By SEWELL FORD
TORCHY
TRYING OUT TORCHY
ON WITH TORCHY
TORCHY, PRIVATE SEC.
ODD NUMBERS
"Shorty McCabe"
SHORTY McCABE ON THE JOB

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME BEFORE THAT YOU HAD SUCH A GRAND NAME?" Frontispiece


TORCHY, PRIVATE SEC. BY SEWELL FORD AUTHOR OF TORCHY, TRYING OUT TORCHY, ON WITH TORCHY, ETC. ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. FOSTER LINCOLN NEW YORK GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1914, 1915, by SEWELL FORD Copyright, 1915, by EDWARD J. CLODE

Contents

ITHE UP CALL FOR TORCHY[1]
IITORCHY MAKES THE SIR CLASS[19]
IIITORCHY TAKES A CHANCE[37]
IVBREAKING IT TO THE BOSS[56]
VSHOWING GILKEY THE WAY[75]
VIWHEN SKEET HAD HIS DAY[95]
VIIGETTING A JOLT FROM WESTY[113]
VIIISOME GUESSES ON RUBY[129]
IXTORCHY GETS AN INSIDE TIP[148]
XTHEN ALONG CAME SUKEY[170]
XITEAMWORK WITH AUNTY[188]
XIIZENOBIA DIGS UP A LATE ONE[206]
XIIISIFTING OUT UNCLE BILL[223]
XIVHOW AUNTY GOT THE NEWS[243]
XVMR. ROBERT AND A CERTAIN PARTY[259]
XVITORCHY TACKLES A SHORT CIRCUIT[275]
XVIIMR. ROBERT GETS A SLANT[290]
XVIIIWHEN ELLA MAY CAME BY[306]
XIXSOME HOOP-LA FOR THE BOSS[323]