THE SIN THAT WAS HIS

By Frank L. Packard

1917

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I—THREE-ACE ARTIE

CHAPTER II—THE TOAST

CHAPTER III—THE CURÉ

CHAPTER IV—ON THE ROAD TO ST. MARLEAU

CHAPTER V—THE “MURDER”

CHAPTER VI—THE JAWS OF THE TRAP

CHAPTER VII—AT THE PRESBYTÈRE

CHAPTER VIII—THOU SHALT NOT KILL

CHAPTER IX—UNTIL THE DAWN

CHAPTER X—KYRIE ELEISON

CHAPTER XI—“HENRI MENTONE”

CHAPTER XII—HIS BROTHER'S KEEPER

CHAPTER XIII—THE CONFEDERATE

CHAPTER XIV—THE HOUSE ON THE POINT

CHAPTER XV—HOW HENRI MENTONE RODE WITH JACQUES BOURGET

CHAPTER XVI—FOR THE MURDER OF THÉOPHILE BLONDIN

CHAPTER XVII—THE COMMON CUP

CHAPTER XVIII—THE CALL IN THE NIGHT

CHAPTER XIX—THE TWO SINNERS

CHAPTER XX—AN UNCOVERED SOUL

CHAPTER XXI—THE CONDEMNED CELL

CHAPTER XXII—HOW RAYMOND BADE FAREWELL TO ST. MARLEAU

CHAPTER XXIII—MONSIGNOR THE BISHOP

CHAPTER XXIV—THE OLD WOMAN ON THE HILL

THE WIRE DEVILS

I—THE SECRET CODE

II—THE TEN-DOLLAR COUNTERFEIT NOTE

III-THE PAYMASTER'S SAFE

IV—AT BALD CREEK STATION

V—IN WHICH A CASH BOX DISAPPEARS

VI—SOME OF THE LITTLE SPIDERS

VII—WANTED—THE HAWK—DEAD OR ALIVE

VIII—THREADS IN THE WEB

IX—THE LOOTING OF THE FAST MAIL

X—THE THIRD PARTY

XI—THE LEAD CAPSULE

XII—BLINDMAN'S-BUFF

XIII—THE MAN WITH THE SCAR

XIV—THE CLUE

XV—THE LADYBIRD

XVI—AN EVEN BREAK

XVII—A HOLE IN THE WALL

XVIII—THE HAWK PACKS HIS VALISE

XIX—BIRDS OF A FEATHER

XX—“CONFIDENTIAL” CORRESPONDENCE