Contents

I. KITTY!

II. THE SUMMONS

III. DETAILS

IV. SUICIDE?

V. AT THE MORGUE

VI. TESTIMONY

VII. MRS. PARSONS HAS CALLERS

VIII. THE CASE OF THE GILA MONSTER

IX. MRS. PARSONS ASKS QUESTIONS

X. RUMORS

XI. I. O. U

XII. A WORD OF WARNING

XIII. BRIBERY

XIV. AND CORRUPTION

XV. BOUND IN RED TAPE

XVI. A STARTLING ENCOUNTER

XVII. “K. B.”

XVIII. ELUSIVE CLUES

XIX. SUSPICION

XX. THE FEET OF THE FURTIVE

XXI. MOUCHETTE, THE SEVEN-TOED

XXII. GREED

A Note on the Author