The Forced Crime

About this eBook

Author

Boston, Ralph

Title

Nick Carter Stories No. 152, August 7, 1915: The Forced Crime; or, Nick Carter's Brazen Clew.

Original Publication

United States: Street & Smaith,1914,copyright 1915.

Credits

David Edwards, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (Northern Illinois University Digital Library)

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Detective and mystery stories, American -- Periodicals

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 68106

Release Date

May 17, 2022

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE FORCED CRIME; Or, NICK CARTER’S BRAZEN CLEW.
2. 2.CHAPTER I. A TALE OF BURGLARS.
3. 3.CHAPTER II. A HOUSE OF MYSTERY.
4. 4.CHAPTER III. WHAT THE BUDDHA SAID.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV. AN EARLY-MORNING CALL.
6. 6.CHAPTER V. THE HOLLOW TABLE LEG.
7. 7.CHAPTER VI. BROKEN THREADS.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII. PATSY GETS INTO THE GAME.
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. UNDER THE SPELL.
10. 10.CHAPTER IX. POWER AGAINST POWER.
11. 11.CHAPTER X. HIS HOUR OF SUCCESS.
12. 12.CHAPTER XI. THE CRASH OF THE IDOL. — Sheridan of the U. S. Mail. By RALPH BOSTON.
13. 13.CHAPTER XXII. A QUESTION OF COLOR.
14. 14.CHAPTER XXIII. UNTO THE LAST.
15. 15.CHAPTER XXIV. A SAD FAREWELL.
16. 16.CHAPTER XXV. THE LAST STAND.
17. 17.CHAPTER XXVI. CRUSHING EVIDENCE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XXVII. A BOOMERANG. — “SOLD.” — A SMART TOAD. — IT WAS FOUND. — TOO SHARP BY A THIRD.
19. 19.THE NEWS OF ALL NATIONS. — Gets Another Prison Term. — Woman, Seventy-four, Cutting New Teeth. — Saved by Strip of Canvas. — Snake’s Queer Predicament. — Terrapin Back After Twenty-five Years. — Makes Tumblers Out of Ice. — Interesting New Inventions. — Champion Quiltmaker—A Man—Defies Rivals. — Smallest Electric Motor. — Says Eyes Tell Tales to Most Shrewd Observers. — Fierce Man-eating Lion Dines on Dog. — Lawyer Seems to Have Amazing Dual Nature. — War Hits Circus Men; Few Tent Shows on Road. — Persistent Wooer Mauled. — Boy Bandit Comes to Grief. — Renders Objects Invisible. — Discovers Funniest Joke. — Patient is a Wireless “Nut.” — Favors Pardon for Youtsey. — Horse Falls in Hidden Well. — How White Woman Came Near Being an Indian. — Millionaire is Generous. — Twin Children Made Taller. — Little Ship Sails to Find Arctic Explorer. — “Belled” Buzzard Appears. — Woman Operates Zinc Mine. — Indian Given State Office. — Lightning-rod Dispute is Officially Settled. — Boy Attempts to Fly; Falls. — Sharpening Stones; Their Various Uses. — Stove Trouble is Solved. — Girls Hang to Ties for Life.

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