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Title: Curlie Carson Listens In

Author: Roy J. Snell

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Language: English

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CURLIE CARSON LISTENS IN

by

ROY J. SNELL

The Reilly & Lee Co.
Chicago

Printed in the United States of America
Copyright, 1922
by
The Reilly & Lee Co.
All Rights Reserved

Curlie Carson Listens In

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I A STRANGE MESSAGE 9
II SOMETHING BIG 20
III A WHISPER IN THE NIGHT 34
IV A GAME FOR TWO 46
V IN THE DARK 55
VI A REAL DISCOVERY 64
VII CURLIE RECEIVES A SHOCK 75
VIII CURLIE MEETS A MILLIONAIRE 84
IX A MYSTERIOUS MAP 95
X THE FIRST LAP OF A LONG JOURNEY 107
XI "MANY BARBARIANS AND MUCH GOLD" 117
XII OUT TO SEA IN A COCKLESHELL 126
XIII A GHOST WALKS 134
XIV THE COMING STORM 141
XV S. O. S. 151
XVI A CONFESSION 160
XVII A BLINDING FLASH OF LIGHT 170
XVIII THE STORMY PETREL GETS AN ANSWER 177
XIX THE MAP'S SECRET 185
XX A SEA ABOVE A SEA 194
XXI THE BOATS ARE GONE 203
XXII THE WRECK OF THE KITTLEWAKE 211
XXIII THE MIRACLE 219
XXIV THE STORY OF THE MAP 227
XXV OFF ON ANOTHER WILD CHASE 234

CURLIE CARSON LISTENS IN

CHAPTER I

A STRANGE MESSAGE

Behind locked and barred doors, surrounded by numberless
mysterio