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Title: Against Odds
A Detective Story

Author: Lawrence L. Lynch

Release Date: August 11, 2009 [EBook #29670]

Language: English

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AGAINST ODDS

A Detective Story

BY

LAWRENCE L. LYNCH
(E. MURDOCH VAN DEVENTER),

AUTHOR OF

'SHADOWED BY THREE,' 'A SLENDER CLUE,' 'A DEAD MAN'S STEP,'
'MOINA,' ETC.

_COPYRIGHT._

LONDON:

WARD, LOCK & BOWDEN, LIMITED,

WARWICK HOUSE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.

NEW YORK AND MELBOURNE.

1894.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. 'CHICARGO GITS MY MONEY' 1

II. 'I TOLD MY TALE OF WOE' 12

III. A CONUNDRUM 25

IV. 'I CAN'T MAKE MYSELF LIKE HIM' 35

V. 'IT'S ALL A MIRACLE' 44

VI. 'A CRIMINAL HUNT' 54

VII. 'IT WAS GREENBACK BOB' 63

VIII. 'STRAIGHT FROM THE SHOULDER' 75

IX. IN DISGUISE 82

X. CARL MASTERS 92

XI. 'I DISLIKE A MYSTERY' 101

XII. 'MORE DANGEROUS THAN HATE' 111

XIII. FACE TO FACE WITH DELBRAS 122

XIV. MISSI