Dangerous Ground: or, The Rival Detectives
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Lynch Lawrence L.. Dangerous Ground: or, The Rival Detectives
PROLOGUE
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CHAPTER I “STARS OF THE FORCE.”
CHAPTER II. ODDLY EMPLOYED
CHAPTER III. THE EFFECT OF AN ADVERTISEMENT
CHAPTER IV. ENLISTED AGAINST EACH OTHER
CHAPTER V “STANHOPE’S FIRST TRICK.”
CHAPTER VI. STANHOPE’S HUMANITY
CHAPTER VII. HOW A MASQUERADE BEGAN
CHAPTER VIII. VERNET “CALLS A TURN.”
CHAPTER IX “A FALSE MOVE IN THE GAME.”
CHAPTER X “I AM YOUR SHADOW.”
CHAPTER XI “DEAR MRS FOLLINGSBEE.”
CHAPTER XII. A “’MELLICAN LADY’S” LITTLE TRICK
CHAPTER XIII. A CRY IN THE DARK
CHAPTER XIV. A PRETTY PLOT
CHAPTER XV. A COUNTERPLOT
CHAPTER XVI. A DETECTIVE TRAPPED
CHAPTER XVII. A PROMISE TO THE DEAD
CHAPTER XVIII. VERNET DISCOMFITED
CHAPTER XIX. CALLED TO ACCOUNT
CHAPTER XX. BETRAYED BY A PICTURE
CHAPTER XXI. A PROMISE TO THE DYING
CHAPTER XXII. A BUSINESS CALL
CHAPTER XXIII. LESLIE’S STORY
CHAPTER XXIV. VERNET ON THE TRAIL
CHAPTER XXV. WHO KILLED JOSEF SIEBEL
CHAPTER XXVI. THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL
CHAPTER XXVII. FRANZY FRANCOISE’S GALLANTRY
CHAPTER XXVIII. FRANZ FRANCOISE BELLIGERENT
CHAPTER XXIX. IN DURANCE VILE
CHAPTER XXX. FRANZ FRANCOISE’S GENERALSHIP
CHAPTER XXXI. FLAMES
CHAPTER XXXII “A BRAND FROM THE BURNING.”
CHAPTER XXXIII. IN THE CONSERVATORY
CHAPTER XXXIV. FLINT TO STEEL
CHAPTER XXXV. ALAN “EVOLVES” A PLAN OF ACTION
CHAPTER XXXVI. ALAN BEGINS HIS GAME
CHAPTER XXXVII. A VERY PATHETIC MUTE
CHAPTER XXXVIII. MR. GRIP FINDS A “SKELETON”
CHAPTER XXXIX “WE TWO WILL MEET AGAIN.”
CHAPTER XL. AN ARMISTICE
CHAPTER XLI. LESLIE GOES “HOME.”
CHAPTER XLII. AN AFFECTIONATE FAMILY
CHAPTER XLIII. THE PRODIGAL BECOMES OBSTINATE
CHAPTER XLIV. MR. FOLLINGSBEE’S VICTORY
CHAPTER XLV. A TRIP TO EUROPE
CHAPTER XLVI. DR. BAYLESS
CHAPTER XLVII. DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS
CHAPTER XLVIII. A PROMISE RETRACTED
CHAPTER XLIX. A WELCOME PRESCRIPTION
CHAPTER L. MR. FOLLINGSBEE’S SOCIAL CALL
CHAPTER LI. VERNET AT HEADQUARTERS
CHAPTER LII. THE VERDICT OF AN EXPERT
CHAPTER LIII. JOHN AINSWORTH’S STORY
CHAPTER LIV. A CHIEF’S PERPLEXITIES
CHAPTER LV. THE LAST MOMENT
CHAPTER LVI. AT THE RIGHT TIME
CHAPTER LVII. WHAT HAPPENED AT WARBURTON PLACE
CHAPTER LVIII. HOW STANHOPE CAME BACK
CHAPTER LIX. AND LAST
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Time: The month of May. The year, 1859; when the West was new, and the life of the Pioneer difficult and dangerous.
Scene: A tiny belt of timber, not far from the spot where not long before, the Marais des Cygnes massacre awoke the people of south-eastern Kansas, and kindled among them the flames of civil war.
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“Boys,” he asks, in slow, set tones, “did you, any of you, ever see a man killed by lightning?”
They all stare up at him, and no one answers.
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