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Title: A Woman at Bay
A Fiend in Skirts

Author: Nicholas Carter

Release Date: September 26, 2008 [EBook #26704]

Language: English

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A WOMAN AT BAY

OR

A Fiend in Skirts

BY NICHOLAS CARTER

Author of "Out of Crime's Depths," "Reaping the Whirlwind," "An Artful
Schemer," etc.

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By STREET & SMITH

A Woman at Bay

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I THE KING OF THE YEGGMEN. 5
II THE YEGGMEN'S CAMP FIRE. 22
III THE "KING'S" LIEUTENANT. 31
IV THE OUTLAW'S HOME. 40
V NICK'S WONDERFUL STRENGTH. 49
VI NICK CARTER ROBS A BANK. 67
VII THE DETECTIVE'S PREDICAMENT. 76
VIII THE DETECTIVES FACE A CRISIS. 94
IX THE ESCAPE FROM THE SWAMP. 104
X ESCAPE OF THE HOBO QUEEN. 114
XI PATSY'S DANGEROUS MISSION. 121
XII BILL TURNER, THE WOODSMAN. 128
XIII BLACK MADGE'S LIEUTENANT. 146
XIV BLACK MADGE GIVES JUDGMENT. 165
XV NICK'S CLEVEREST CAPTURE. 182
XVI NICK MAKES BAD MEDICINE. 201
XVII A WHOLESALE ROUND-UP. 210
XVIII BLACK MADGE'S THREAT. 218
XIX THE BAND OF HATRED. 226
XX A CHAPTER OF ACCIDENTS. 241
XXI CURLY JOHN, THE BANK THIEF. 249
XXII AT MIKE GRINNEL'S DIVE. 257
XXIII BLACK MADGE'S DEFIANCE. 266
XXIV THE FLIGHT THROUGH THE CELLAR. 275
XXV THE MAN IN THE BED.