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Title: Torchy, Private Sec.

Author: Sewell Ford

Illustrator: F. Foster Lincoln

Release Date: February 19, 2007 [EBook #20627]

Language: English

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By SEWELL FORD

TORCHY
TRYING OUT TORCHY
ON WITH TORCHY
TORCHY, PRIVATE SEC.
ODD NUMBERS
"Shorty McCabe"
SHORTY McCABE ON THE JOB

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[Illustration: "Why didn't you tell me before that you had such a grand
name?" Frontispiece]

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TORCHY,
PRIVATE SEC.

BY
SEWELL FORD

AUTHOR OF
TORCHY, TRYING OUT TORCHY,
ON WITH TORCHY, ETC.

ILLUSTRATIONS BY
F. FOSTER LINCOLN

NEW YORK
GROSSET & DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS

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COPYRIGHT, 1914, 1915, BY
SEWELL FORD

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY
EDWARD J. CLODE

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

I. The Up Call for Torchy 1
II. Torchy Makes the Sir Class 19
III. Torchy Takes a Chance 37
IV. Breaking It to the Boss 56
V. Showing Gilkey the Way 75
VI. When Skeet Had His Day 95
VII. Getting a Jolt from Westy 113
VIII. Some Guesses on Ruby 129
IX. Torchy Gets an Inside Tip 148
X. Then Along Came Sukey 170
XI. Teamwork with Aunty 188
XII. Zenobia Digs Up a Late One 206
XIII. Sifting Out Uncle Bill 223
XIV. How Aunty Got the News 243
XV. Mr. Robert and a Certain Party 259
XVI. Torchy Tackles a Short Circuit 275
XVII. Mr. Robert Gets a Slant 290
XVIII. When Ella May Came By