Tales of terror

Post 8vo. illustrated boards, 2 s. each; cloth, 2 s. 6 d. each. THE MAN-HUNTER. CAUGHT AT LAST! TRACKED AND TAKEN. A DETECTIVE’S TRIUMPHS. WHO POISONED HETTY DUNCAN? IN THE GRIP OF THE LAW. WANTED! LINK BY LINK. FROM INFORMATION RECEIVED. SUSPICION AROUSED DARK DEEDS. RIDDLES READ. Crown 8vo. cloth extra, 3 s. 6 d. each; post 8vo. illustrated boards, 2 s. each; cloth limp, 2 s. 6 d. each. TRACKED TO DOOM. With 6 Illustrations by Gordon Browne . THE MAN FROM MANCHESTER. With 23 Illustrations by J. H. Russell . THE MYSTERY OF JAMAICA TERRACE. THE CHRONICLES OF MICHAEL DANEVITCH. Crown 8vo. cloth, 3 s. 6 d. each. THE RECORDS OF VINCENT TRILL. TALES OF TERROR. London: CHATTO & WINDUS, 111 St. Martin’s Lane, W.C. TALES OF TERROR PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON TALES OF TERROR BY DICK DONOVAN AUTHOR OF ‘A DETECTIVE’S TRIUMPHS’ ‘THE RECORDS OF VINCENT TRILL’ ETC. LONDON CHATTO & WINDUS 1899 CONTENTS PAGE I. THE WOMAN WITH THE ‘OILY EYES’ 1 II. THE STORY OF ANNETTE: BEING THE SEQUEL TO THE WOMAN WITH THE ‘OILY EYES’ 41 III. THE CORPSE LIGHT 51 IV. THE RED LILY 66 V. THE PIRATE’S TREASURE 95 VI. THE LEGEND OF WOLFSPRING 117 VII. THE WHITE RAVEN 131 VIII. WITH FIRE AND DEATH 144 IX. THE SPECTRE OF RISLIP ABBEY 168 X. THE CAVE OF BLOOD 180 XI. A NIGHT OF HORROR 207 XII. THE ASTROLOGER 225 XIII. THE DANCE OF THE DEAD 243 XIV. THE MYSTIC SPELL 256 XV. THE DOOMED MAN 291 TALES OF TERROR I THE WOMAN WITH THE ‘OILY EYES’ THE STORY AS TOLD BY DR. PETER HASLAR, F.R.C.S.LOND. Although often urged to put into print the remarkable story which follows I have always strenuously refused to do so, partly on account of personal reasons and partly out of respect for the feelings of the relatives of those concerned. But after much consideration I have come to the conclusion that my original objections can no longer be urged. The principal actors are dead. I myself am well stricken in years, and before very long must pay the debt of nature which is exacted from everything that lives. Although so long a time has elapsed since the grim tragedy I am about to record, I cannot think of it even now without a shudder. The story of the life of every man and…