Chapter I: Front Matter

A MODERN WIZARD

BY

RODRIGUES OTTOLENGUI
AUTHOR OF "AN ARTIST IN CRIME," "A CONFLICT OF EVIDENCE," ETC.

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK LONDON
27 WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET 24 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND
The Knickerbocker Press
1894

COPYRIGHT, 1894
BY
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

Electrotyped, Printed and Bound by
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

TO

HON. GEORGE P. ANDREWS

JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK

WHO IS RECOGNIZED, NOT ONLY AS AN EMINENT JURIST
BUT AS A TYPE OF HUMAN JUSTICE
AND LEGAL INTEGRITY

THIS WORK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED

CONTENTS.

BOOK FIRST.

CHAPTER PAGE
I.--LAWYER AND CLIENT 1
II.--JACK BARNES INVESTIGATES 17
III.--A WIZARD'S TRICK 32
IV.--DR. MEDJORA SURRENDERS 53
V.--FOR THE PROSECUTION 70
VI.--DAMAGING TESTIMONY 84
VII.--THE PROSECUTION RESTS 101
VIII.--FOR THE DEFENCE 120
IX.--THE DEFENCE CLOSES 137
X.--MR. BLISS MAKES HIS SPEECH 149
XI.--TERMINATION OF THE GREAT CASE 165

BOOK SECOND.

I.--ONE NIGHT 183
II.--A FRIEND IN NEED 205
III.--SELLING A NEW ENGLAND FARM 225
IV.--AN OMINOUS WELCOME 239
V.--A FACE FROM THE PAST 257
VI.--AGNES DUDLEY 272
VII.--A WIZARD'S TEACHING 288
VIII.--THE FAITHFUL DOG 311
IX.--A WIZARD'S KNOWLEDGE 330
X.--THE BETROTHAL 347
XI.--THE GENESIS OF LOVE 362
XII.--THE MARQUIS OF LOSSY 375
XIII.--THE DISCOVERY 392
XIV.--SANATOXINE 407

A MODERN WIZARD.

BOOK FIRST.