“In the deteckative line nothing sounds foolish” | Frontispiece |
“This shell game is easy enough when you know how” | 8 |
Mr. Winterberry did not seem to be concealed among them | 30 |
A head silhouetted against one of the glowing windows | 44 |
“These here is false whiskers and hair” | 86 |
“Who sent you here, anyway?” | 106 |
Under his arm he carried a small bundle | 108 |
She made gestures with her hands | 128 |
“Deteckating is my aim and my profession” | 138 |
With another groan Wixy raised his hands | 150 |
“The ‘ongsomble’ of my costume is ruined” | 162 |
“There ain’t a day he don’t shoot and hit me” | 178 |
The Missing Mr. Master | 202 |
“You are a man, and big and strong and brave-like” | 234 |
He perspires, and out comes the cruel admission | 252 |
A man who looked like Napoleon Bonaparte gone to seed | 268 |
He wore a set of red under-chin whiskers | 280 |
“She thinks it’s Henry. She’s fixed up the guest bedroom for him” | 304 |
A deteckative like you are oughtn’t to need twenty-five cents so bad as that” | 320 |
He was followed by a large and growing group intent on watching a detective detect | 340 |