THE WAY IT ALL ENDED.
“I have been in many tighter places than this, doctor,” said Nick,
cheerfully. “I’ll show you how badly the people below us have
miscalculated.”
“What makes it so dark?” queried Abbott. “It is not yet sundown.”
“No. I suspect a storm is coming up--ah! I thought so.”
In confirmation of his suspicions, a loud peal of thunder broke the
outside silence.
“It is coming fast, too,” said Nick. “Now, see how easy it will be for
us to escape.”
He took the table and stood it directly beneath the cupola.
Then he pulled a sheet from the bed, twisted it into a rope, and threw
it around his neck.
“Now, then, doctor,” he exclaimed, “just jump upon the table and brace
yourself to hold the weight of about one hundred and eighty pounds of
human flesh.”
Abbott quickly complied without stopping to ask a question.
Nick followed him upon the table at his back, having first seized one of
the empty bottles in his right hand.
“Steady, now, doctor,” urged Nick.
The next moment he was standing upright, with a foot on each of Abbott’s
shoulders.
Having secured a safe hold for his hands on the base of the cupola,
Nick put his athletic training into use, and drew himself up by the
mighty muscles of his arms.
The next instant he was looking through the thick glass sides of the
cupola.
Then taking the sheet rope from his shoulders, he lowered it to Abbott,
with the question:
“Can you raise yourself hand-over-hand?”
“I can try.”
“Well, lose no time.”
Slowly, and with great difficulty, the portly doctor began his task.
He would not have reached the cupola had not Nick finally let go one
hand from its hold on the sheet, and with it caught Abbott by the arm.
Then he seized the physician with the other hand, and the rescue was
completed. Abbott came through the opening into the cupola as if he were
fastened to a derrick.
The thunder was crashing on all sides by this time. Smoke was also
rolling out of the house by the doors and windows, and Nick knew that
they would have no time to lose in getting down to the ground.
Seizing with a firm grasp the bottle he had brought from the prison room
below, he made an assault upon the glass inclosure of the cupola. Crash!
crash! went the crystal plates, until an opening was secured large
enough to let Nick crawl through to the roof.
He turned and was assisting the doctor through, when the latter suddenly
pointed over Nick’s shoulder and cried:
“Look there, under that tree!”
Nick directed his attention to the place Abbott indicated--a large elm
tree, about sixty feet from the house.
There, leaning against the trunk, and watching the house, were Emma, the
servant, and a man with a sandy beard.
Even while the doctor was looking, the eyes of the sandy-bearded man
were raised, and he saw the men on the roof.
He uttered a cry, and made a step as if to leave his place of
observation.
At that instant there came a blinding flash, followed by a deafening
clap of thunder.
For a brief time Nick and Abbott were partially stunned.
Nick was the first to recover. He looked toward the tree.
The tree was a wreck from the lightning’s bolt, and beneath its
shattered boughs lay two forms--a man and a woman.
They hastened to reach the solid earth, and the task was soon
accomplished.
The man and woman under the tree were found, upon examination by the
doctor, to be stone dead.
The lightning had done its work effectually.
Half an hour later the residence was beyond rescue.
Nick hurried the doctor away, and enjoined him to secrecy on the subject
of their afternoon’s adventure.
An hour later both were on the way to New York.
That night Nick, accompanied by Dr. Abbott, Chick, Patsy, the chief of
police and the president of the Scotia Insurance Company, surprised
Mackenzie and his guilty wife at their apartments in the hotel where
they had secured accommodations in order to be in New York the next
morning for the purpose of cashing the Scotia’s check as soon as the
banks opened their doors for business.
The surprise and confusion of the wicked pair were complete.
They admitted everything but the killing of Jason Templin. Both declared
he had died a natural death, a statement Nick knew was not true, but
which he realized would be hard to disprove before a jury.
While Chick and Patsy kept close guard over the two prisoners, the chief
of police, Nick Carter, Abbott and the insurance president retired to
another room for consultation.
