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قراءة كتاب Quintus Oakes A Detective Story
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Quintus Oakes
A Detective Story
BY
CHARLES ROSS JACKSON
AUTHOR OF "THE THIRD DEGREE"
G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
Copyright, 1904, by
G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY
[All rights reserved.]
Quintus Oakes Issued March, 1904
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | ||
| I. | The Rescue | 5 | |
| II. | Quintus Oakes at Home | 19 | |
| III. | Oakes's Experiences | 31 | |
| IV. | The Departure | 41 | |
| V. | The Letter | 50 | |
| VI. | The Murder | 56 | |
| VII. | The Inquest | 69 | |
| VIII. | The Mansion | 89 | |
| IX. | Distrust and Suspicion | 100 | |
| X. | The Cellar | 108 | |
| XI. | The Night Walk | 123 | |
| XII. | The Witness | 141 | |
| XIII. | The Plan of Campaign | 148 | |
| XIV. | Clues | 159 | |
| XV. | The Ruse | 171 | |
| XVI. | The Negro's Story | 191 | |
| XVII. | Checkmated | 209 | |
| XVIII. | Misadventures | 221 | |
| XIX. | A Faulty Story | 240 | |
| XX. | A Man's Confession | 253 | |
| XXI. | The Attack | 267 | |
| XXII. | The Insane Root | 278 | |
| XXIII. | The Test | 287 | |
| XXIV. | Across the Bridge | 298 | |
| XXV. | The Man of the Hour | 311 |
QUINTUS OAKES
It was a warm summer evening; the air was stifling and still. I, Rodney Stone, attorney-at-law, left my apartment to stroll along Broadway, seeking a roof garden wherein to spend a few hours of change from the atmosphere of the pavements, and to kill the ennui that comes to all of us whom business compels to accept such