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ILLUSTRATIONS

ANDERSON CROW, DETECTIVE

A NIGHT TO BE REMEMBERED

"Wha—what was that you said?" gasped her husband, flopping back in the seat

Then, a hundred feet ahead, his lights fell upon the dauntless, abandoned flivver

"YOU ARE INVITED TO BE PRESENT"

Words failed Mr. Crow

The Rev. Mr. Maltby, pastor of the Congregational Church, happened to be passing the town hall

Several heartbroken gentlemen threatened to shoot themselves

THE PERFECT END OF A DAY

Anderson Crow Gets One on the Kaiser

"The celebrated Anderson Crow?" asked the man with the glasses

The Marshal started off in the direction of the "shanty"

"I—I surrender! I give in!" he yelled

THE BEST MAN WINS!

Anderson Crow Meets His Waterloo and His Marne

Something terrible must have happened or Marshal Crow wouldn't be summoned in any such imperative manner as this

In the centre of this group was the new candidate for town marshal

Harry Squires stepped to the front of the platform

VICIOUS LUCIUS

When they appeared on the street together

He altered his course, and as she passed him, the flat of his spade landed with impelling force

Eight or ten people were congregated in front of the Fry house

THE VEILED LADY AND THE SHADOW

The veiled lady made her daily excursions in the big high-powered car

Yanking open the screen-door, he plunged headlong into the softly lighted veranda

THE ASTONISHING ACTS OF ANNA

He was surrounded by conquerors

Over him stood two men with pistols levelled at the white, terrified face

NO QUESTIONS ANSWERED

"Hold on, Mort!" called out Mr. Crow. "Don't monkey with that trunk"

His wife was now standing guard over it on the porch of the Grand View Hotel

SHADES OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN!

These smiling, complacent women formed the Death Watch that was to witness the swift, inevitable finish of the Sunlight Bar

"JAKE MILLER HANGS HIMSELF"

At the trial he was shamelessly complimentary about Mrs. Nixon's pie

"I am going to reveal to you the true facts in the case of our late lamented friend, Jake Miller"