Officer 666
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
Copyright, 1912, By
The H. K. Fly Company
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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Officer 666
Barton Wood Currie
Augustin McHugh
Officer 666
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
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.