A Woman at Bay: or, A Fiend in Skirts
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Carter Nicholas. A Woman at Bay: or, A Fiend in Skirts
CHAPTER I. THE KING OF THE YEGGMEN
CHAPTER II. THE YEGGMEN'S CAMP FIRE
CHAPTER III. THE "KING'S" LIEUTENANT
CHAPTER IV. THE OUTLAW'S HOME
CHAPTER V. NICK'S WONDERFUL STRENGTH
CHAPTER VI. NICK CARTER ROBS A BANK
CHAPTER VII. THE DETECTIVE'S PREDICAMENT
CHAPTER VIII. THE DETECTIVES FACE A CRISIS
CHAPTER IX. THE ESCAPE FROM THE SWAMP
CHAPTER X. ESCAPE OF THE HOBO QUEEN
CHAPTER XI. PATSY'S DANGEROUS MISSION
CHAPTER XII. BILL TURNER, THE WOODSMAN
CHAPTER XIII. BLACK MADGE'S LIEUTENANT
CHAPTER XIV. BLACK MADGE GIVES JUDGMENT
CHAPTER XV. NICK'S CLEVEREST CAPTURE
CHAPTER XVI. NICK MAKES BAD MEDICINE
CHAPTER XVII. A WHOLESALE ROUND-UP
CHAPTER XVIII. BLACK MADGE'S THREAT
CHAPTER XIX. THE BAND OF HATRED
CHAPTER XX. A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS
CHAPTER XXI. CURLY JOHN, THE BANK THIEF
CHAPTER XXII. AT MIKE GRINNEL'S DIVE
CHAPTER XXIII. BLACK MADGE'S DEFIANCE
CHAPTER XXIV. THE FLIGHT THROUGH THE CELLAR
CHAPTER XXV. THE MAN IN THE BED
CHAPTER XXVI. THE CRIMINAL'S COMPACT
CHAPTER XXVII. THE GLARE OF A MATCH
CHAPTER XXVIII. BLACK MADGE CAUGHT IN A TRAP
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Each of the detective's three assistants understood thoroughly that Nick Carter's reason for directing them to do as he did was that they might each have learned the parts they had to play thoroughly by the time the actual work of it should begin.
And not only that, they would have had two weeks during which to wear off the newness of habit and apparel; and by the time they arrived at the place of meeting, each would have become sufficiently schooled in his part to play it quite naturally.
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But that was not what attracted the detective.
In the very centre of this patch of clearing was a house; or a cottage, it would more properly be called; but it was large, and apparently comfortable. The roof extended down in front of it and over a wide piazza, where Nick could see that two men and a woman were seated.
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