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Title: A Husband by Proxy

Author: Jack Steele

Release Date: October 10, 2006 [EBook #19523]

Language: English

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A HUSBAND BY PROXY

By

JACK STEELE

NEW YORK

GROSSET & DUNLAP

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1909, by

Desmond FitzGerald, Inc.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE PROPOSITION
II. A SECOND EMPLOYMENT
III. TWO ENCOUNTERS
IV. UNSPOKEN ANTAGONISM
V. THE "SHADOW"
VI. THE CORONER
VII. A STARTLING DISCOVERY
VIII. WHERE CLEWS MAY POINT
IX. A SUMMONS
X. A COMPLICATION
XI. THE SHOCK OF TRUTH
XII. A DISTURBING LOSS
XIII. A TRYST IN THE PARK
XIV. A PACKAGE OF DEATH
XV. SIGNIFICANT DISCOVERIES
XVI. IN QUEST OF DOROTHY
XVII. A RESCUE BY FORCE
XVIII. THE RACE
XIX. FRIGHT AND A DISAPPEARANCE
XX. NEW HAPPENINGS
XXI. REVELATIONS
XXII. A MAN IN THE CASE
XXIII. THE ENEMY'S TRACKS
XXIV. A NEW ALARM
XXV. A DEARTH OF CLEWS
XXVI. STARTLING DISCLOSURES
XXVII. LIKE A BOLT FROM THE BLUE
XXVIII. A HELPLESS SITUATION
XXIX. NIGHT-WALKERS
XXX. OVERTURES FROM THE ENEMY
XXXI. THE FRET OF WAITING
XXXII. A TRAGIC CULMINATION
XXXIII. FOSTER DURGIN
XXXIV. THE RICHES OF THE WORLD
XXXV. JOHN HARDY'S WILL
XXXVI. GARRISON'S VALUED FRIEND
XXXVII. A HONEYMOON

A Husband by Proxy

CHAPTER I

THE PROPOSITION

With the hum of New York above, below, and all about him, stirring his
pulses and prodding his mental activities, Jerold Garrison, expert
criminologist, stood at the window of his recently opened office,
looking out upon the roofs and streets of the city with a new sense of
pride and power in his being.

New York at last!

He was here--unknown and alone, it was true--but charged with an energy
that he promised Manhattan should feel.

He was almost penniless, with his office rent, his licenses, and other
expenses paid, but he shook his fist at the city,