Two of the conspirators were dead. If Miss Templin yet lived, it would
be hard to convict the two survivors of murder. That much was admitted.
Miss Templin could not be found. Mackenzie declared, a few minutes
before, that the young woman was alive, but would never be heard from
unless he got ready to speak, which, under his present circumstances, he
was not willing to do.
Nick and the chief of police both realized that they were dealing with a
desperate man, and they finally agreed to compromise with him if he
would accept their terms.
They more readily reached such an understanding when Abbott suggested
that for Miss Templin’s sake it would be well, if possible, to keep
from her the knowledge of the fate of her father.
So this was the proposition made to Mackenzie and his wife:
First, they were to return Miss Templin to her friends without her
having suffered serious bodily harm.
Secondly, they should surrender the five life insurance policies.
Each should plead guilty to a charge of defrauding the Scotia Insurance
Company, and take a sentence in the State’s prison of from ten to twenty
years.
In return, they were promised that Templin’s fate would never be brought
up against them.
To this compromise Mackenzie, speaking for himself and his wife, refused
to agree.
It was only after a promise that in addition to a pledge not to
prosecute them on a charge of murder, the insurance companies would
refund the premiums already paid in that a final agreement was made.
Acting under directions from Mackenzie, Nick found Miss Templin, bound
hand and foot, gagged, senseless and almost dead, in a scantily
furnished room high up in a half-deserted tenement on Tenth Avenue,
where she had been taken by Mackenzie and the latter’s friend, Dent, on
the night they decoyed her from the St. James Hotel.
The decoy had been simple.
Early in the day on which she disappeared, Miss Templin made a call on a
friend whom she had known in Italy, but who at that time was married,
and living in New York.
Greene and Dent followed her to the house.
When Miss Templin was leaving her friend’s residence, the two men
strolled past and heard the hostess from the step say:
“If Tom comes home to-day, which is not likely, I’ll send him around
after you, and you must come back with him to spend the evening. I know
he’ll be glad to meet you, and you’ll be sure to like him.”
This gave the desperate couple their clew.
A forged note, stating that Tom had arrived, after all, and would fetch
Miss Templin to the house in a carriage, was written, a livery carriage
hired from a public stable, the driver drugged, Dent substituted, and
Miss Templin was trapped very easily.
The agreement made with the Mackenzies that night was faithfully carried
out, and the couple are serving out a fifteen years’ sentence in Sing
Sing.
Louise will never know that her father’s remains were cremated on Long
Island, but will be left in the belief that they lie in the vault at San
Francisco.
At Elmwood the theory is prevalent that lightning destroyed the
Mackenzie residence and killed the two servants; for the body of the
dead man was recognized as being that of a person who worked for
Mackenzie when the latter first came to the village.
The only mystery that has never been cleared up by the good people of
that section is the sudden disappearance of Mrs. Mackenzie and the son.
They went to New York and were never afterward heard from.
Many Elmwood people read in their city newspapers the account of Dr.
Amos Greene and his wife, who pleaded guilty to an attempt to defraud an
insurance company, but none of them even suspect that the two
self-convicted criminals were their former highly esteemed fellow
townspeople, Mr. and Mrs. Miles Mackenzie.
Louise Templin became Mrs. Lonsdale, as Nick discovered a day or two
later, when a dainty card was sent up to his office with this
characteristic message written on the back:
“Just off on our honeymoon, Mr. Carter. I felt I must stop long enough
to send up my regards and say ‘thank you’ for making our present
happiness possible.
“LOUISE LONSDALE.”
THE END.
No. 1142 of the NEW MAGNET LIBRARY is entitled “The Bank Draft Puzzle.”
A mystery story full of exciting incidents in which Nick Carter unravels
an intricate plot teeming with interest.
