WHEN THE SEA GIVES UP ITS DEAD. A THRILLING DETECTIVE STORY. BY MRS. GEORGE CORBETT, AUTHOR OF “ADVENTURES OF A LADY DETECTIVE,” “NEW AMAZONIA,” “PHARISEES UNVEILED,” “THE ADVENTURES OF AN UGLY GIRL,” “MRS. GRUNDY’S VICTIMS,” “SECRETS OF A PRIVATE ENQUIRY OFFICE,” ETC., ETC. LONDON: TOWER PUBLISHING COMPANY, LIMITED, 95, MINORIES, E.C. 1894. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. “THE DIAMOND ROBBERY” 1 II. FIRM FAITH IS NOT IDLE 6 III. “MISS ANNIE CORY IS CONFIDENTIAL” 18 IV. A SUSPICIOUS DEATH 35 V. AN OLD FRIEND IN A NEW GUISE 46 VI. A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE 54 VII. EVIL TIDINGS 66 VIII. ON THE TRACK 73 IX. A BALLOON ADVENTURE 91 X. A BRIGHT PAIR 99 XI. AN UNEXPECTED ALLY 107 XII. BAITING THE TRAP 117 XIII. MORE DISAPPOINTMENTS 126 XIV. AN ACCOMMODATING POSTMAN 134 XV. JUST IN TIME 142 XVI. A DETERMINED PURSUIT 156 XVII. RUNNING HIM DOWN 165 XVIII. A WILY SYREN 174 XIX. SERGEANT-MAJOR TWILEY HAS A SURPRISE 184 XX. A CRITICAL GAME 192 XXI. “WARE ASSASSIN” 201 XXII. ANNIE’S RETURN 210 XXIII. and Last JUBILATE 219 WHEN THE SEA GIVES UP ITS DEAD. CHAPTER I. “THE DIAMOND ROBBERY.” “Confound that upset! I shall be two minutes behind time--I wish I had walked all the way, instead of trusting to the supposed extra speed of a ’bus, when the streets are so slippery that horses cannot keep their feet.” Thus soliloquised Harley Riddell, ruefully, as he hurriedly picked his way through the somewhat aggressive conglomeration of wagons, hansoms, ’buses and fourwheelers, which threatened to still further belate his arrival at the establishment of his employers, Messrs. Stavanger, Stavanger and Co., diamond merchants, of Hatton Garden.