The Black - Classic Reprint Author:Edgar Wallace CHAPTER I The Black JAl-lES LEXINGTON MORLAKF., gentleman of leisure) Lord of the Manor of ""old and divers other titles which he rarely employed, unlocked the drawer of his elaborate Empire writing-table and gazed abstractedly into its depths. It was lined with steel and there were four distinct bolts. Slowly he put in his hand and took out fir... more »st a folded square of black silk, then a businesslike automatic pistol, then a roll of fine leather. He unfastened a string that was tied about the middle and unrolled the leather on the writing-table. It was a hold-all of finely-grained sealskin, and in its innumerable pockets and loops was a bewildering variety of tools, grips. ratchets--each small, each of the finest tempered steel. He examined the diamond-studded edge of a bore., no larger than a cheese tester, then replacing the tool, he rolled up the hold-aU and sat back in his chair, his eyes fixed meditatively upon the articles he had exposed. James 1v1orlake's fiat
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