Western Stories About
BUFFALO BILL
ALL BY COL. PRENTISS INGRAHAM
Red-blooded Adventure Stories for Men
There is no more romantic character in American history than William F.
Cody, or, as he was internationally known, Buffalo Bill. He, with
Colonel Prentiss Ingraham, Wild Bill Hicock, General Custer, and a few
other adventurous spirits, laid the foundation of our great West.
There is no more brilliant page in American history than the winning of
the West. Never did pioneers live more thrilling lives, so rife with
adventure and brave deeds, as the old scouts and plainsmen. Foremost
among these stands the imposing figure of Buffalo Bill.
All of the books in this list are intensely interesting. They were
written by the close friend and companion of Buffalo Bill--Colonel
Prentiss Ingraham. They depict actual adventures which this pair of
hard-hitting comrades experienced, while the story of these adventures
is interwoven with fiction; historically the books are correct.
_ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT_
1--Buffalo Bill, the Border King
2--Buffalo Bill’s Raid
3--Buffalo Bill’s Bravery
4--Buffalo Bill’s Trump Card
5--Buffalo Bill’s Pledge
6--Buffalo Bill s Vengeance
7--Buffalo Bill’s Iron Grip
8--Buffalo Bill’s Capture
9--Buffalo Bill’s Danger Line
10--Buffalo Bill’s Comrades
11--Buffalo Bill’s Reckoning
12--Buffalo Bill’s Warning
13--Buffalo Bill at Bay
14--Buffalo Bill’s Buckskin Pards
15--Buffalo Bill’s Brand
16--Buffalo Bill’s Honor
17--Buffalo Bill’s Phantom Hunt
18--Buffalo Bill’s Fight with Fire
19--Buffalo Bill’s Danite Trail
20--Buffalo Bill’s Ranch Riders
21--Buffalo Bill’s Death Trail
22--Buffalo Bill’s Trackers
23--Buffalo Bill’s Mid-air Flight
24--Buffalo Bill, Ambassador
25--Buffalo Bill’s Air Voyage
26--Buffalo Bill’s Secret Mission
27--Buffalo Bill’s Long Trail
28--Buffalo Bill Against Odds
29--Buffalo Bill’s Hot Chase
30--Buffalo Bill’s Redskin Ally
31--Buffalo Bill’s Treasure-trove
32--Buffalo Bill’s Hidden Foes
33--Buffalo Bill’s Crack Shot
34--Buffalo Bill’s Close Call
35--Buffalo Bill’s Double Surprise
36--Buffalo Bill’s Ambush
37--Buffalo Bill’s Outlaw Hunt
38--Buffalo Bill’s Border Duel
39--Buffalo Bill’s Bid for Fame
40--Buffalo Bill’s Triumph
41--Buffalo Bill’s Spy Trailer
42--Buffalo Bill’s Death Call
43--Buffalo Bill’s Body Guard
44--Buffalo Bill’s Still Hunt
45--Buffalo Bill and the Doomed Dozen
46--Buffalo Bill’s Prairie Scout
47--Buffalo Bill’s Traitor Guide
48--Buffalo Bill’s Bonanza
49--Buffalo Bill’s Swoop
50--Buffalo Bill and the Gold King
51--Buffalo Bill, Dead Shot
52--Buffalo Bill’s Buckskin Bravos
53--Buffalo Bill’s Big Four
54--Buffalo Bill’s One-armed Pard
55--Buffalo Bill’s Race for Life
56--Buffalo Bill’s Return
57--Buffalo Bill’s Conquest
58--Buffalo Bill to the Rescue
59--Buffalo Bill’s Beautiful Foe
60--Buffalo Bill’s Perilous Task
61--Buffalo Bill’s Queer Find
62--Buffalo Bill’s Blind Lead
63--Buffalo Bill’s Resolution
64--Buffalo Bill, the Avenger
