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Reginald Heber Poole. The Wagoner's Halt Mystery
The Wagoner's Halt Mystery
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. An Office Interlude
CHAPTER II. Sanctuary for Creed
CHAPTER III. Cancelled by Death
CHAPTER IV. Kit Raven asks Questions
CHAPTER V. The Vulture Calls
CHAPTER VI. Doggerel or Clue?
CHAPTER VII. Sprott’s Second Defeat
CHAPTER VIII. Gill tells His Secrets
CHAPTER IX. In the Trap
CHAPTER X. No News of Sprott
CHAPTER XI. Fellow Prisoners
CHAPTER XII. No Way of Escape
CHAPTER XIII. Hide and Seek
CHAPTER XIV. Victory for the Vulture
CHAPTER XV. Fate of a Message
CHAPTER XVI. Charlie Gill Intrudes
CHAPTER XVII. Forcible Entry
CHAPTER XVIII. A Lull in the Fight
CHAPTER XIX. Vulture versus Raven
CHAPTER XX. The Last Chase
CHAPTER XXI. Let Justice Prevail!
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Reginald Heber Poole
Published by Good Press, 2021
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“I’m sorry to hear that,” the man said, and his tones were those of a courteous and cultured man. “But I wonder if Mr. Raven’s assistant is in the office? I should like to see him for a few moments—ah—privately, you know. Mr. Jimmy—let me see—Scout, Sprout—Ah, yes, Sprott! Mr. Sprott! Is Mr. Sprott engaged?”
The first real genuine smile of the morning was on Mr. Cummings’s face, and both Mason and Wilks were checking a grin. Mason turned to Jimmy Sprott and said in swift low tones: “He’s your pigeon, Jimmy! Now you’ll be able to deduce quite a lot! Take him away—but press the bell hard if you want any help!”
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