Chapter I: Front Matter

THE RIDDLE OF THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHT

THE SCOTLAND YARD MYSTERY LIBRARY

THE RIDDLE OF THE MYSTERIOUS LIGHT

BY MARY E. and THOMAS W. HANSHEW

McKINLAY, STONE & MACKENZIE NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1920, 1921, BY DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Trapped by the Apaches 3
II. A Kiss for a Life 12
III. The Haunted Village 22
IV. Weird Church Bells of the Night 30
V. The Private Affairs of a Duke 43
VI. The Ghost in the Church Belfry 50
VII. A Garden of Transplanted Flowers 62
VIII. The Murder of Captain Sandringham 73
IX. A Faintly Familiar Face 78
X. A Walk in the Garden 86
XI. Clues from a Dead Body 94
XII. A Jangle of Pealing Bells 101
XIII. The Mysterious Light 107
XIV. "George Headland" Keeps an Appointment 113
XV. The Laying of the Valehampton "Ghost" 121
XVI. Cleek Explains 128
XVII. The Mystery of the "Rose of Fire" 137
XVIII. Murder at Manor Lodge 145
XIX. The Winged Messenger of Death 154
XX. The Stolen Formulas 166
XXI. Countess Maravitz Entertains 190
XXII. An Interrupted Holiday 202
XXIII. A Divided Legacy 210
XXIV. "The Fire That Slays in the Dark" 218
XXV. The Priceless Statue That Vanished 229
XXVI. Flecks of White Powder 237
XXVII. The Ruse of the Sprained Wrist 246
XXVIII. The Mystery of the "Rope of Fear" 256
XXIX. The Mysterious Death of Elton Carlyle 287
XXX. The Safe with the Time-Lock 297
XXXI. In the Den of the Apaches 306
XXXII. The Passing of Cleek 320