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Title: The Black Camel
Date of first publication: 1929
Author: Earl Derr Biggers (1884-1933)
Date first posted: Mar. 24, 2017
Date last updated: Aug. 28, 2020
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THE
BLACK CAMEL
BY
EARL DERR BIGGERS
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS NEW YORK
_By arrangement with Bobbs-Merrill Company_
COPYRIGHT, 1929
BY EARL DERR BIGGERS
COPYRIGHT, 1929
BY THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I Morning at the Crossroads 11
II The House on the Beach 31
III Flowers for Shelah Fane 48
IV The Camel at the Gate 56
V The Man in the Overcoat 67
VI Fireworks in the Rain 81
VII The Alibi of the Watch 94
VIII The Beach-Comber’s Shoes 109
IX Eighteen Important Minutes 123
X “Shelah from Denny” 134
XI Midnight in Honolulu 146
XII Nobody’s Fool 154
XIII Breakfast with the Chans 165
XIV The Pavilion Window 176
XV “Two Juices of the Orange” 189
XVI A Word of Warning 201
XVII How Denny Mayo Died 214
XVIII The Bell-Man’s Story 226
XIX Tarneverro’s Helping Hand 237
XX One Corner of the Veil 249
XXI The King of Mystery 258
XXII What the Beach-Comber Heard 276
XXIII The Fateful Chair 287
XXIV The Veil Is Lifted 303
THE BLACK CAMEL
THE BLACK CAMEL
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