CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION 15
II. A NEW CASE 25
III. “GOOD LUCK” 35
IV. TULLY’S CHALLENGE 41
V. ON THE SOUTHERN LIMITED 45
VI. STRANGE EVENTS 54
VII. THE MAN ON THE PLATFORM 64
VIII. TULLY’S PAPERS VANISH 73
IX. BOB GETS A WARNING 84
X. IN CAR 43 93
XI. DOUBLE DANGER 99
XII. A NEW MYSTERY 110
XIII. GOING ON 117
XIV. THE LIGHTS GO OUT 125
XV. IN THE AISLE 132
XVI. FIGHTING FOR LIFE 139
XVII. INTO ANGRY WATERS 144
XVIII. PICKING UP CLUES 149
XIX. THE WARNING 156
XX. MEAGER HOPES 162
XXI. SPECIAL AGENT NINE 167
XXII. A HARD ASSIGNMENT 174
XXIII. SNAP AIM SCORES 186
XXIV. AT THE HOSPITAL 190
XXV. BOB GETS READY 195
XXVI. “DON’T MOVE!” 199
XXVII. SHERIFF MCCURDY TALKS 207
XXVIII. THEORIES 211
XXIX. MORE CLUES 216
XXX. READY FOR ACTION 222
XXXI. A BOAT FLASHES PAST 227
XXXII. LOST ISLAND AHEAD 232
XXXIII. OUT OF THE NIGHT 236
XXXIV. IN THE SHANTY 240
XXXV. REVERSING THE TABLES 245
XXXVI. UNTANGLING THE WEB 248
Chapter I
AN EMBARRASSING SITUATION
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Bob Houston, the youngest agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, stepped out of the Department of Justice Building and turned toward home, his heart beating faster than it had in months. It hardly seemed real but he was now a full-fledged agent in the greatest man hunting division in the Federal Government.
Bob paused a moment at the curb. Another man who had emerged from the justice building joined him. It was his uncle, Merritt Hughes, one of the most famous detectives in the department. He put his arm around Bob’s shoulders and shook him in a rough but friendly embrace.
“Well, Bob, how does it feel to be a real federal agent?” he asked.
