The Green Rust

Printed in Great Britain by Butler & Tanner Ltd., Frome and London THE GREEN RUST Novels by EDGAR WALLACE published by WARD, LOCK AND CO., LTD. The "Sanders" Stories SANDERS OF THE RIVER BOSAMBO OF THE RIVER BONES LIEUTENANT BONES SANDI, THE KING-MAKER THE PEOPLE OF THE RIVER THE KEEPERS OF THE KING'S PEACE Mystery Stories THE DAFFODIL MYSTERY THE DARK EYES OF LONDON BLUE HAND MR. JUSTICE MAXELL THE JUST MEN OF CORDOVA THE GREEN RUST THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE FROG THE SECRET HOUSE CONTENTS CHAP. I. The Passing of John Millinborn II. The Drunken Mr. Beale III. Punsonby's Discharge an Employee IV. The Letters that were not There V. The Man with the Big Head VI. Mr. Scobbs of Red Horse Valley VII. Plain Words from Mr. Beale VIII. The Crime of the Grand Alliance IX. A Crime against the World X. A Fruitless Search XI. The House near Staines XII. Introducing Parson Homo XIII. At Deans Folly XIV. Mr. Beale Suggests Marriage XV. The Good Herr Stardt XVI. The Pawn Ticket XVII. The Jew of Cracow XVIII. Bridgers Breaks Loose XIX. Oliva is Willing XX. The Marriage XXI. Beale Sees White XXII. Hilda Glaum Leads the Way XXIII. At the Doctor's Flat XXIV. The Green Rust Factory XXV. The Last Man at the Bench XXVI. The Secret of the Green Rust XXVII. A Scheme to Starve the World XXVIII. The Coming of Dr. Milsom XXIX. The Lost Code XXX. The Watch XXXI. A Cornchandler's Bill XXXII. The End of Van Heerden THE PASSING OF JOHN MILLINBORN "I don't know whether there's a law that stops my doing this, Jim; but if there is, you've got to get round it. You're a lawyer and you know the game. You're my pal and the best pal I've had, Jim, and you'll do it for me." The dying man looked up into the old eyes that were watching him with such compassion and read their acquiescence. No greater difference could be imagined than existed between the man on the bed and the slim neat figure who sat by his side. John Millinborn, broad-shouldered, big-featured, a veritable giant in frame and even in his last days suggesting the enormous strength which had been his in his prime, had been an outdoor man, a man of large voice and large capable hands; James Kitson had been a student from his youth up…