65--Buffalo Bill’s Pledged Pard
66--Buffalo Bill’s Weird Warning
67--Buffalo Bill’s Wild Ride
68--Buffalo Bill’s Redskin Stampede
69--Buffalo Bill’s Mine Mystery
70--Buffalo Bill’s Gold Hunt
71--Buffalo Bill’s Daring Dash
72--Buffalo Bill on Hand
73--Buffalo Bill’s Alliance
74--Buffalo Bill’s Relentless Foe
75--Buffalo Bill’s Midnight Ride
76--Buffalo Bill’s Chivalry
77--Buffalo Bill’s Girl Pard
78--Buffalo Bill’s Private War
79--Buffalo Bill’s Diamond Mine
80--Buffalo Bill’s Big Contract
81--Buffalo Bill’s Woman Foe
82--Buffalo Bill’s Ruse
83--Buffalo Bill’s Pursuit
84--Buffalo Bill’s Hidden Gold
85--Buffalo Bill in Mid-air
86--Buffalo Bill’s Queer Mission
87--Buffalo Bill’s Verdict
88--Buffalo Bill’s Ordeal
89--Buffalo Bill’s Camp Fires
90--Buffalo Bill’s Iron Nerve
91--Buffalo Bill’s Rival
92--Buffalo Bill’s Lone Hand
93--Buffalo Bill’s Sacrifice
94--Buffalo Bill’s Thunderbolt
95--Buffalo Bill’s Black Fortune
96--Buffalo Bill’s Wild Work
97--Buffalo Bill’s Yellow Trail
98--Buffalo Bill’s Treasure Train
99--Buffalo Bill’s Bowie Duel
100--Buffalo Bill’s Mystery Man
101--Buffalo Bill’s Bold Play
102--Buffalo Bill: Peacemaker
103--Buffalo Bill’s Big Surprise
104--Buffalo Bill’s Barricade
105--Buffalo Bill’s Test
106--Buffalo Bill’s Powwow
107--Buffalo Bill’s Stern Justice
108--Buffalo Bill’s Mysterious Friend
109--Buffalo Bill and the Boomers
110--Buffalo Bill’s Panther Fight
111--Buffalo Bill and the Overland Mail
112--Buffalo Bill on the Deadwood Trail
113--Buffalo Bill in Apache Land
114--Buffalo Bill’s Blindfold Duel
115--Buffalo Bill and the Lone Camper
116--Buffalo Bill’s Merry War
117--Buffalo Bill’s Star Play
118--Buffalo Bill’s War Cry
119--Buffalo Bill on Black Panther’s Trail
120--Buffalo Bill’s Slim Chance
121--Buffalo Bill Besieged
122--Buffalo Bill’s Bandit Round-up
123--Buffalo Bill’s Surprise Party
124--Buffalo Bill’s Lightning Raid
125--Buffalo Bill in Mexico
126--Buffalo Bill’s Traitor Foe
127--Buffalo Bill’s Tireless Chase
128--Buffalo Bill’s Boy Bugler
129--Buffalo Bill’s Sure Guess
130--Buffalo Bill’s Record Jump
131--Buffalo Bill in the Land of Dread
132--Buffalo Bill’s Tangled Clew
133--Buffalo Bill’s Wolf Skin
134--Buffalo Bill’s Twice Four Puzzle
135--Buffalo Bill and the Devil Bird
136--Buffalo Bill and the Indian’s Mascot
137--Buffalo Bill Entrapped
138--Buffalo Bill’s Totem Trail
139--Buffalo Bill at Fort Challis
140--Buffalo Bill’s Determination
141--Buffalo Bill’s Battle Axe
142--Buffalo Bill’s Game with Fate
143--Buffalo Bill’s Comanche Raid
144--Buffalo Bill’s Aerial Island
145--Buffalo Bill’s Lucky Shot
146--Buffalo Bill’s Sioux Friends
147--Buffalo Bill’s Supreme Test
148--Buffalo Bill’s Boldest Strike
149--Buffalo Bill and the Red Hand
150--Buffalo Bill’s Dance with Death
151--Buffalo Bill’s Running Fight
152--Buffalo Bill in Harness
153--Buffalo Bill Corralled
154--Buffalo Bill’s Waif of the West
155--Buffalo Bill’s Wizard Pard
156--Buffalo Bill and Hawkeye
