THE SECOND DANDY CHATER BY TOM GALLON _Author of_ “Tatterly,” “The Kingdom of Hate,” et cetera. [Illustration] NEW YORK Dodd, Mead & Company _Copyright, 1900_, By TOM GALLON. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Contents CHAPTER PAGE I. WHEREIN THE QUICK AND THE DEAD MEET 1 II. ON THE TRACK OF A SHADOW 14 III. BETTY SIGGS BECOMES ALARMED 27 IV. A SUNDAY TO BE REMEMBERED 40 V. AN HONEST SAILOR-MAN 53 VI. AT THE SIGN OF “THE THREE WATERMEN” 66 VII. MASTER AND SERVANT 80 VIII. TELLS OF SOMETHING HIDDEN IN THE WOOD 93 IX. A SUMMONS FROM SHYLOCK 106 X. A BODY FROM THE RIVER 120 XI. MISS VINT HEARS VOICES 133 XII. WANTED—A DEAD MAN! 146 XIII. INSPECTOR TOKELY IS EMPHATIC 159 XIV. BETTY SIGGS DREAMS A DREAM 173 XV. SHADY ’UN AS A MORAL CHARACTER 186 XVI. WHO KILLED THIS WOMAN? 199 XVII. CLARA FINDS A LODGING 212 XVIII. A CHASE IN THE DARK 224 XIX. HAUNTED 238 XX. NEPTUNE TO THE RESCUE 252 XXI. DR. CRIPPS IS INCOHERENT 265 XXII. OGLEDON PLAYS HIS LAST CARD 279 XXIII. DANDY CHATER COMES FROM THE GRAVE 293 XXIV. A RACE FOR A LIFE 306 XXV. GOING—GOING—GONE! 320 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Second Dandy Chater CHAPTER I WHEREIN THE QUICK AND THE DEAD MEET