIFE V. THE INNER ROOM AT THE FALCON'S NEST VI. A TERRIBLE ENEMY VII. HELEN THURWELL'S SUSPICIONS VIII. DID YOU KILL SIR GEOFFREY KYNASTON? IX. MR. BROWN DINES AT THE COURT X. THE TRAGEDY OF RACHEL KYNASTON XI. LEVY & SON, PRIVATE AGENTS XII. A JEWEL OF A SON XIII. A STRANGE MEETING XIV. HELEN THURWELL ASKS A DIRECT QUESTION XV. A LITERARY CELEBRITY XVI. A SNUB FOR A BARONET XVII. BERNARD MADDISON AND HELEN THURWELL XVIII. A CHEQUE FOR L1,000 XIX. AN UNPLEASANT DISCOVERY FOR BERNARD BROWN XX. GOD! THAT I MAY DIE! XXI. SIR ALLAN BEAUMERVILLE HAS A CALLER XXII. "GOD FORBID IT!" XXIII. LOVERS XXIV. A WOMAN'S LOVE XXV. MR. LEVY, JUNIOR, GOES ON THE CONTINENT XXVI. HELEN DECIDES TO GO HOME XXVII. MR. THURWELL MAKES SOME INQUIRIES XXVIII. SIR ALLAN BEAUMERVILLE VISITS THE COURT XXIX. THE SCENE CHANGES XXX. BENJAMIN LEVY RUNS HIS QUARRY TO EARTH XXXI. BENJAMIN LEVY WRITES HOME XXXII. A STRANGE TRIO OF PASSENGERS XXXIII. VISITORS FOR MR. BERNARD MADDISON XXXIV. ARRESTED XXXV. COMMITTED FOR TRIAL XXXVI. MR. LEVY PROMISES TO DO HIS BEST XXXVII. BERNARD A PRISONER XXXVIII. "THERE IS MY HAND. DARE YOU TAKE IT?" XXXIX. MR. BENJAMIN LEVY IS BUSY XL. A STRANGE BIRTHDAY PARTY XLI. INNOCENT XLII. AT LAST THE NEW TENANT CHAPTER I FALCON'S NEST