The Great Oakdale Mystery
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Scott Morgan. The Great Oakdale Mystery
CHAPTER I. THE HUNTERS
CHAPTER II. THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER
CHAPTER III. THE HOME OF THE SAGES
CHAPTER IV. A MAN “WANTED.”
CHAPTER V. BY THE LIGHT FROM THE WINDOW
CHAPTER VI. CAPTAIN QUINN’S MONKEY
CHAPTER VII. ANNOYING ATTENTIONS
CHAPTER VIII. HOOKER HAS A PLAN
CHAPTER IX. THE CAMP IN THE WOODS
CHAPTER X. A PERPLEXING QUESTION
CHAPTER XI. THE HIDDEN SPORTSMEN
CHAPTER XII. DISAPPOINTED DUCK HUNTERS
CHAPTER XIII. THE TARDY QUARTERBACK
CHAPTER XIV. THE FIRST QUARTER
CHAPTER XV. THE PLAYER WHO BLUNDERED
CHAPTER XVI. REMARKABLE BEHAVIOR OF SAGE
CHAPTER XVII. WORK OF THE YOUNG DETECTIVE
CHAPTER XVIII. SLEUTH’S ASTONISHING THEORY
CHAPTER XIX. THE NIGHT ALARM
CHAPTER XX. IN THE BANK
CHAPTER XXI. WHAT SLEUTH LEARNED
CHAPTER XXII. FOLLOWING THE TRAIL
CHAPTER XXIII. THE CAPTURE
CHAPTER XXIV. SUSPICION
CHAPTER XXV. THE BOY WHO ACTED GUILTY
CHAPTER XXVI. ANOTHER CAPTURE
CHAPTER XXVII. THE TWO PRISONERS
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE SHREDS OF HOPE
CHAPTER XXIX. A CONCESSION FROM SLEUTH
CHAPTER XXX. THE TRUTH AT LAST
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Roy was tremendously startled. The gun had an easy pull, and his bent finger was gently touching the trigger, yet so astonished was he by the unexpected appearance of the man that for some moments he stood rigid with the weapon leveled at the stranger’s head.
On the other hand, the man was no less dismayed. Not more than twenty-six or seven years of age, he was somewhat roughly dressed and decidedly in need of a shave. His eyes opened wide at sight of the threatening weapon, and a wave of pallor swept over his bronzed face. Not a word escaped his parted lips.
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“Jingoes!” exclaimed Hooker, fancying himself enlightened by the vehement words of the stranger. “I guess I know what’s the matter with you. You must be a Socialist.”
The man laughed. “That’s the usual term applied in these days to those who have courage enough to question the honesty and fair dealing of a certain greedy, selfish brand of employers. But I’m not claiming that all employers are of that sort. If they were, conditions in this country would be desperate indeed. But what’s the use in talking to you of such things; you’re simply a boy, and at your age problems of that nature had never troubled me for a moment. At your age,” he continued, something like a dreamy look of sadness creeping into his blue eyes, “I was as carefree and thoughtless as you are to-day. I’d give a great deal if it were possible for me to go back to that time.”
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