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A seasoned military man becomes drawn into a layered mystery after encountering the tragic result of a young college student's financial collapse. His interest leads to the reappearance of an enigmatic relative and a sequence of puzzling episodes—disappearances, robbery, eerie clues, and a reputedly haunted house—examined from multiple viewpoints. The plot weaves investigative action with domestic and emotional scenes, gradually exposing family secrets, hidden identities, and motives connected to pride, loyalty, and desperation. Threads of suspense and moral consequence converge as clues accumulate and the underlying puzzle is ultimately unraveled.

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Title: The lion's share

Author: Octave Thanet

Illustrator: E. M. Ashe

Release date: August 31, 2022 [eBook #68875]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1907

Credits: David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

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