She figured once at a masked ball that was raided by the police 260 Once she had been on the stage, but she got a rough deal and quit 268 When the clock struck two she was on the table doing a dance 278 CONTENTS A LITTLE EASY MONEY 7 CASTING AN OLD SHOE 19 THE LONG WAY ’ROUND 27 THE QUEEN OF CHINATOWN 39 A GIRL OF THE GOLDEN GATE 47 WHEN FISTS WERE TRUMPS 57 KID AND HIS TEN THOUSAND 69 AN ORIENTAL NOCTURNE 79 A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION 89 THE END OF THE ROAD 99 THE THROWBACK 109 FROM THE WOODS TO BROADWAY 117 THE WHIMS OF CURVES 127 CHEYENNE NELL; TRIMMER 137 TRAGEDY OF A DANCE 147 THE MONOLOGUE GIRL’S STORY 157 A TWISTED LOVE AFFAIR 163 WEDDING RINGS AND FOOTLIGHTS 173 TOLD BY THE MANICURE GIRL 183 INVESTING IN A HUSBAND 193 TRAINING AN OLD SPORT 201 CONCERNING A SYRIAN BEAUTY 211 THE REJUVENATION OF PATSY 221 A CASE OF KNOCKOUT DROPS 231 DISCOVERING A PRIMA DONNA 241 A THROW OF THE DICE 249 A VOICE IN THE SLUMS 259 A GIRL OF THE NIGHT 269 AFTER THE WEDDING BELLS 279 A LITTLE EASY MONEY A great many years ago, when Tom Byrnes was the able and efficient chief of the detective force of New York, a certain class of women, very much in evidence around the hotels and resorts, were known, from the peculiar manner of their work, as Badger Molls. There was one in particular who had added a spectacular dance to her many other accomplishments and which helped her not a little in meeting the right kind of people.