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FINGERS OF DEATH
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. DYING WORDS
? CHAPTER II. OUT OF THE PAST
? CHAPTER III. ADAMS GIVES ADVICE
? CHAPTER IV. THE SHADOW'S METHOD
? CHAPTER V. FINGERS AND A FACE
? CHAPTER VI. HARRY ACTS
? CHAPTER VII. THE MEETING
? CHAPTER VIII. THE SHADOW MOVES
? CHAPTER IX. THE FINGERS WORK
? CHAPTER X. SAYBROOK HAS SUSPICIONS
? CHAPTER XI. THE SHADOW WORKS
? CHAPTER XII. THE CONFERENCE
? CHAPTER XIII. HIDDEN FINGERS
? CHAPTER XIV. THE SHADOW SPEAKS
? CHAPTER XV. BOLD FINGERS
? CHAPTER XVI. THE EMPTY ROOM
? CHAPTER XVII. THE SHADOW ARRIVES
? CHAPTER XVIII. THE CHAMBER OF DOOM
? CHAPTER XIX. THE PENALTY OF REMORSE
? CHAPTER XX. THE SIGN OF CRIME
? CHAPTER XXI. AT THE MONUMENT
? CHAPTER XXII. FOES FROM THE CRYPT
? CHAPTER XXIII. DEATH TO THE DEAD!

CHAPTER I. DYING WORDS
A SPECTRAL gloom seemed to pervade the room where Josiah Bartram lay. Perhaps it was the silence
that caused the strange condition; perhaps it was the appearance of Bartram himself. Grace Bartram
sensed the tenseness the moment that she entered her uncle's bedroom.

Josiah Bartram was a man just past middle age; but his appearance to-night marked him as an old man.
His form was motionless beneath the coverlets of the bed. His face, with eyes staring straight upward,
showed a yellow hue against the whiteness of the pillows. His hands, too, were yellow, as they slowly
twitched upon the surface of the bedspread.

Josiah Bartram was not alone in the room, but the old man seemed entirely unconscious of the presence
of the others.

One of these persons was a white-garbed nurse. The other was Mahinda, the old man's trusted Hindu
servant. The nurse was seated at a table, writing a report. The Hindu was standing stolidly beyond the
foot of the bed.

Grace Bartram saw all three persons as she tiptoed into the room, but the only one to command her
direct attention was her uncle. The sight of that pathetic figure brought a look of anguish to the girl's face
as she advanced softly toward the bed.