Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE NORTH SHORE
MYSTERY

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BY
HENRY FLETCHER

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LONDON
SWAN SONNENSCHEIN & CO., LIMITED
PATERNOSTER SQUARE

1899

CONTENTS

CHAP. PAGE
I. THE CRIME 1
II. THE MISFORTUNES OF A B.A. OF LONDON UNIVERSITY 8
III. MRS. HOBBS 13
IV. THE BOARDING-HOUSE AND BOARDERS 18
V. CONSTABLE HOBBS DISTINGUISHES HIMSELF 32
VI. MRS. BOOTH COMMITTED FOR TRIAL 46
VII. LOOKING BACKWARD-WINDSOR 64
VIII. THE TWO LOVERS 71
IX. HUEY AND ALEC 80
X. THE GOLDEN BAR 92
XI. HOW TO START IN BUSINESS 97
XII. ALEC AND HUEY START BUSINESS 106
XIII. THE HAWKESBURY HANDICAP 116
XIV. THE TRIAL 124
XV. THE PARRAMATTA RIVER 134
XVI. THE WEIGHTS FOR THE SYDNEY CUP 141
XVII. THE RELIGIOUS JOCKEY 147
XVIII. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE RACE 156
XIX. THE SYDNEY CUP 166
XX. A PROPOSAL 173
XXI. THE ABDUCTION 180
XXII. IN THE GARDENS 197
XXIII. THE LOVERS 205
XXIV. THE CONSPIRACY 213
XXV. THE HEART UNION 225
XXVI. UP TO DATE AGAIN-DARLINGHURST GAOL 231
XXVII. MR. HOBBS AT TEA 236
XXVIII. SOFT SAM 243
XXIX. HOW MASTER HOBBS GOT HIS BALL FROM A 251
NEIGHBOUR’S YARD
XXX THE ‘SOUTHERN CROSS’ 259