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THE DEATH SLEEP
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. THE SLEEP
? CHAPTER II. A GENTLEMAN IN BLACK
? CHAPTER III. THE SHADOW DEDUCTS
? CHAPTER IV. THE BIG SHOT
? CHAPTER V. DEATH AT DUSK
? CHAPTER VI. TWO GUINEA PIGS
? CHAPTER VII. FURTHER DEDUCTIONS
? CHAPTER VIII. PLANS FOR CRIME
? CHAPTER IX. AIDS OF THE SHADOW
? CHAPTER X. OUT OF THE DARK
? CHAPTER XI. THE SILENT HOUSE
? CHAPTER XII. THE BIG SHOT PLANS
? CHAPTER XIII. THE SHADOW'S MOVE
? CHAPTER XIV. THE NEW MOB
? CHAPTER XV. CARDONA FINDS LUCK
? CHAPTER XVI. THE RAID
? CHAPTER XVII. THE BIG SHOT DECIDES
? CHAPTER XVIII. THE SHADOW'S THRUST
? CHAPTER XIX. AT THE HOSPITAL
? CHAPTER XX. STRANGE QUARTERS
? CHAPTER XXI. THE FINAL STROKE



CHAPTER I. THE SLEEP
IT was nearly midnight when a taxicab stopped in front of the exclusive Vanderpool Apartments. Two
persons alighted from the car. One was a gentleman attired in a full-dress suit; the other a lady who wore
a magnificent leopard-skin coat. The door man bowed as they entered the lobby of the Vanderpool.

Clark Doring and his wife were frequent visitors to this apartment house. When they stepped into the
elevator, the operator bowed and pressed the automatic stop for the fifth floor. He knew that these
arrivals were coming to join the party in progress at the apartment of Seth Tanning.

Arrived at the fifth floor, Doring and his wife turned right and walked to the end of the single corridor.
They stopped at the last door. Doring smiled. Sounds of hilarity were coming from within. Clinking
glasses, voices of men and women were audible to the arrivals in the corridor.

"The game of bridge," chuckled Doring, "as they play it at the Tannings. Time out between hands for a
round of drinks and a lot of chatter. Well, Mabel, I approve of the idea. I never could take bridge
seriously."

"Why bother to go in?" questioned Mabel Doring. "They won't be able to continue the game, with an odd
pair of -"