BAT WING

CHAPTER
I. PAUL HARLEY OF CHANCERY LANE
II. THE VOODOO SWAMP
III. THE VAMPIRE BAT
IV. CRAY'S FOLLY
V. VAL BEVERLEY
VI. THE BARRIER
VII. AT THE LAVENDER ARMS
VIII. THE CALL OF M'KOMBO
IX. OBEAH
X. THE NIGHT WALKER
XI. THE SHADOW ON THE BLIND
XII. MORNING MISTS
XIII. AT THE GUEST HOUSE
XIV. YSOLA CAMBER
XV. UNREST
XVI. RED EVE
XVII. NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON
XVIII. INSPECTOR AYLESBURY OF MARKET HILTON
XIX. COMPLICATIONS.
XX. A SPANISH CIGARETTE
XXI. THE WING OF A BAT
XXII. COLIN CAMBER'S SECRET
XXIII. INSPECTOR AYLESBURY CROSS-EXAMINES
XXIV. AN OFFICIAL MOVE
XXV. AYLESBURY'S THEORY
XXVI. IN MADAME'S ROOM
XXVII. AN INSPIRATION
XXVIII. MY THEORY OF THE CRIME
XXIX. A LEE-ENFIELD RIFLE
XXX. THE SEVENTH YEW TREE
XXXI. YSOLA CAMBER'S CONFESSION
XXXII. PAUL HARLEY'S EXPERIMENT
XXXIII. PAUL HARLEY'S EXPERIMENT CONCLUDED
XXXIV. THE CREEPING SICKNESS
XXXV. AN AFTERWORD


CHAPTER I

PAUL HARLEY OF CHANCERY LANE



Toward the hour of six on a hot summer's evening Mr. Paul Harley was
seated in his private office in Chancery Lane reading through a number
of letters which Innes, his secretary, had placed before him for
signature. Only one more remained to be passed, but it was a long,
confidential report upon a certain matter, which Harley had prepared
for His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department.
He glanced with a sigh of weariness at the little clock upon his table
before commencing to read.

"Shall detain you only a few minutes, now, Knox," he said.

I nodded, smiling. I was quite content to sit and watch my friend at
work.