[Illustration: "I ARREST YOU FOR THE MURDER OF VICTORIA VANE."]





FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS REWARD



BY FRANK PINKERTON

1886




CHAPTER I.

THE TRAMP.


"Will you give me a glass of water, please?"

A ragged, bearded tramp stood before the door of a cottage near the
outskirts of a country village, and propounded this question to a pretty
girl who stood in the door.

"In a moment."