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Title: The Egyptian Cat Mystery

Author: Harold Leland Goodwin

Release Date: March 11, 2010 [EBook #31598]

Language: English

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THE EGYPTIAN CAT MYSTERY

A RICK BRANT SCIENCE-ADVENTURE STORY

BY JOHN BLAINE

GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC., 1961
NEW YORK, N. Y.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

_Printed in the United States of America_

[Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not discover a U.S.
copyright renewal.]

[Illustration: _The room had been searched inch by inch. Someone wanted
the cat!_]

Contents

I THE WINSTON PLAN

II THE EGYPTIAN CAT

III CAIRO

IV EL MOUSKI

V SAHARA WELLS

VI THE CAT HAS KITTENS

VII THE EGYPTIAN MUSEUM

VIII THE MIDNIGHT CALL

IX THE UNINVITED VISITOR

X THE GREAT PYRAMID

XI THIRD BROTHER SMILES

XII THIRD BROTHER STOPS SMILING

XIII THE SPACE MYSTERY

XIV THE BROAD SAHARA

XV THE CAT COMES BACK

XVI THE HOWLING JACKALS

XVII ISMAIL BEN ADHEM

XVIII THE FIGHT AT SAHARA WELLS

XIX THE CAT'S SECRET

XX THE SIGNAL VANISHES

List of Illustrations

_The room had been searched inch by inch. Someone wanted the cat!_

_A snub-nosed revolver was pointed at Rick's midriff_

_Hands pulled Rick from the saddle_

THE EGYPTIAN CAT MYSTERY

CHAPTER I

The Winston Plan

The date was December twenty-third. The time along the Greenwich
meridian, from which all world times are measured, was 8:15 P.M. At
widely scattered points around the globe, four voices were raised
simultaneously.

Even an experienced observer could not have found a connection between
the four voices and what they were saying, yet each voice started
actions that would soon be interwoven into a single pattern--a pattern
of danger, adventure, and mystery that would culminate in sudden
violence within sight of o