The Achievements of Luther Trant

THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF
LUTHER TRANT

"I do not know him," Axton's eyes glanced furtively about. "I have never seen him before. This is not Lawler." See page 316

THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF
LUTHER TRANT

BY
EDWIN BALMER⁠WILLIAM MacHARG

ILLUSTRATED BY
William Oberhardt

BOSTON
SMALL, MAYNARD AND COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1909–1910
By Benj. B. Hampton

Copyright, 1910
By Small, Maynard & Company
(Incorporated)

Entered at Stationers' Hall

CONTENTS

Chapters (not listed in original)

Foreword

PAGE
I	The Man in the Room	1
II	The Fast Watch	39
III	The Red Dress	74
IV	The Private Bank Puzzle	113
V	The Man Higher Up	148
VI	The Chalchihuitl Stone	186
VII	The Empty Cartridges	231
VIII	The Axton Letters	280
IX	The Eleventh Hour	324

ILLUSTRATIONS

FACING PAGE
"I do not know him," Axton's eyes glanced furtively about. "I have never seen him before. This is not Lawler." See page 316 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		Frontispiece
"Dress!" he enunciated clearly. "Skirt!" Miss Lawrie answered feebly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		26
"Oh, try it, Mr. Trant!" she cried. "Try—try anything" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		44
After glancing at her hand to see that it was held in position, he set out a third lot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		102
"What do you want to see that machine for? You shall not see it, if I can help it!" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		130
Welter's face did not alter; the watchers stared with astonishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		170
"Oh, speak not—speak not again!" he shrieked. "I will tell all. I lied" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		222
"What's all this tomfoolery with steins got to do with who shot Neal Sheppard?" Chapin blurted out contemptuously . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		258
The Chinaman saw it and knew that it was betraying him, but it leaped and leaped again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .		362

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