157--Buffalo Bill and Grizzly Dan
158--Buffalo Bill’s Ghost Play
159--Buffalo Bill’s Lost Prisoner
160--Buffalo Bill and The Klan of Kau
161--Buffalo Bill’s Crow Scouts
162--Buffalo Bill’s Lassoed Spectre
163--Buffalo Bill and the Wanderers
164--Buffalo Bill and the White Queen
165--Buffalo Bill’s Yellow Guardian
166--Buffalo Bill’s Double “B” Brand
167--Buffalo Bill’s Dangerous Duty
168--Buffalo Bill and the Talking Statue
169--Buffalo Bill Between Two Fires
170--Buffalo Bill and the Giant Apache
171--Buffalo Bill’s Best Bet
172--Buffalo Bill’s Blockhouse Siege
173--Buffalo Bill’s Fight for Right
174--Buffalo Bill’s Sad Tidings
175--Buffalo Bill and “Lucky” Benson
176--Buffalo Bill Among the Sioux
177--Buffalo Bill’s Mystery Box
178--Buffalo Bill’s Worst Tangle
179--Buffalo Bill’s Clean Sweep
180--Buffalo Bill’s Texas Tangle
181--Buffalo Bill and the Nihilists
182--Buffalo Bill’s Emigrant Trail
183--Buffalo Bill at Close Quarters
184--Buffalo Bill and the Cattle Thieves
185--Buffalo Bill at Cimaroon Bar
186--Buffalo Bill’s Ingenuity
187--Buffalo Bill on a Cold Trail
188--Buffalo Bill’s Red Hot Totem
189--Buffalo Bill Under a War Cloud
190--Buffalo Bill and the Prophet
191--Buffalo Bill and the Red Renegade
192--Buffalo Bill’s Mailed Fist
193--Buffalo Bill’s Round-up
194--Buffalo Bill’s Death Message
195--Buffalo Bill’s Redskin Disguise
196--Buffalo Bill, the Whirlwind
197--Buffalo Bill in Death Valley
198--Buffalo Bill and the Magic Button
199--Buffalo Bill’s Friend in Need
200--Buffalo Bill with General Custer
201--Buffalo Bill’s Timely Meeting
202--Buffalo Bill and the Skeleton Scout
203--Buffalo Bill’s Flag of Truce
204--Buffalo Bill’s Pacific Power
205--Buffalo Bill’s Impersonator
206--Buffalo Bill and the Red Maurauders
207--Buffalo Bill’s Long Run
208--Buffalo Bill and Red Dove
209--Buffalo Bill on the Box
210--Buffalo Bill’s Bravo Partner
211--Buffalo Bill’s Strange Task
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MERRIWELL SERIES
ALL BY BURT L. STANDISH
Stories of Frank and Dick Merriwell
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2--Frank Merriwell’s Chums
3--Frank Merriwell’s Foes
4--Frank Merriwell’s Trip West
5--Frank Merriwell Down South
6--Frank Merriwell’s Bravery
7--Frank Merriwell’s Hunting Tour
8--Frank Merriwell in Europe
9--Frank Merriwell at Yale
10--Frank Merriwell’s Sports Afield
11--Frank Merriwell’s Races
12--Frank Merriwell’s Party
13--Frank Merriwell’s Bicycle Tour
14--Frank Merriwell’s Courage
15--Frank Merriwell’s Daring
16--Frank Merriwell’s Alarm
17--Frank Merriwell’s Athletes
18--Frank Merriwell’s Skill
19--Frank Merriwell’s Champions
20--Frank Merriwell’s Return to Yale
21--Frank Merriwell’s Secret
22--Frank Merriwell’s Danger
23--Frank Merriwell’s Loyalty
24--Frank Merriwell in Camp
25--Frank Merriwell’s Vacation
26--Frank Merriwell’s Cruise
27--Frank Merriwell’s Chase
28--Frank Merriwell in Maine
29--Frank Merriwell’s Struggle
30--Frank Merriwell’s First Job
