The Man of Death by Arthur Gask

THE so dramatic arrest of Ramon Ellister at Wardale Court, coupled with the mysterious death of the beautiful young girl whom it had been supposed was his niece, provided a great feast of sensation for the general public. For a few days, however, they were kept entirely in the dark as to what was going on behind the scenes and the startling discoveries which were being made by the Criminal Investigation Department of Scotland Yard.

In Ramon's big safe in his beautiful flat in South Kensington had been found several of the articles stolen at the burglary at Bentham Hall earlier in the year, including all the old manuscript so valued by Sir Jeremy. Also, to Larose's great delight when he was shown it, the prayer-book which had once belonged to Father Francesco and with his name scrawled on the fly-leaf.