McKINLAY, STONE & MACKENZIE
NEW YORK

COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY
THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

[Chapter I ][Chapter II ][Chapter III ][Chapter IV ]
[Chapter V (a) ][Chapter V (b) ][Chapter VI ][Chapter VII ]
[Chapter VIII ][Chapter IX ][Chapter X ][Chapter XI ]
[Chapter XII ][Chapter XIII ][Chapter XIV ][Chapter XV ]
[Chapter XI ][Chapter XII ][Chapter XIII ][Chapter XIX ]
[Chapter XX ][Chapter XXI ]

NEVER-FAIL BLAKE

I

Blake, the Second Deputy, raised his gloomy hound's eyes as the door opened and a woman stepped in. Then he dropped them again.

"Hello, Elsie!" he said, without looking at her.

The woman stood a moment staring at him. Then she advanced thoughtfully toward his table desk.