Against Odds: A Detective Story
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Lynch Lawrence L.. Against Odds: A Detective Story
CHAPTER I 'CHICARGO GITS MY MONEY.'
CHAPTER II 'I TOLD MY TALE OF WOE.'
CHAPTER III. A CONUNDRUM
CHAPTER IV 'I CAN'T MAKE MYSELF LIKE HIM.'
CHAPTER V 'IT'S ALL A MIRACLE.'
CHAPTER VI. A CRIMINAL HUNT
CHAPTER VII 'IT WAS GREENBACK BOB.'
CHAPTER VIII 'STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER.'
CHAPTER IX. IN DISGUISE
CHAPTER X. CARL MASTERS
CHAPTER XI 'I DISLIKE A MYSTERY.'
CHAPTER XII 'MORE DANGEROUS THAN HATE.'
CHAPTER XIII. FACE TO FACE WITH DELBRAS
CHAPTER XIV. MISSING – CARTE BLANCHE
CHAPTER XV. THE KING OF CONFIDENCE MEN
CHAPTER XVI. THAT LITTLE DECOY
CHAPTER XVII 'THOSE TWO WOMEN.'
CHAPTER XVIII 'IF YOU'LL FIND ONE, I'LL FIND THE OTHER.'
CHAPTER XIX 'STRANGE! MISTAKEN! HEARTLESS!'
CHAPTER XX 'WE MUST UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER.'
CHAPTER XXI 'LET ME LAUGH!'
CHAPTER XXII 'THERE IS DANGER – NEAR!'
CHAPTER XXIII 'YOU ARE SUFFERING IN MY STEAD.'
CHAPTER XXIV 'IT IS OUR FIRST CLUE.'
CHAPTER XXV 'IT'S A SNARE.'
CHAPTER XXVI. A COLUMBIAN GUARD
CHAPTER XXVII 'I'D SWEAR TO THEM HANDS ANYWHERE.'
CHAPTER XXVIII 'NOW DOWN!'
CHAPTER XXIX 'FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!'
CHAPTER XXX 'IT SHALL NOT BE ALL SUSPENSE.'
CHAPTER XXXI. SIR CARROLL RAE
CHAPTER XXXII. FOUND DEAD
CHAPTER XXXIII 'A MERCYFUL DISPENSAYSHUN.'
CHAPTER XXXIV 'EUREKA!'
CHAPTER XXXV. AFTER ALL
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I followed the trio as they went rapidly past the Terminal Station, and halted, laughing inwardly, while Mr. Smug, as I had mentally named the man whose game I was watching so intently, stood fidgeting before the great golden door of the Transportation Building waiting for the sharp-eyed woman to exhaust her ecstasies, and for her more stolid husband to close his wide-opened mouth and remember his errand to Midway Plaisance.
As for myself, I could have gazed at this marvel of doorways and have forgotten all else; and I was not sorry that the small farmeress had a will of her own, and that this will elected to stay.
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'My wallet!'
He turned upon me, calling wildly to the guards, 'Search him!'
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