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Dangerous Ground

by Lawrence L. Lynch

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Author
Lynch, Lawrence L.
Title
Dangerous Ground; or, The Rival Detectives
Credits
Produced by Harry Lamé, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Detective and mystery stories
Category
Text
eBook-No.
36366
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/36366
Release Date
June 10, 2011
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.THE GREAT DETECTIVE SERIES. — DANGEROUS GROUND;
  2. 2.THE RIVAL DETECTIVES. — LAWRENCE L. LYNCH, — CHICAGO: ALEX. T. LOYD & CO., Publishers . 1886. — DANGEROUS GROUND.
  3. 3.PROLOGUE. — I. — II. — III.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. — “STARS OF THE FORCE.”
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. — ODDLY EMPLOYED.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. — THE EFFECT OF AN ADVERTISEMENT.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. — ENLISTED AGAINST EACH OTHER.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. — “STANHOPE’S FIRST TRICK.”
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. — STANHOPE’S HUMANITY.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. — HOW A MASQUERADE BEGAN.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. — VERNET “CALLS A TURN.”
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. — “A FALSE MOVE IN THE GAME.”
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. — “I AM YOUR SHADOW.”
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. — “DEAR MRS FOLLINGSBEE.”
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. — A “’MELLICAN LADY’S” LITTLE TRICK.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. — A CRY IN THE DARK.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. — A PRETTY PLOT.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. — A COUNTERPLOT.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. — A DETECTIVE TRAPPED.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. — A PROMISE TO THE DEAD.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. — VERNET DISCOMFITED.
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. — CALLED TO ACCOUNT.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. — BETRAYED BY A PICTURE.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. — A PROMISE TO THE DYING.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. — A BUSINESS CALL.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. — LESLIE’S STORY.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. — VERNET ON THE TRAIL.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV. — WHO KILLED JOSEF SIEBEL.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. — THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. — FRANZY FRANCOISE’S GALLANTRY.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. — FRANZ FRANCOISE BELLIGERENT.
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXIX. — IN DURANCE VILE.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXX. — FRANZ FRANCOISE’S GENERALSHIP.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXXI. — FLAMES.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXXII. — “A BRAND FROM THE BURNING.”
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIII. — IN THE CONSERVATORY.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIV. — FLINT TO STEEL.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXV. — ALAN “EVOLVES” A PLAN OF ACTION.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVI. — ALAN BEGINS HIS GAME.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVII. — A VERY PATHETIC MUTE.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVIII. — MR. GRIP FINDS A “SKELETON”.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXIX. — “WE TWO WILL MEET AGAIN.”
  43. 43.CHAPTER XL. — AN ARMISTICE.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XLI. — LESLIE GOES “HOME.”
  45. 45.CHAPTER XLII. — AN AFFECTIONATE FAMILY.
  46. 46.CHAPTER XLIII. — THE PRODIGAL BECOMES OBSTINATE.
  47. 47.CHAPTER XLIV. — MR. FOLLINGSBEE’S VICTORY.
  48. 48.CHAPTER XLV. — A TRIP TO EUROPE.
  49. 49.CHAPTER XLVI. — DR. BAYLESS
  50. 50.CHAPTER XLVII. — DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
  51. 51.CHAPTER XLVIII. — A PROMISE RETRACTED.
  52. 52.CHAPTER XLIX. — A WELCOME PRESCRIPTION.
  53. 53.CHAPTER L. — MR. FOLLINGSBEE’S SOCIAL CALL.
  54. 54.CHAPTER LI. — VERNET AT HEADQUARTERS.
  55. 55.CHAPTER LII. — THE VERDICT OF AN EXPERT.
  56. 56.CHAPTER LIII. — JOHN AINSWORTH’S STORY.
  57. 57.CHAPTER LIV. — A CHIEF’S PERPLEXITIES.
  58. 58.CHAPTER LV. — THE LAST MOMENT.
  59. 59.CHAPTER LVI. — AT THE RIGHT TIME.
  60. 60.CHAPTER LVII. — WHAT HAPPENED AT WARBURTON PLACE.
  61. 61.CHAPTER LVIII. — HOW STANHOPE CAME BACK.
  62. 62.CHAPTER LIX. — AND LAST.
  63. 63.POPULAR BOOKS.
  64. 64.Madeline Payne — THE EXPERT’S DAUGHTER. — By LAWRENCE L. LYNCH — PRICE, $1.50.
  65. 65.A SLAVER’S ADVENTURES — ON SEA AND LAND.
  66. 66.By WM. H. THOMES,
  67. 67.THE BUSHRANGERS. — A Yankee’s Adventures During His Second Visit to Australia.
  68. 68.THE GOLD HUNTERS’ ADVENTURES; — OR, WILD LIFE IN AUSTRALIA. — A FASCINATING STORY OF ADVENTURE.
  69. 69.A Whaleman’s Adventures — AT SEA, IN THE SANDWICH ISLANDS AND CALIFORNIA.
  70. 70.BY WM. H. THOMES, — Illustrated with Thirty-Six Fine Engravings.
  71. 71.RUNNING THE BLOCKADE; — OR, U. S. SECRET SERVICE ADVENTURES. — ELEGANTLY AND PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED.
  72. 72.The Gold Hunters in Europe — THE DEAD ALIVE. — By WM. H. THOMES,

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