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  _On and on he plunged through the darkness, following the sound of the hoofs and the wheels; at times he felt that he must give up and drop by the way, but he forced the feeling back and plunged on with the determination of winning._"--Page 145


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id: 20985
title: The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour; or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain
author: Warren, George A.
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  "Everybody on hand to-night, I guess, Paul," observed his chum Jack, as generally scares little boys into being good," laughed the scout leader. that day will be a long time coming," said Jack, shaking his "The boys are all assembled, Paul," observed Jack, presently. "Well," added Paul, cautiously, "it looks that way; but how do we know? "Hold up his hands, fellows," said the young scout leader, suddenly; and Look, who''s coming over there, Paul?" and Jack allowed his voice "Yes," came the low reply close at hand, showing that Paul was awake, "Come on then, let''s get down to the road, boys," remarked Paul, William talked big, but Paul happened to know that pretty much all his "Did you know who it was, Paul?" asked Jack, after making sure none of "Good boy!" Paul said to himself, when the voice of Scissors was heard,


id: 19695
title: Forty-one Thieves: A Tale of California
author: Hall, Angelo
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  Bailey, the stage-driver, with whom Cummins had traveled that fatal day, At Moore''s Flat, six men and two women boarded the stage; and Mat Bailey self-respecting highwayman would rob a man like Will Cummins--the merest suggested that John Keeler, Cummins'' old partner, be employed to scour from Palmer and helped the "old man" keep his ditch in repair. must see "old man Palmer" to talk over the death of Cummins. Every bad man in these mountains knew that Will Cummins was ready to Will Cummins was a good man, and he''s all right, I tell It seemed odd to think of old man Palmer going upon Brown, like Keeler, was to take the stage to Nevada City on the morrow, "That''s what old man Palmer says," remarked Keeler, looking across the To old man Palmer, living alone on the Old man Palmer, much broken in health, as Francis remarked with a degree


id: 17762
title: The Burglar''s Fate, and The Detectives
author: Pinkerton, Allan
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  Dr. Johnson, Newton Edwards and Thomas Duncan, the young men of to-day, "Mr. Pearson," inquired the detective, after the young man had ago, I returned from my dinner to the bank one day, and I saw this man Eugene Pearson was a young man, it was learned, who had first seen the the young man dated four days prior to the robbery, stating that he "I think not, unless he arrived last night," answered the young man. [Illustration: Everman quietly placed his hand upon the young man''s Dollars--John Manning Starts in Search of Thomas Duncan. Dollars--John Manning Starts in Search of Thomas Duncan. For a long time the young man and his father had been "How long did Duncan remain in town at that time?" asked Manning. Stepping quietly up to the young man, the detective said, carelessly: "How much money did Duncan have at that time?" asked Manning.


id: 22155
title: The Expressman and the Detective
author: Pinkerton, Allan
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  The next day Madam Imbert received a call from Mrs. Maroney, who wished Rivers met Green here, and turning Mrs. Maroney over to him, came to the office of the Adams Express and "Mrs. Maroney," said Madam Imbert, "I fear you find me poor company, He went over to Patterson''s and met Charlie May. Charlie said that Mrs. Maroney had called on his wife, but had been On the following day Mrs. Maroney called on Madam Imbert, and together The train from Philadelphia had just passed through, and Mrs. Maroney said: "Let us walk up to Stemples''s and see if any letters have "Mrs. Maroney," said Madam Imbert, getting up, "I must not listen to while in the city, Madam Imbert said to Mrs. Maroney: On receipt of this letter, Mrs. Maroney called on Madam Imbert, said she "As soon as she could, Mrs. Maroney went to Montgomery for the money.


id: 23208
title: How Janice Day Won
author: Long, Helen Beecher
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  funny papers tell about," Janice said, with a little laugh. "You''d better keep away from such people, Janice," the young man said "It''s Nelson Haley," the boy said, and Janice heard him plainly, for "Sit down and eat your dinner, Janice," said Uncle Jason a second time, "I--I don''t know, Uncle Jason," Janice said faintly. "I''d like to speak to Mr. Haley," Janice said, finally "getting a word "I''m after Janice Day. Got a note for her," said the urchin. "Here comes Mrs. Si Leggett," said ''Rill to Janice. "Oh, I know you saw him, Janice--and Marty Day and my mother. "Mr. Drugg will be right in," said ''Rill, beckoning Janice away. "That is right, Miss Janice," Hopewell said, busy with a customer. "Why, Nelson," Janice said sweetly, "I know that you have only to think Mr. Narnay, if you will come right along as you are," said Janice,


id: 38981
title: The Chase of the Golden Plate
author: Futrelle, Jacques
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  "Well, for some reason I don''t know, Dollie''s father objects to Mr. Herbert''s attentions to her--as a matter of fact, Mr. Meredith has "Do you happen to know," he asked, "if Miss Meredith attended the "How much is it worth to you to know if Miss Meredith went to the masked "Miss Meredith is the girl," Hatch was thinking. "Not that one," Dick smiled as Hatch reached for his right hand. Hatch had forgotten that he ever knew Dick Herbert. "You know, too, that Richard Herbert went to that ball in Burglar''s garb "The return of the gold plate, yes," and Dick passed a hand across his Ten minutes later Hatch''s name was announced to Dick Herbert. Meredith and Mr. Herbert," The Thinking Machine went on steadily, Mr. Meredith arose, went over to Dick Herbert, and "I had asked Mr. Hatch to find for me if Harry Meredith and Mr. Herbert


id: 33790
title: Delayed Action
author: De Vet, Charles V.
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  Idly, for the hundredth time, Johnson let his gaze run over the Johnson''s man had come. Johnson turned to look back, and felt his breakfast fighting to come Johnson''s only consolation now was the thought that the man ahead of "Come in and sit down," he told Johnson as he looked up and saw him Johnson walked over and took the chair at the manager''s left. Twenty minutes later Johnson took the job--and twenty years later he a Company Secret Service man," he said. "I was a clerk with the Company at the time of the second," Johnson That night as they waited in his office, Johnson turned to Hawkes. "Yes?" Hawkes looked closely at Johnson. Finally Hawkes let his body sag into a chair at Johnson''s right. Hawkes turned in his chair to face Johnson fully. "I''ll come back to that in a minute," Johnson said.


