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Title: The Social Gangster

Author: Arthur B. Reeve

Illustrator: Will Foster

Release Date: August 19, 2010 [EBook #33466]

Language: English

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THE SOCIAL GANGSTER

THE CRAIG KENNEDY SERIES

BY ARTHUR B. REEVE

FRONTISPIECE BY WILL FOSTER

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK AND LONDON

Copyright, 1916, by HARPER & BROTHERS
Printed in the United States of America

[Illustration: JUST BEFORE WE WERE OFF A TELEGRAM CAME TO HER, WHICH SHE
READ AND HASTILY STUFFED INTO A POCKET OF HER RIDING HABIT]

CONTENTS

I. THE SOCIAL GANGSTER

II. THE CABARET ROUGE

III. THE FOX HUNT

IV. THE TANGO THIEF

V. THE "THE DANSANT"

VI. THE SERUM DIAGNOSIS

VII. THE DIAMOND QUEEN

VIII. THE ANESTHETIC VAPORIZER

IX. THE TWILIGHT SLEEP

X. THE SIXTH SENSE

XI. THE INFERNAL MACHINES

XII. THE SUBMARINE BELL

XIII. THE SUPER-TOXIN

XIV. THE SECRET AGENTS

XV. THE GERM OF ANTHRAX

XVI. THE SLEEPMAKER

XVII. THE INTER-URBAN HANDICAP

XVIII. THE TOXIN OF FATIGUE

XIX. THE X-RAY DETECTIVE

XX. THE MECHANICAL CONNOISSEUR

XXI. THE RADIOGRAPH WITNESS

XXII. THE ABSOLUTE ZERO

XXIII. THE VACUUM BOTTLE

XXIV. THE SOLAR PLEXUS

XXV. THE DEMON ENGINE

XXVI. THE ELECTROLYSIS CLEW

XXVII. THE PERPETUAL MOTION MACHINE

XXVIII. THE CANCER HOUSE

XXIX. THE QUACK DOCTORS

XXX. THE FILTERABLE VIRUS

XXXI. THE VOODOO MYSTERY

XXXII. THE FLUORISCINE TEST

XXXIII. THE RESPIRATION CALORIMETER

XXXIV. THE EVIL EYE

XXXV. THE BURIED TREASURE

XXXVI. THE WEED OF MADNESS

THE SOCIAL GANGSTER

CHAPTER I

THE SOCIAL GANGSTER

"I'm so worried over Gloria, Professor Kennedy, that I hardly know what
I'm doing."

Mrs. Bradford Brackett