In Full Cry (1899)

Blaise Polhurston Was Once A Distinguished Gentleman; Now Dressed In Rags Penniless And Literally Starving He Wanders The Slums Of London With No Consolation But His Love For The Pretty Barmaid Pollie Hills. Things Seem To Take A Turn For The Better When His Old Enemy Howard Shapcott Is Found Dead After Having Inexplicably Bequeathed His Entire Estate To Him. But Scotland Yard Is Hot On The Trail Of Shapcott’S Killer And Some Of The Clues Point To Polhurston. Now He And Pollie Are On The Run From The Law Seeking To Avoid An Ignominious End On The Gallows. The Facts Of Blaise Polhurston’S Mysterious Background And The Truth Behind Shapcott’S Murder Are Reserved For The Final Pages Of This Gripping Thriller A Mixture Of Mystery Adventure And Romance That Unfolds At A Breakneck Pace Toward A Startling Conclusion.. Richard Marsh (1857-1915) The Bestselling Author Of The Victorian Horror Classic The Beetle (1897) Was Himself A Convicted Swindler And Had Had His Own Experience In Attempting To Flee From And Evade The Law And Likely Drew On His Own Background In His Portrait Of Blaise Polhurston Downtrodden Gentleman And Possible Criminal. This First-Ever Digital Edition Of One Of Marsh’S Most Exciting Stories Reprints The Unabridged Text Of The 1899 First Edition Published By F. V. White Of London.