id: 32795
title: Three Thousand Dollars
author: Green, Anna Katharine
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  "An old man was looking up at the face of a young girl" 80 thousands in that safe, and the old man being away----" Beau Johnson pulled the rim of Fellows''s hat over his eyes to suggest Street, a trim, well-looking man, who had urgent business with Mr. Fellows, the manager. "The safe door opening." His voice trembled so that the other shook him [Illustration: "_An old man was looking up at the loving face of a young The room which held the safe was open as usual, and many of Mr. Fellows''s glances traveled that way. room of the safe, he met Miss Lee''s eye fixed upon him with such a keen, open door of the safe room. For just a minute Grace Lee paused before the blank door of the safe, eye as she laid her hand on the safe, "but I know what I shall do if you


id: 32404
title: Second Thoughts are Best: Or a Further Improvement of a Late Scheme to Prevent Street Robberies
author: Defoe, Daniel
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  _Some Thoughts for suppressing Robberies in all the Public Roads of little mite, humbly offered for the public welfare, at your majesty''s lately complimented with a Discovery to Prevent Street Robberies; laid down a plain and practicable scheme for the total suppression and prevention of street robberies, which scheme has been approved of by scheme, generously offered for the public good, will meet with as fair a Let not the reader think I run from my subject if I search the bottom of Let the watch be composed of stout able-bodied men, and of those a If a housekeeper break, or a house is empty, the poor watchman ought not Let each watchman be provided with a horn, to sound an alarm, or in time A street, court, lane, alley, or other place, where the number of houses persons after dark may now and then go a little way round about by


id: 54195
title: Grit; or, The Young Boatman of Pine Point
author: Alger, Horatio, Jr.
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  see him," thought Grit''s mother, or Mrs. Brandon, as we must now call "Don''t provoke Mr. Brandon," said Grit''s mother timidly. "Oh, Grit, I am afraid there will be trouble," said Mrs. Brandon "Look here, Phil Courtney!" said Grit indignantly, "this is carrying the "Grit, if you talk to me in that way," said Brandon, with attempted "Mrs. Brandon has a son, if that''s what you mean," said Grit. "Mr. Brandon''s credit isn''t good with me," said Grit. "You would not insult me so if Grit were here!" said Mrs. Brandon, with "Mr. Brandon''s friends are not welcome here," said Grit, "nor is he "That''s one way of looking at it, Mr. Brandon," said Grit. "As to the last five years, Mr. Brandon," said Grit, "I should think you "We boys generally call him Phil," said Grit, smiling. "Oh, yes, I know Phil," said Grit. "All right, Grit!" said Brandon.


id: 54896
title: My Adventure in the Flying Scotsman; A Romance of London and North-Western Railway Shares
author: Phillpotts, Eden
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  upon life for young Joshua Beakbane and myself; but whereas I thrived When he was twenty-one years of age, Joshua Beakbane, in a fit of mad Old George Beakbane, a just, proud man, sprung from a race that had solicitor something of my relations with Joshua Beakbane, also the The door through which, as I believed, Joshua Beakbane had made his and, upon asking the young man to come and see it, was surprised to Mr. Plenderleath said so, and I now returned to London with him. For a brief moment Joshua Beakbane held the paper to the light, made no question that Joshua Beakbane had at least his share of the Beakbane immediately looked out of the window, saw the police, and gone, and, on coming back, found Joshua Beakbane already with the bag The portrait of Joshua Beakbane, on the back of that London and


id: 61486
title: The Steel Horse: The Rambles of a Bicycle
author: Castlemon, Harry
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  "What''s going on to-night, any way?" said Arthur, picking up a paper As Joe said this he turned out the contents of the purse, and Roy and "Say, Joe," said Arthur suddenly, "he looks a good deal like Roy "I want to assure you of one thing, Wayring," said Rowe, as Joe seated taken a good look at Roy, he will know that the detectives has made "Then I''ve got to go the rest of the way by water, have I?" said Roy. "That''s all I want to know on that point," said Roy, who was greatly "It works that way with me, too," said Roy; but Willis could not be "Boys, we''ve got to stop that train," said Joe, speaking rapidly but "But how do we know which way it is coming from?" asked Roy, who did "Do you know what I am going to do?" said he, when the boy handed back


id: 61781
title: Star Pirate
author: Kummer, Frederic Arnold
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  huge wall-safe behind me were stacks of the gray ingots, Uncle John''s I was supposed to guard the palladium until Uncle John returned, My father; his brother-in-law, Uncle John; and and my Uncle John entered, his face gray, a gun in his hand. stood there, flame-gun in hand, as my father disappeared into the liner at Verlis, Uncle John and I would have left Ceres for earth. And Uncle John, who had been like a father the oxy-hydrogen torch, cutting into the big wall-safe where my uncle''s making off with the ship, leaving my father and Taon marooned on Ceres, the steel doors of the safe, Taon had said. "Good evening, John," my father said pleasantly. Uncle John swung about, noticing the girl for the first time as she "Your ship is outside," Uncle John said with an unctuous smile. My Uncle John whom I had trusted, who had been a father