31--Frank Merriwell’s Opportunity
32--Frank Merriwell’s Hard Luck
33--Frank Merriwell’s Protégé
34--Frank Merriwell on the Road
35--Frank Merriwell’s Own Company
36--Frank Merriwell’s Fame
37--Frank Merriwell’s College Chums
38--Frank Merriwell’s Problem
39--Frank Merriwell’s Fortune
40--Frank Merriwell’s New Comedian
41--Frank Merriwell’s Prosperity
42--Frank Merriwell’s Stage Hit
43--Frank Merriwell’s Great Scheme
44--Frank Merriwell in England
45--Frank Merriwell on the Boulevards
40--Frank Merriwell’s Duel
47--Frank Merriwell’s Double Shot
48--Frank Merriwell’s Baseball Victories
49--Frank Merriwell’s Confidence
50--Frank Merriwell’s Auto
51--Frank Merriwell’s Fun
52--Frank Merriwell’s Generosity
53--Frank Merriwell’s Tricks
54--Frank Merriwell’s Temptation
55--Frank Merriwell on Top
56--Frank Merriwell’s Luck
57--Frank Merriwell’s Mascot
58--Frank Merriwell’s Reward
59--Frank Merriwell’s Phantom
60--Frank Merriwell’s Faith
61--Frank Merriwell’s Victories
62--Frank Merriwell’s Iron Nerve
63--Frank Merriwell in Kentucky
64--Frank Merriwell’s Power
65--Frank Merriwell’s Shrewdness
66--Frank Merriwell’s Setback
67--Frank Merriwell’s Search
68--Frank Merriwell’s Club
69--Frank Merriwell’s Trust
70--Frank Merriwell’s False Friend
71--Frank Merriwell’s Strong Arm
72--Frank Merriwell as Coach
73--Frank Merriwell’s Brother
74--Frank Merriwell’s Marvel
75--Frank Merriwell’s Support
76--Dick Merriwell at Fardale
77--Dick Merriwell’s Glory
78--Dick Merriwell’s Promise
79--Dick Merriwell’s Rescue
80--Dick Merriwell’s Narrow Escape
81--Dick Merriwell’s Racket
82--Dick Merriwell’s Revenge
83--Dick Merriwell’s Ruse
84--Dick Merriwell’s Delivery
85--Dick Merriwell’s Wonders
86--Frank Merriwell’s Honor
87--Dick Merriwell’s Diamond
88--Frank Merriwell’s Winners
89--Dick Merriwell’s Dash
90--Dick Merriwell’s Ability
91--Dick Merriwell’s Trap
92--Dick Merriwell’s Defense
93--Dick Merriwell’s Model
94--Dick Merriwell’s Mystery
95--Frank Merriwell’s Backers
96--Dick Merriwell’s Backstop
97--Dick Merriwell’s Western Mission
98--Frank Merriwell’s Rescue
99--Frank Merriwell’s Encounter
100--Dick Merriwell’s Marked Money
101--Frank Merriwell’s Nomads
102--Dick Merriwell on the Gridiron
103--Dick Merriwell’s Disguise
104--Dick Merriwell’s Test
105--Frank Merriwell’s Trump Card
106--Frank Merriwell’s Strategy
107--Frank Merriwell’s Triumph
108--Dick Merriwell’s Grit
109--Dick Merriwell’s Assurance
110--Dick Merriwell’s Long Slide
111--Frank Merriwell’s Rough Deal
112--Dick Merriwell’s Threat
113--Dick Merriwell’s Persistence
114--Dick Merriwell’s Day
115--Frank Merriwell’s Peril
116--Dick Merriwell’s Downfall
117--Frank Merriwell’s Pursuit
118--Dick Merriwell Abroad
119--Frank Merriwell in the Rockies
120--Dick Merriwell’s Pranks
121--Frank Merriwell’s Pride
122--Frank Merriwell’s Challengers
123--Frank Merriwell’s Endurance
124--Dick Merriwell’s Cleverness
125--Frank Merriwell’s Marriage
126--Dick Merriwell, the Wizard
