Hume was born in England, the second son of Dr James Hume. At the age of three his father emigrated with his family to Dunedin, New Zealand. He was admitted to the New Zealand bar in 1885. Shortly after graduation he left for Melbourne, Australia where he obtained a post as a barristers' clerk. He began writing plays, but found it impossible to persuade the managers of the Melbourne theatres to accept or even read them. Hume was a capable writer of mystery stories, and may be looked upon as one of the precursors of the many writers of detective stories whose work was so popular in the twentieth century. (Summary Wikipedia)
Chapters
1 01: Part 01 - Prologue: Cast Up By The Sea 19 min 2 02: Part 01 - Chapter 01 - The Pactolus Claim 17 min 3 03: Part 01: Chapter 02: Slivers 26 min 4 04 - Part 01: Chapter 03: Madame Midas At Home 19 min 5 05 - Part 01: Chapter 04: The Good Samaritan 21 min 6 06 - Part 01: Chapter 05: Mammon's Treasure House 31 min 7 07 - Part 01: Chapter 06: Kitty 27 min 8 08 - Part 01: Chapter 07 - Mr Villiers Pays A Visit 21 min 9 09 - Part 01: Chapter 08: Madame Midas Strikes 'Ile' 17 min 10 10 - Part 01: Chapter 09: Love's Young Dream 26 min 11 11 - Part 01: Chapter 10: Friends In Council 34 min 12 12 - Part 01: Chapter 11: Theodore Wopples, Actor 16 min 13 13 - Part 01: Chapter 12: Highway Robbery 14 min 14 14 - Part 01: Chapter 13: A Glimpse Of Bohemia 25 min 15 15 - Part 01: Chapter 14: A Mysterious Disappearance 17 min 16 16 - Part 01: Chapter 15: Slivers In Search Of Evidence 21 min 17 17 - Part 01: Chapter 16: McIntosh Speaks His Mind 19 min 18 18 - Part 01: Chapter 17: The Best Of Friends Must Part 19 min 19 19 - Part 01: Chapter 18 - M. Vandeloup Is Unjustly Suspected 20 min 20 20 - Part 01: Chapter 19: The Devils Lead 17 min 21 21 - Part 02: Chapter 01 - Tempus Fugit 14 min 22 22 - Part 02: Chapter 02: Disenchantment 23 min 23 23 - Part 02: Chapter 03 - M. Vandeloup Hears Something To His Advantage 19 min 24 24 - Part 02: Chapter 04: The Case Of Adele Blondet 30 min 25 25 - Part 02: Chapter 05: The Key Of The Street 20 min 26 26 - Part 02: Chapter 06: On Change 17 min 27 27 - Part 02: Chapter 07: The Opulence Of Madame Mida 23 min 28 28 - Part 02: Chapter 08 - M. Vandeloup Is Surprised 24 min 29 29 - Part 02: Chapter 09 - A Professional Philanthropist 30 min 30 30 - Part 02: Chapter 10: In The Fernery 16 min 31 31 - Part 02: Chapter 11: The Vision Of Miss Kitty Marchurst 22 min 32 32 - Part 02: Chapter 12: A Startling Discovery 17 min 33 33 - Part 02: Chapter 13: Diamond Cut Diamond 25 min 34 34 - Part 02: Chapter 14: Circumstantial Evidence 29 min 35 35 - Part 02: Chapter 15: Kismet 25 min 36 36 - Part 02: Chapter 16: Be Sure Thy Sin Will Find Thee Out 24 min 37 37: Epilogue: The Wages Of Sin 14 min
