The Great Oakdale Mystery

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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