Part 1

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"NO CLUE!"

A Mystery Story

JAMES HAY, JR.

AUTHOR OF "THE WINNING CLUE," "THE MELWOOD MYSTERY"

NEW YORK DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY 1920

COPYRIGHT, 1920 BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, INC.

TO WILLIAM ("BUCK") HAY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. THE GREY ENVELOPE 1

II. THE WOMAN ON THE LAWN 8

III. THE UNEXPECTED WITNESS 20

IV. HASTINGS IS RETAINED 35

V. THE INTERVIEW WITH MRS. BRACE 48

VI. ACTION BY THE SHERIFF 62

VII. THE HOSTILITY OF MR. SLOANE 75

VIII. THE MAN WHO RAN AWAY 91

IX. THE BREAKING DOWN OF WEBSTER 103

X. THE WHISPERED CONFERENCE 122

XI. MOTIVES REVEALED 138

XII. HENDRICKS REPORTS 151

XIII. MRS. BRACE BEGINS 161

XIV. MR. CROWN FORMS AN ALLIANCE 177

XV. IN ARTHUR SLOANE'S ROOM 195

XVI. THE BRIBE 213

XVII. "THE WHOLE TRUTH" 224

XVIII. THE MAN WHO RODE AWAY 238