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The Gerrard Street Mystery and Other Weird Tales by John Charles Dent
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CONTENTS


THE GERRARD STREET MYSTERY
GAGTOOTH'S IMAGE
THE HAUNTED HOUSE ON DUCHESS STREET
SAVAREEN'S DISAPPEARANCE




THE GERRARD STREET MYSTERY.

I.


My name is William Francis Furlong. My occupation is that of a
commission merchant, and my place of business is on St. Paul Street, in
the City of Montreal. I have resided in Montreal ever since shortly
after my marriage, in 1862, to my cousin, Alice Playter, of Toronto. My
name may not be familiar to the present generation of Torontonians,
though I was born in Toronto, and passed the early years of my life
there. Since the days of my youth my visits to the Upper Province have
been few, and--with one exception--very brief; so that I have doubtless
passed out of the remembrance of many persons with whom I was once on
terms of intimacy. Still, there are several residents of Toronto whom I
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