Three sevens A detective story
He was still under the effects of his recent fright. He reached up
and got Joan’s hand. He brought it to his lips and held it there.
THE END
TO THE READER
If you have enjoyed this book, you will be glad to know that there
are many others just as well written, just as interesting, to be had
in the Chelsea House Popular Copyright Novels.
The stories which we will publish in this line have never appeared in
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Transcriber’s Note:
Words may have multiple spelling variations or inconsistent
hyphenation in the text. Four misspelled words were corrected.
Words and phrases in italics are surrounded by underscores, _like
this_. Final stops missing at the end of sentences and abbreviations
were added. Extraneous quote marks were deleted.
The following items were changed:
Deleted ‘been’ ... ‘His interest in humanity had [been] survived a
half dozen years of exceedingly active politics.’
Changed ‘lay’ to ‘way’ ... ‘His way was to was to bask, take things
easy, ...’
Changed ‘friends’ to ‘friend’ ... ‘they had caught that friend ...’