UNCANNY TALES

LONDON
C. ARTHUR PEARSON, LIMITED
HENRIETTA STREET, W.C.
1916

CONTENTS

PAGE
I.The Unknown Quantity[7]
II.The Armless Man[19]
III.The Tomtom Clue[33]
IV.The Case of Sir Alister Moeran[43]
V.The Kiss[63]
VI.The Goth[73]
VII.The Last Ascent[88]
VIII.The Terror by Night[97]
IX.The Tragedy at the "Loup Noir"[113]

UNCANNY STORIES

I
THE UNKNOWN QUANTITY

Professor William James Maynard was in a singularly happy and contented mood as he strolled down the High Street after a long and satisfactory interview with the solicitor to his late cousin, whose sole heir he was.