The tomb of Ts'in

Opening of the book

THE TOMB
OF TS’IN
BY
EDGAR WALLACE
Author of “Sanders of the River,” “Bones,” “The People
of the River,” etc., etc.
WARD, LOCK & CO., LIMITED
LONDON, MELBOURNE AND TORONTO
1918
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“They both stopped whilst he examined the ornament.”
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION
I.—CAPTAIN TED TALHAM
II.—THE MAN IN THE DRAWER
III.—INTRODUCES MR. SOO

IV.—THE AMULET OF JADE

V.—MR. SOO MAKES A DISCOVERY

VI.—A CRIME OF TILLIZINNI

VII.—AN AFTERNOON CALL

VIII.—THE CELESTIAL WAY

IX.—THE ABDUCTION

X.—THE ROOMS BY THE CANAL

XI.—CAPTAIN TALHAM’S PROGRESS

XII.—THE MESSAGE OF THE DEAD

XIII.—CAPTAIN TALHAM PROPOSES

XIV.—AND RECEIVES HIS ANSWER

XV.—SOO WHO CAME BACK

XVI.—IN THE CITY OF HOO-SIN

XVII.—THE TOMB LOCATED

XVIII.—IN THE CAVERN OF THE DEAD

XIX.—THE YAMEN OF T’SI SOO

XX.—SOO “SAVES FACE”

THE TOMB OF TS’IN

The Just Crimes of Tillizinni.

INTRODUCTION.

HĵŠ Tillizinni written this story of the tomb of Ts’in Hwang Ti (the

King of Ts’in who became Emperor literally) from the notes he had upon the case, it might have made a greater and a better book.

You would have pardoned such extravagance of style as he displayed in his extraordinary narrative, remembering that he is of

Italian birth and that English is too full of pitfalls to the foreigner for his liking. For of truth, though Tillizinni speaks and writes the three

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