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THE TRACER OF LOST PERSONS

BY R. W. CHAMBERS



TO MR. AND MRS. WILLIAM A. HALL


1906



_For the harmony of the world, like that of a harp, is made up of
discords._

--HERACLITUS.



THE TRACER OF LOST PERSONS


CHAPTER I


He was thirty-three, agreeable to look at, equipped with as much culture
and intelligence as is tolerated east of Fifth Avenue and west of