CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. [CRACKING SILK] 1 II. [OVER THE CLIFF] 10 III. [A TRAIN WRECK] 22 IV. [SUBSTITUTE CAMERAMAN] 32 V. [TROUBLE AT THE GATE] 40 VI. [MAJOR HARTGROVE’S VISITOR] 49 VII. [A HINT TO THE WISE] 56 VIII. [DISTRUST] 64 IX. [FLASH ACCEPTS AN OFFER] 73 X. [CHECKING FACTS] 79 XI. [HIGH WATER] 88 XII. [BRIDGE OUT!] 99 XIII. [A POLO GAME] 107 XIV. [RASCOMB’S INVITATION] 115 XV. [THROUGH THE PASS] 125 XVI. [DOYLE’S TREACHERY] 135 XVII. [A KEY TO MYSTERY] 142 XVIII. [ESCAPE] 149 XIX. [A DOUBLE RESIGNATION] 156 XX. [ACCUSATIONS] 163 XXI. [RASCOMB’S EXPLANATION] 171 XXII. [THE MAJOR’S DISAPPEARANCE] 178 XXIII. [CAPTIVES] 188 XXIV. [A DESPERATE CHANCE] 195 XXV. [FADE-OUT] 202
FLASH EVANS
CAMERA NEWS HAWK
CHAPTER I
CRACKING SILK
Flash Evans dribbled the basketball down the gymnasium floor, gave it a final flip through the net, and started for the shower room.
“Not leaving, are you?” his friend, Jerry Hayes, called after him.
“Yes,” Flash answered regretfully, “I’ll be late getting back to work unless I do. Business before fun, you know.”
“Wait a minute and I’ll walk along to the Ledger office with you.”
“All right, but step on it! My ticker says ten of one.”
For as far back as the two boys could remember they had been close friends. Both were graduates of Brandale High School, lived on the same street, and enjoyed the same sports.