Knots Untied; Or, Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life of American DetectivesMcWatters, George S.
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Knots Untied; Or, Ways and By-ways in the Hidden Life of American Detectives
McWatters, George S.
Detectives
THE INNOCENT OFTEN SUFFER WITH THE GUILTY--THE DETECTIVES'
"KEYS"--REGRETS--LEONARD SAVAGE, A YOUNG MAN OF NEW HAMPSHIRE,
AND HIS FAMILY STOCK--RICHARD BROOKS, A WEALTHY NEW YORK
MERCHANT--HIS VISIT TO YOUNG SAVAGE'S FATHER--RESULTS--PARTIAL
BIOGRAPHY OF MR. BROOKS, IN WALL STREET AND ELSEWHERE--A SLAVE
TO FORTUNE--A FATHER'S PRIDE--MR. BROOKS' FEARFUL DREAM--MR.
BROOKS IN THE OLD HOME OF HIS CHILDHOOD--HOW A TRUE MAN TREATS
HIS WIFE--FAMILY ASPIRATIONS--THE LOVE OF YOUNG MEN--COUNTRY
AND CITY TEMPTATION--A "NEW SUIT," AND A TRIP TO THE
MOUNTAINS--A SURPRISING PRESENT--A HAPPY SEASON--A FEARFUL
CHANGE COMES--TERRIBLE RESULTS OF AN UNJUST JUDGMENT--STRANGEST
THING EVER KNOWN--A CATHOLIC PENITENT AN ACTOR IN THE
SCENES--REMORSE--UNRAVELLINGS IN AN UNEXPECTED WAY--A SPEEDY
VOYAGE TO EUROPE TO RESTORE THE WRONGED TO HIS RIGHT PLACE. 542
=THE PECULIAR ADVERTISEMENTS.=
THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCE--A NIGHT AT THE GIRARD HOUSE,
PHILADELPHIA--AN INOFFENSIVE GENTLEMAN, MY ROOM-MATE--I
DISTURB HIS SLEEP--A QUEER TALE--NELLIE WILSON AND HER
UNCLE--WILLIAM WILSON, NELLIE'S DISSOLUTE COUSIN--FEARFUL
LOVE-MAKING--A RESCUE--A CALL TO DUTY--A DEAD MAN'S WILL
MISSING--STUDYING UP THE CASE WITH THE GREAT CRIMINAL LAWYER,
JUDGE S.--FATE INTERPOSES--A MYSTERIOUS AND PECULIAR
ADVERTISEMENT--AT THE CONTINENTAL HOTEL, WAITING AND
WATCHING--AN "APPEARANCE"--WILLIAM WILSON AGAIN--AN UPPER
ROOM, AND THE VILLAINS THEREIN--A PRIVATE CONFERENCE NOT ALL
SECRET--A FLASH OF VICTORY BEFORE UTTER DEFEAT--NOTES AND
DOCUMENTS EXCHANGED--BASE REJOICINGS--FATAL NEGLECT--THE
SURPRISE--COMPLETE DISCOMFITURE--END ACCOMPLISHED--"COALS OF
FIRE," BUT THEY DO NO GOOD--VIOLENT DEATH--HAPPY
CONSEQUENCES--PECULIAR ADVERTISEMENTS UNRAVELLED. 571
=COL. NOVENA, PRINCE OF CONFIDENCE MEN.=
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