Quintus Oakes A Detective Story BY CHARLES ROSS JACKSON AUTHOR OF "THE THIRD DEGREE" G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY PUBLISHERS NEW YORK Copyright, 1904, by Copyright, 1904, by G. W. DILLINGHAM COMPANY [All rights reserved.] Quintus Oakes Issued March, 1904 CONTENTS QUINTUS OAKES CHAPTER I The Rescue [Pg 5] [Pg 5] It was a warm summer evening; the air was stifling and still. I, Rodney Stone, attorney-at-law, left my apartment to stroll along Broadway, seeking a roof garden wherein to spend a few hours of change from the atmosphere of the pavements, and to kill the ennui that comes to all of us whom business compels to accept such circumstances. As I walked down a side street, I noticed ahead of me a colored man rush out from an apartment house, shouting something that I did not understand. His actions seemed peculiar for a moment, but
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