A RUDE DRAWN DIAGRAM, LARGE ENOUGH TO BE SEENFROM ALL PARTS OF THE COURT ROOM, FELL INTO VIEW.
THE STEP ON
THE STAIR
BY
ANNA KATHARINE GREEN
AUTHOR OF
“THE LEAVENWORTH CASE,” “THE FILIGREE BALL,”
“THE MYSTERY OF THE HASTY ARROW,” ETC.
NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1923
Copyright 1923
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY, Inc.
PRINTED IN THE U. S. A. BY
The Quinn & Boden Company
BOOK MANUFACTURERS
RAHWAY NEW JERSEY
CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| Book I | The Three Edgars | 3 |
| Book II | Hidden | 93 |
| Book III | Which of Us Two? | 191 |
| Book IV | Love | 277 |
BOOK I
THE THREE EDGARS
[Pg 3]
THE STEP ON THE STAIR
I
I had turned the corner at Thirty-fifth Street and washalfway down the block in my search for a numberI had just taken from the telephone book when myattention was suddenly diverted by the quick movementsand peculiar aspect of a man whom I saw plunging fromthe doorway of a large office-building some fifty feet or soahead of me.
Though to all appearance in a desperate hurry to takethe taxi-cab waiting for him at the curb, he was so