From Now On
CONTENTS
A WILD and prolonged roar came from every quarter of the race track. It swelled in volume. It came again and again. Pandemonium itself seemed loosed.
Outside the enclosure, a squat, fat man, the perspiration rolling in streams down his face, tugged at his collar with frantic, nervous jerks, as he leaned in over the side of a high-powered car, and with his other hand gripped at the arm of the young man in the driver's seat.
“Dave, listen to 'em! My God, listen to 'em!” snarled the fat man.
Dave Henderson, with the toe of his boot, moved the little black satchel that the other had dropped on the floor of the car farther to one side; and, by way of excuse for disengaging his arm, reached into his pocket for his cigarettes.
“I can hear 'em—even a yard away out here!” he said imperturbably. “Sounds like a great day for the bookies—not!”
The fat man secured his grip on Dave Henderson's arm again.
Frank L. Packard
FROM NOW ON
Author Of “The Night Operator,” “The Adventures Of Jimmie Dale,” Etc.
The Copp, Clark Co., Limited Toronto
FROM NOW ON
BOOK I: THE CHASE
I—ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
II—THE THEFT
III—THE TRAP
IV—TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS' REWARD——DEAD OR ALIVE
BOOK II: FIVE YEARS LATER
I—CONVICT NO. 550
II—WOLVES ON THE SCENT
III—BREAD UPON THE WATERS
BOOK III: PATHS OF THE UNDERWORLD
I—THE DOOR ON THE LANE
II—SANCTUARY
III—NICOLO CAPRIANO PLAYS HIS CARDS
IV—THE MANTLE OF ONE IGNACE FERRONI
V—CON AMORE
VI—THE HOUSE OF MYSTERY DRAWS ITS BLINDS
BOOK IV: THE IRON TAVERN
I—THE RENDEZVOUS
II—THE FIRST GUEST
III—THE SECOND GUEST
IV—THE THIRD GUEST
V—THE ROOM ON THE THIRD FLOOR
VI—HALF AN ALLEY
VII—THE MAN WITH THE FLASHLIGHT
VIII—BOOKIE SKARVAN PAYS HIS ACCOUNT
IX—THE ENDING OF THE NIGHT
X—GOD'S CHANCE
