The Million-Dollar Suitcase

								


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  THE MILLION-DOLLAR SUITCASE


BY


ALICE MacGOWAN
AND
PERRY NEWBERRY


NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

  Copyright, 1922, by
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY


Copyright, 1921, by
THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
under the title "Two and Two"

  Printed in the United States of America

  CONTENTS

  CHAPTER                                   PAGE



        I WORTH GILBERT                        1



       II SIGHT UNSEEN                        16



      III A WEDDING PARTY                     27



       IV AN APPARITION                       45



        V AT THE ST. DUNSTAN                  57



       VI ON THE ROOF                         65



      VII THE GOLD NUGGET                     75



     VIII A TIN-HORN GAMBLER                  87



       IX SANTA YSOBEL                       101



        X A SHADOW IN THE FOG                110



       XI THE MISSING DIARY                  124



      XII A MURDER                           137



     XIII DR. BOWMAN                         147



      XIV SEVEN LOST DAYS                    155



       XV AT DYKEMAN'S OFFICE                164



      XVI A LUNCHEON                         171



     XVII CLEANSING FIRES                    181



    XVIII THE TORN PAGE                      188



      XIX ON THE HILL-TOP                    196



       XX AT THE COUNTRY CLUB                209



      XXI A MATTER OF TASTE                  214



     XXII A DINNER INVITATION                225



    XXIII A BIT OF SILK                      231



     XXIV THE MAGNET                         240



      XXV AN ARREST                          250



     XXVI MRS. BOWMAN SPEAKS                 261



    XXVII THE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL               273



   XXVIII THE COUNTRY CLUB BALL              293



     XXIX UNMASKED                           303



      XXX A CONFESSION                       311



     XXXI THE MILLION-DOLLAR SUITCASE        320

THE MILLION-DOLLAR SUITCASE

CHAPTER I
WORTH GILBERT

On the blank silence that followed my last words, there in the big,
dignified room with its Circassian walnut and sound-softening rugs,
Dykeman, the oldest director, squalled out as though he had been bitten,
"All there is to tell! But it can't be! It isn't possib--" His voice
cracked, split on the word, and the rest came in an agonized squeak, "A
man can't just vanish into thin air!"
"A man!" Knapp, the cashier, echoed. "A suitcase full of money--our
money--can't vanish into thin air in the course of a few hours."
Feverishly they passed the timeworn phrase back and forth; it would have
been ludicrous if it hadn't been so deadly serious. Well, money when you