Excerpt from A Man of Millions There was not a footfall heard on the grass grown walks; not a whisper in the crisp, cold December air. The little town lay wrapped in the first sweet sleep of night. The strong arm of the Law was relaxed in slumber; the honest folk of the township had no idea of the awful work being carried out in their close vicinity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.