Chapter I: Front Matter

The Detective’s Clew

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Illustration: HE STEPPED AROUND TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
MOTIONLESS FORM.

THE SECRET SERVICE SERIES――NO. 14.

A Monthly Periodical,

DEVOTED TO STORIES OF THE DETECTION OF CRIME.

SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, $3 PER YEAR. =DECEMBER, 1888.=
_Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second-Class Matter._

The Detective’s Clew:

OR,

THE TRAGEDY OF ELM GROVE.

BY

“OLD HUTCH.”

NEW YORK:
STREET & SMITH, Publishers,
31 Rose Street.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888,
BY STREET & SMITH,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

Table of Contents.

I. THE BROTHER’S MESSAGE.

II. GEOFFREY HAYWOOD.

III. “SEVEN O’CLOCK.”

IV. A FIGHT AND A FLIGHT.

V. THE WRONG MAN.

VI. UNDERGROUND.

VII. IN STRANGE QUARTERS.

VIII. THE ARREST.

IX. GEOFFREY HAYWOOD’S MOVEMENTS.

X. THE PRISONER AND HIS CAPTORS.

XI. THE EXAMINATION.

XII. THE NEW YORK DETECTIVE.

XIII. STRANGE DISCOVERIES.

XIV. THE CUSTOM-HOUSE DETECTIVE.

XV. FREE.

XVI. A REFUGE.

XVII. A GLAD MEETING.

XVIII. GEOFFREY HAYWOOD’S SECRET JOURNEY.

XIX. THREE INTERVIEWS.

XX. AN ADVENTURE THAT BEFELL THE REV. MR. WITHERS.

XXI. FLORENCE DARLEY.

XXII. THE NEW MUSIC-TEACHER.

XXIII. A STRANGE REVELATION.

XXIV. DANGER AND MORE EXPOSURE.

XXV. GEOFFREY HAYWOOD AT WORK――A MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE.

XXVI. A DARK NIGHT’S WORK.

XXVII. ON THE TRACK.

XXVIII. VICTORY.

XXIX. CONCLUSION.

THE DETECTIVE’S CLEW.