Detective Ashton-Kirk' Cases (Complete 4 Book Collection)
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John T. McIntyre. Detective Ashton-Kirk' Cases (Complete 4 Book Collection)
Detective Ashton-Kirk’ Cases (Complete 4 Book Collection)
Table of Contents
Ashton-Kirk, Investigator
CHAPTER I. PENDLETON CALLS UPON ASHTON-KIRK
CHAPTER II. MISS EDYTH VALE STATES HER CASE
CHAPTER III. THE PORTRAITS OF GENERAL WAYNE
CHAPTER IV. STILLMAN'S THEORY
CHAPTER V. STILLMAN ASKS QUESTIONS
CHAPTER VI. ASHTON-KIRK LOOKS ABOUT
CHAPTER VII. THE SCHWARTZ-MICHAEL BAYONET
CHAPTER VIII. THE NEWSPAPERS BEGIN TO PLAY THEIR PART
CHAPTER IX. MISS VALE TELLS WHAT SHE KNOWS
CHAPTER X. ASHTON-KIRK ASKS QUESTIONS
CHAPTER XI. PENDLETON IS VASTLY ENLIGHTENED
CHAPTER XII. ANTONIO SPATOLA APPEARS
CHAPTER XIII. A NEW LIGHT ON ALLAN MORRIS
CHAPTER XIV. MISS VALE UNEXPECTEDLY APPEARS
CHAPTER XV. MISS VALE DEPARTS SUDDENLY
CHAPTER XVI. STEEL AGAINST STEEL
CHAPTER XVII. WHAT HAPPENED ON THE ROAD
CHAPTER XVIII. ASHTON-KIRK TELLS WHY
CHAPTER XIX. THE TWO REPORTS
CHAPTER XX. ONE OF THE OLD SORT
CHAPTER XXI. ASHTON-KIRK BEGINS TO PLAN
CHAPTER XXII. ASHTON-KIRK IS ANNOYED
CHAPTER XXIII. THE SECRET OF THE PORTRAIT
CHAPTER XXIV. THE SECOND NIGHT
CHAPTER XXV. APPROACHING THE FINISH
CHAPTER XXVI. THE FINISH
Ashton-Kirk, Secret Agent
CHAPTER I. SOME PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES
CHAPTER II. ASHTON-KIRK GOES TO EASTBURY
CHAPTER III. AN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIR
CHAPTER IV. THE TAKING OFF OF DR. MORSE
CHAPTER V. THE HOUND STRIKES THE TRAIL
CHAPTER VI. THE VISIT OF OKIU
CHAPTER VII. THE METHYLENE STAIN
CHAPTER VIII. THE HOUSE ON FORDHAM ROAD
CHAPTER IX. OKIU ONCE MORE
CHAPTER X. SOME STARTLING INTELLIGENCE
CHAPTER XI. A RAY OF LIGHT
CHAPTER XII. KARKOWSKY GETS SOME ATTENTION
CHAPTER XIII. OLD NANON SPEAKS
CHAPTER XIV. OKIU WRITES A LETTER
CHAPTER XV. ALMOST
CHAPTER XVI. IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XVII. THE SILHOUETTES
CHAPTER XVIII. GONE!
CHAPTER XIX. THE TAXI-CAB
CHAPTER XX. FRESH DEVELOPMENTS
CHAPTER XXI. THE MAN WITH THE DECORATION
CHAPTER XXII. THE GERMAN EMBASSY BALL
CHAPTER XXIII. WHAT VON STUNNENBERG THOUGHT
CHAPTER XXIV. SURPRISED!
CHAPTER XXV. CAUGHT!
