DIANA OF KARA-KARA
BY
EDGAR WALLACE
Author of “The Green Archer,” “The Clueof the New Pin,” etc.
BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1924,
By SMALL, MAYNARD & COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)
Printed in the United States of America
Printed by Geo. H. Ellis Co. Inc., Boston, Massachusetts
Bound by the Boston Bookbinding Company
Cambridge, Mass., U. S. A.
DIANA OF KARA-KARA
| CHAPTER I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII, XIV, XV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XX, XXI, XXII, XXIII, XXIV, XXV, XXVI, XXVII |
CHAPTER I
“She is an orphan,” said Mr. Collings emotionally.
Orphans were Mr. Collings’ weakness.
In ordinary intercourse as between lawyer and client, he was a stern,reserved man with a cold passion for compromise. Litigants entered hisoffice charged with bubbling joy that their enemies had deliveredthemselves into their hands; they came talking five figure damages andthe stark ruin of men and corporations who and which had offended them.They slunk out again into the glare of an Australian sun, their casesdemolished, their spirits broken, their futures clouded. Mr. Collingsdid not believe in litigation. He believed that things could bearranged.
If it was possible for a murdered man to walk into Mr. Collings’ officeand say: “I’ve got an excellent case against Binks: he has just shot me{2}dead. Do you think I can get damages?” Mr. Collings would reply: “I verymuch doubt it. There is a great deal to be said for Binks. And aren’tyou in rather an awkward position yourself? You are carrying about abullet which undoubtedly is the pro