A mysterious case and its solution having been related to him, he
resolved to devote his income, now amounting to a million dollars
yearly, to amateur detective work. His great-desire was to ferret out
and solve mysteries, murders, suicides, robberies, and disappearances
that baffled the police and eluded their vigilant inquiry.
The titles that Alice had chosen for her stories were as mysterious, in
their way, as the stories themselves. Arranged in the order of their
writing, they were: Was it Signed? The Man Without a Tongue; He Thought
He Was Dead; The Eight of Spades; The Exit of Mrs. Delmonnay; How I
Caught the Fire-Bugs; The Hot Hand; and The Mystery of Unreachable
Island.
When Quincy reached the city, his first visit was to his father's
office, but he found him absent. He was told that he was conducting a
case in the Equity Session of the Supreme Court, and would not return to
the office that day.
Instead of leaving his letter at his friend's office, he went directly
to the Adjutant-General's office at the State House. Here he found that
an acquaintance of his was employed as a clerk.
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