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CHAPTER I. A GRAPEFRUIT PRELUDE.

CHAPTER II. MR. HOGG ENTERS THE LISTS.

CHAPTER III. WHITNEY BARNES UNDER FIRE.

CHAPTER IV. SMILES AND TEARS.

CHAPTER V. WHITNEY BARNES TELEPHONES TO THE RITZ.

CHAPTER VI. OFFICER 666 ON PATROL.

CHAPTER VII. THE LITTLE BROWN JAP.

CHAPTER VIII. ART, MYSTERY AND LOVE.

CHAPTER IX. THE CURSE OF MILLIONS.

CHAPTER X. THE HEARTBEATS OF MR. HOGG.

CHAPTER XI. GAINSBOROUGH "BLUE BOY."

CHAPTER XII. APPROACHING A WORLD OF MYSTERY.

CHAPTER VIII. TRAVERS GLADWIN GETS A THRILL.

CHAPTER XIV. THRILL BEGETS THRILL.

CHAPTER XV. HEROISM, LOVE AND SOMETHING ELSE.

CHAPTER XVI. THE TORMENT OF OFFICER 666.

CHAPTER XVII. TRAVERS GLADWIN IS CONSIDERABLY JARRED.

CHAPTER XVIII. SADIE BECOMES A CONSPIRATOR.

CHAPTER XIX. HELEN LEAVES AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE.

CHAPTER XX. MICHAEL PHELAN TO THE RESCUE.

CHAPTER XXI. TRAVERS GLADWIN GOES IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF.

CHAPTER XXII. A MILLIONAIRE POLICEMAN ON PATROL.

CHAPTER XXIII. OLD GRIM BARNES GETS A THRILL.

CHAPTER XXIV. AUNTIE TAKES THE TRAIL.

CHAPTER XXV. PHELAN MEETS HIS UNIFORM AGAIN.

CHAPTER XXVI. GLADWIN MEETS HIMSELF.

CHAPTER XXVII. MISADVENTURES OF WHITNEY BARNES.

CHAPTER XXVIII. AN INSTANCE OF EPIC NERVE.

CHAPTER XXIX. IN WHICH THE HERO IS KEPT ON THE HOP.

CHAPTER XXX. GLADWIN COMES OUT OF HIS SHELL.

CHAPTER XXXI. A VISIT TO THE EXILED PHELAN.

CHAPTER XXXII. IN WHICH BLUFF IS TRUMPS.

CHAPTER XXXIII. BATEATO SUMMONS BIG MUCH POLICE.

CHAPTER XXXIV. PHELAN LOSES HIS BRIBE.

CHAPTER XXXV. BATEATO KEEPS HIS PROMISE.

CHAPTER XXXVI. REPARTEE AND A REVOLVER MUZZLE.

CHAPTER XXXVII. HANDCUFFS AND LOVE.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. KEARNEY MEETS HIS MATCH.

CHAPTER XXXIX. PILING ON PHELAN'S AGONY.

CHAPTER XL. STRIKING WHILE THE IRON IS HOT.

CHAPTER XLI. THE ESCAPE.

CHAPTER XLII. MICHAEL PHELAN'S PREDICAMENT.

CHAPTER XLIII. THE CIRCUMVENTION OF AUNTIE.

CHAPTER XLIV. MISS FEATHERINGTON'S SHATTERED DREAM.

HIS GAZE HAD WANDERED TO THE GREAT CHEST, THE LID OF WHICH WAS DISTINCTLY RISING.


OFFICER 666

BARTON W. CURRIE
&
AUGUSTIN McHUGH

NEW YORK

A. L. BURT COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

original decorative cover


Copyright, 1912, By

The H. K. Fly Company


CONTENTS

I. A Grapefruit Prelude. 9
II. Mr. Hogg Enters the Lists. 15
III. Whitney Barnes Under Fire. 21
IV. Smiles and Tears. 28
V. Whitney Barnes Telephones to the Ritz. 33
VI. Officer 666 on Patrol. 38
VII. The Little Brown Jap. 44
VIII. Art, Mystery and Love. 50
IX. The Curse of Millions. 56
X. The Heartbeats of Mr. Hogg. 61
XI. Gainsborough “Blue Boy.” 65
XII. Approaching a World of Mystery. 73
VIII. Travers Gladwin Gets a Thrill. 77
XIV. Thrill Begets Thrill. 83
XV. Heroism, Love and Something Else. 90
XVI. The Torment of Officer 666. 96
XVII. Travers Gladwin Is Considerably Jarred. 100
XVIII. Sadie Becomes a Conspirator. 106
XIX. Helen Leaves an Important Message. 112
XX. Michael Phelan to the Rescue. 118
XXI. Travers Gladwin Goes in Search of Himself. 127
XXII. A Millionaire Policeman on Patrol. 133
XXIII. Old Grim Barnes Gets a Thrill. 142
XXIV. Auntie Takes the Trail. 148
XXV. Phelan Meets His Uniform Again. 159
XXVI. Gladwin Meets Himself. 168
XXVII. Misadventures of Whitney Barnes. 179
XXVIII. An Instance of Epic Nerve. 187
XXIX. In Which the Hero Is Kept on the Hop. 192
XXX. Gladwin Comes out of His Shell. 202
XXXI. A Visit to the Exiled Phelan. 207
XXXII. In Which Bluff Is Trumps. 214
XXXIII. Bateato Summons Big Much Police. 222
XXXIV. Phelan Loses His Bribe. 228
XXXV. Bateato Keeps His Promise. 236
XXXVI. Repartee and a Revolver Muzzle. 247
XXXVII. Handcuffs and Love. 254
XXXVIII. Kearney Meets His Match. 262
XXXIX. Piling on Phelan’s Agony. 269
XL. Striking While the Iron Is Hot. 278
XLI. The Escape. 285
XLII. Michael Phelan’s Predicament. 291
XLIII. The Circumvention of Auntie. 298
XLIV. Miss Featherington’s Shattered Dream. 304

ILLUSTRATIONS

His gaze had wandered to the great chest, the lid of which was distinctly rising. Frontispiece
“Now here’s a cunning little line”, he pursued. “That shows something too.” 110
“Give me me uniform an’ let me git out of here.” 164
“He’s almost as madly in love with her as I am.” 282

The Publishers wish to acknowledge, with thanks, the permission to use some sketches of the H. C. Miner Lithographing Company in illustrating this book.


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