127--Dick Merriwell’s Stroke
128--Dick Merriwell’s Return
129--Dick Merriwell’s Resource
130--Dick Merriwell’s Five
131--Frank Merriwell’s Tigers
132--Dick Merriwell’s Polo Team
133--Frank Merriwell’s Pupils
134--Frank Merriwell’s New Boy
135--Dick Merriwell’s Home Run
136--Dick Merriwell’s Dare
137--Frank Merriwell’s Son
138--Dick Merriwell’s Team Mate
139--Frank Merriwell’s Leaguers
140--Frank Merriwell’s Happy Camp
141--Dick Merriwell’s Influence
142--Dick Merriwell, Freshman
143--Dick Merriwell’s Staying Power
In order that there may be no confusion, we desire to say that the books
listed below will be issued during the respective months in New York
City and vicinity. They may not reach the readers at a distance
promptly, on account of delays in transportation.
To be published in July, 1926.
144--Dick Merriwell’s Joke
145--Frank Merriwell’s Talisman
To be published in August, 1926.
146--Frank Merriwell’s Horse
147--Dick Merriwell’s Regret
To be published in September, 1926.
148--Dick Merriwell’s Magnetism
149--Dick Merriwell’s Backers
To be published in October, 1926.
150--Dick Merriwell’s Best Work
151--Dick Merriwell’s Distrust
152--Dick Merriwell’s Debt
To be published in November, 1926.
153--Dick Merriwell’s Mastery
154--Dick Merriwell Adrift
To be published in December, 1926.
155--Frank Merriwell’s Worst Boy
156--Dick Merriwell’s Close Call
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17--Ted Strong’s Stampede By Edward C. Taylor
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23--Ted Strong’s Justice By Edward C. Taylor
24--Ted Strong’s Treasure By Edward C. Taylor
25--Ted Strong’s Search By Edward C. Taylor
26--Ted Strong’s Diamond Mine By Edward C. Taylor
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28--Ted Strong, Manager By Edward C. Taylor
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speaking, stories for boys, but boys everywhere will find a great deal
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The Jack Lightfoot stories deal with every branch of sport--baseball,
football, rowing, swimming, racing, tennis, and every sort of
occupation, both indoor and out, that the healthy-minded man turns to.
_ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT_
1--Jack Lightfoot, the Athlete By Maxwell Stevens
2--Jack Lightfoot’s Crack Nine By Maxwell Stevens
3--Jack Lightfoot Trapped By Maxwell Stevens
4--Jack Lightfoot’s Rival By Maxwell Stevens
5--Jack Lightfoot in Camp By Maxwell Stevens
6--Jack Lightfoot’s Canoe Trip By Maxwell Stevens
7--Jack Lightfoot’s Iron Arm By Maxwell Stevens
8--Jack Lightfoot’s Hoodoo By Maxwell Stevens
9--Jack Lightfoot’s Decision By Maxwell Stevens
10--Jack Lightfoot’s Gun Club By Maxwell Stevens
11--Jack Lightfoot’s Blind By Maxwell Stevens
12--Jack Lightfoot’s Capture By Maxwell Stevens
13--Jack Lightfoot’s Head Work By Maxwell Stevens
14--Jack Lightfoot’s Wisdom By Maxwell Stevens
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