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THE THIRD SKULL
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. DEATH BY NIGHT
? CHAPTER II. THE LAW DECIDES
? CHAPTER III. THE SHADOW ENTERS
? CHAPTER IV. WINGATE'S VISITORS
? CHAPTER V. THE SHADOW CHOOSES
? CHAPTER VI. THE SILVER SKULL
? CHAPTER VII. THE SHADOW FIGHTS
? CHAPTER VIII. DEATH FROM DARKNESS
? CHAPTER IX. THE HEIR ARRIVES
? CHAPTER X. SPOILS RECLAIMED
? CHAPTER XI. MOVES IN THE NIGHT
? CHAPTER XII. THE ROOM OF SKULLS
? CHAPTER XIII. THE SECOND SKULL
? CHAPTER XIV. THE FUTILE FRAY
? CHAPTER XV. FACTS RECOUNTED
? CHAPTER XVI. THE NEW TRAIL
? CHAPTER XVII. ON LONG ISLAND
? CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE GALLERY
? CHAPTER XIX. THE NEXT INTRUDER
? CHAPTER XX. THE KILLER TRAPPED
? CHAPTER XXI. RAIDERS RENEW
? CHAPTER XXII. THE BIG-SHOT
? CHAPTER XXIII. THE SHADOW REVIEWS

CHAPTER I. DEATH BY NIGHT
"WHO'S there?"

The voice was a quavering tremolo. It came from the dried lips of a thin-faced old man, who lay propped
in bed. Sharp, suspicious eyes glistened from a withered countenance that was as white as the pillows
that supported it.

There was no answer to the old man's call. The white face showed worriment. Even the dull lights in the
shaded wall brackets were sufficient enough to reveal the tense pursing of the withered lips.

"Tristram," came another quaver. "Is it you, Tristram? Have you returned?"

No answer. Parchment lips relaxed.

"Wingate?" The old man's voice was questioning. "Are you here, Wingate? Have you arrived at last?"
Silence followed. This second-story room held the stillness of a tomb. Pervading gloom seemed creeping
inward from the hushed house below.

The old man raised a trembling claw-like hand from beneath the whiteness of the bedspread. He ran his
fingers through the long white hair that formed a shock upon his head. He cackled a nervous laugh.