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Title: Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter

Author: Lawrence L. Lynch

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The Great Detective Story.

MADELINE PAYNE, THE DETECTIVE'S DAUGHTER.

by

LAWRENCE L. LYNCH,

(Of the Secret Service.)

Author of "Shadowed by Three," "The Diamond Coterie,"
"Out of a Labyrinth," etc., etc.

[Illustration: "Yes," she cried, wildly, "I know; you need not say
it"--page 219.]

Chicago:
Alex. T. Loyd & Co.
1888.

Copyright, 1883,
Donnelley, Loyd & Co.,
Chicago.

Copyright, 1883,
Alex. T. Loyd & Co.,
Chicago.

Copyright, 1884,
Alex. T. Loyd & Co.,
Chicago.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. MAN PROPOSES 9
II. THE OLD TREE'S REVELATIONS 16
III. THE STORY OF A CRIME 25
IV. THE DIE IS CAST 44
V. A SHREWD SCHEME 54
VI. A WARNING 64
VII. A STRUGGLE FOR MORE THAN LIFE 75
VIII. THREADS OF THE FABRIC 98
IX. GONE! 104
X. BONNIE, BEWITCHING CLAIRE 113
XI. A GLEAM OF LIGHT 121
XII. A MESSAGE FROM THE DEAD 130
XIII. MISS ARTHUR'S FRENCH MAID