CHAPTER XXVI. THE TRUTH
CHAPTER XXVII. CONCLUSION
Ashton-Kirk, Special Detective
CHAPTER I. MR. SCANLON RELATES SOME PECULIAR CIRCUMSTANCES
CHAPTER II. SHOWS HOW MATTERS STOOD AT SCHWARTZBERG
CHAPTER III. IN WHICH THE SPECIAL DETECTIVE TAKES UP THE HUNT
CHAPTER IV. TELLS SOMETHING OF THE MAN IN THE ROLLING CHAIR
CHAPTER V. SPEAKS OF ASHTON-KIRK’S FIRST VISIT TO SCHWARTZBERG
CHAPTER VI. IN WHICH ASHTON-KIRK INDICATES MUCH BUT SAYS LITTLE
CHAPTER VII. SHOWS HOW MR. SCANLON MET THE MAN WITH THE SOFT VOICE
CHAPTER VIII. TELLS HOW THE NIGHT BREEZE BLEW FROM THE NORTHWEST
CHAPTER IX. IN WHICH SOME THINGS ARE DONE AND SOME OTHERS ARE SAID
CHAPTER X. SHOWS HOW MRS. KRETZ SPOKE HER MIND
CHAPTER XI. TELLS SOMETHING OF TWO GENTLEMEN WHO WERE ENCOUNTERED UNEXPECTEDLY
CHAPTER XII. SPEAKS OF THE MANNER IN WHICH THE GATES OF SCHWARTZBERG WERE OPENED
CHAPTER XIII. DEALS WITH SOME HAPPENINGS OF THE NEXT DAY
CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH ASHTON-KIRK HEARS MATTERS OF INTEREST
CHAPTER XV. TELLS HOW AMAZEMENT FILLED THE MIND OF MR. SCANLON
CHAPTER XVI. SHOWS HOW THE GREAT SWORD WAS MISSED FROM THE WALL
CHAPTER XVII. SPEAKS OF A HARP WHICH WAS PLAYED IN SILENCE
CHAPTER XVIII. DEALS MAINLY WITH SOME NEWS FROM MEXICO
CHAPTER XIX. IN WHICH ASHTON-KIRK PAYS HIS SECOND VISIT TO SCHWARTZBERG
CHAPTER XX. TELLS HOW ASHTON-KIRK POINTED OUT CERTAIN MATTERS OF INTEREST
CHAPTER XXI. SHOWS HOW THE GREAT SWORD SPOKE TO SCANLON
CHAPTER XXII. IN WHICH A MATTER OF MUCH INGENUITY IS CONSIDERED
CHAPTER XXIII. CONCLUSION
Ashton-Kirk, Criminologist
CHAPTER I. THE GATHERING CLOUD
CHAPTER II. BAT SCANLON IS SURPRISED
CHAPTER III. THE CLOUD GROWS DARKER
CHAPTER IV. ASHTON-KIRK MAKES ONE VISIT, AND PLANS ANOTHER
CHAPTER V. THE HOUND AND THE SCENT
CHAPTER VI. ASHTON-KIRK ASKS QUESTIONS
CHAPTER VII. SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS
CHAPTER VIII. SCANLON MAKES A NEW ACQUAINTANCE
CHAPTER IX. A PLACE OF FEAR
CHAPTER X. THROUGH THE WINDOW
CHAPTER XI. DENNISON TALKS ONCE MORE
CHAPTER XII. A DOUBLE SHADOW
CHAPTER XIII. SOMETHING UNEXPECTED
CHAPTER XIV. ASHTON-KIRK VISITS HEADQUARTERS
CHAPTER XV. SCANLON STATES HIS POSITION
CHAPTER XVI "CONFESSED!"
CHAPTER XVII. THE WATERS ARE TROUBLED
CHAPTER XVIII. NORA GOES TO STANWICK
CHAPTER XIX. IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XX. QUEER INTELLIGENCE
CHAPTER XXI. WHAT THE BURGLAR SAID AT GAFFNEY'S
CHAPTER XXII. WHAT DANNY SAW AT QUIGLEY'S
CHAPTER XXIII. A WOMAN!
CHAPTER XXIV. MR. QUIGLEY IS INTERVIEWED
CHAPTER XXV. NORA TALKS AND SCANLON LISTENS
CHAPTER XXVI. CONCLUSION
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John T. McIntyre
Illustrator: Ralph L. Boyer
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There was sweet seriousness in her manner; and the lurking smile still hovered about her lips. It was as though a return to reason had driven away the fears of the day before—the alarmed girl had given place to a sensible woman.
But behind all this, Ashton-Kirk could detect something else. The almost swooning terror of the girl who had spoken to him over the telephone was still there—held rigidly in check to be sure, but unquestionably there. While her lips smiled, the eyes sometimes betrayed her; and there was a tenseness about her that almost screamed. Her good-by was soft and kindly spoken; she held out her hand, frankly, and thanked him for his interest. There was nothing hurried in her manner; it was all smoothly and leisurely done. And yet he felt that if she had followed the impulse that filled her, she would have taken him, by the shoulder and bundled him from the room in order that she might be alone.
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