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The Project Gutenberg EBook of A Successful Shadow, by Harlan Page Halsey This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: A Successful Shadow A Detective's Successful Quest Author: Harlan Page Halsey Release Date: August 2, 2008 [EBook #26175] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SUCCESSFUL SHADOW *** Produced by Steven desJardins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net A SUCCESSFUL SHADOW; OR, A Detective's Successful Quest. BY OLD SLEUTH, _Author of All the Famous Old Sleuth Stories_. TABLE OF CONTENTS PROLOGUE. Chapter I THE SAME OLD INCIDENT OF A MISSING BEAUTY--A WIDOW'S NARRATIVE--AN AROUSED INTEREST--THE POSSIBILITIES IN A NAME--STARTLING SUGGESTIONS--WAS IT A CLUE. Chapter II A MOST SINGULAR AND WONDERFUL COINCIDENCE--THE DETECTIVE STRIKES A NEW TRAIL--A DENOUEMENT MOST WONDERFUL--POSSIBILITIES AND PROBABILITIES BEYOND PERADVENTURE. Chapter III ONE MYSTERY SOLVED--A SUCCESSFUL "SHADOW" INDEED--ON A NEW "LAY"--IN A GAMBLING ROOM--A NEW ACQUAINTANCE--THE DETECTIVE PERPLEXED--FALSE OR TRUE?--A RIDDLE TO BE SOLVED. Chapter IV PLAYING A DEEP GAME--AN AMENDED NARRATIVE--IN THE OPERA HOUSE--A RECOGNITION--GETTING DOWN TO FACTS BY ACCIDENT--THE STORY OF AN EXPECTANT HEIR--GAINING A CLEARER LIGHT. Chapter V A STARTLING BETRAYAL--THE CUTENESS OF THE DETECTIVE---SUGGESTIONS THROUGH A WORD--THE BODY IN THE BRUSH-WOOD--JACK LAYS A SCHEME--SADDEST OF ALL CONCLUSIONS. Chapter VI JACK'S DEEP INTEREST IN THE AFFAIR--A NEW GAME--BETTER PLAY--SHOTS THAT TOLD--A SCHEME UNMASKED--A HURRIED MESSAGE--THE DETECTIVE PLAYS SPANISH. Chapter VII A MEETING WITH THE BARON--STARTLING DISCLOSURES--AGAIN THE SPANISH MILLIONAIRE--SHADOWING DOWN FOR A CHAIN OF STEEL--THE DRAFT--A TRIUMPHANT TRICK--A DENOUEMENT TO COME. Chapter VIII JACK'S GREAT DETECTIVE WORK--"WALK INTO MY MESHES," SAID THE DETECTIVE--A ROGUE WALKS IN--THE FORGED ACCEPTANCE--CLOSING DOWN FOR A CONFESSION. Chapter IX JACK AT HIS BEST--THE HEARTLESS MILLIONAIRE--A TRICK THAT BROUGHT RESULTS--A CONFERENCE--TERRIBLE INTIMATIONS--THE MYSTERY CLEARED UP--SAFE BUT GREA
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