The Wharf by the Docks: A Novel
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Chapters (55)
- THE WHARF BY THE DOCKS
- A NOVEL
- Author of "The Mystery of the Inn by the Shore," etc. 1896
- CHAPTER I.
- SOMETHING AMISS.
- CHAPTER II.
- MAX MAKES A DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER III.
- DUDLEY EXPLAINS.
- CHAPTER IV.
- A PARAGRAPH IN "THE STANDARD."
- CHAPTER V.
- ONE MAN'S LOSS is ANOTHER MAN'S GAIN.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE LITTLE STONE PASSAGE.
- CHAPTER VII.
- A QUESTIONABLE GUIDE.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- FOREWARNED, BUT NOT FOREARMED.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE MAN WHO HESITATES.
- CHAPTER X.
- GRANNY.
- CHAPTER XI.
- A TRAP.
- CHAPTER XII.
- ESCAPE.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- THE SEQUEL TO A TRAGEDY.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- IS IT BLACKMAIL?
- CHAPTER XV.
- MR. WEDMORE'S SECOND FREAK.
- CHAPTER XVI.
- A MESSAGE FROM THE WHARF.
- CHAPTER XVII.
- A SORCERESS.
- CHAPTER XVIII.
- THE SWORD FALLS.
- CHAPTER XIX.
- A STRANGE PAIR.
- CHAPTER XX.
- THE PREY OF THE RIVER.
- CHAPTER XXI.
- A DUBIOUS REFUGE.
- CHAPTER XXII.
- TWO WOMEN.
- CHAPTER XXIII.
- THE BLUE-EYED NURSE.
- CHAPTER XXIV.
- MAX MAKES A STAND AND A DISCOVERY.
- CHAPTER XXV.
- THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
- BACK TO LOVE AND LIFE.
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