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    A Christmas Mystery The Story of Three Wise Men
    A Christmas Mystery The Story of Three Wise Men
    A Christmas Mystery The Story of Three Wise Men
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    A Christmas Mystery The Story of Three Wise Men

    By Blendon Campbell and William John Locke

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateApr 1, 2008
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      A Christmas Mystery The Story of Three Wise Men - Blendon Campbell

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Christmas Mystery, by William J. Locke

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net

      Title: A Christmas Mystery

      The Story of Three Wise Men

      Author: William J. Locke

      Release Date: January 13, 2004 [EBook #10707]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY ***

      Produced by Suzanne Shell, Shon McCarley, Tonya Allen and PG Distributed

      Proofreaders

      "I cannot tell how the truth may be:

      I say the tale as 'twas said to me."

      BY THE SAME AUTHOR

      IDOLS

      SEPTIMUS

      THE USURPER

      THE WHITE DOVE

      THE BELOVED VAGABOND

      THE DEMAGOGUE AND LADY PHAYRE

      THE MORALS OF MARCUS ORDEYNE

      AT THE GATE OF SAMARIA

      A STUDY IN SHADOWS

      SIMON THE JESTER

      WHERE LOVE IS

      DERELICTS

      A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY

      THE STORY OF THREE WISE MEN

      BY WILLIAM J. LOCKE

      ILLUSTRATED BY BLENDON CAMPBELL

      1910

      LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

      I heard it. I felt it. It was like the beating of wings. Frontispiece

      I told you the place was uncanny.

      Instinctively they all knelt down.

      Carried with them an inalienable joy and possession into the great world.

      A CHRISTMAS MYSTERY

      Three men who had gained great fame and honour throughout the world met unexpectedly in front of the bookstall at Paddington Station. Like most of the great ones of the earth they were personally acquainted, and they exchanged surprised greetings.

      Sir Angus McCurdie, the eminent physicist, scowled at the two others beneath his heavy black eyebrows.

      I'm going to a God-forsaken place in Cornwall called Trehenna, said he.

      That's odd; so am I, croaked Professor Biggleswade. He was a little, untidy man with round spectacles, a fringe of greyish beard and a weak, rasping voice, and he knew more of Assyriology than any man, living or dead. A flippant pupil once remarked that the Professor's face was furnished with a Babylonic cuneiform in lieu of features.

      People called Deverill, at Foulis Castle? asked Sir Angus.

      Yes, replied Professor Biggleswade.

      How curious! I am going to the Deverills, too, said the third man.

      This man was the Right Honourable Viscount Doyne, the renowned Empire Builder and

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