(OF THE SECRET SERVICE.)

Author of "Shadowed by Three," "Madeline Payne,"
"Dangerous Ground," "The Diamond Coterie,"
etc., etc.

CHICAGO:
ALEX. T. LOYD & CO.,
1885.
Copyright, 1885, by
ALEX. T. LOYD & CO.,
CHICAGO.
Copyright, 1882, by DONNELLEY, LOYD & CO.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

[Chapter I.]A Bad Beginning.[Chapter XXII][.]Two Departures.
[Chapter II.]The Enemy Makes a Move.[Chapter XXIII.]A Shot in the Dark.
[Chapter III.]Scenting a Mystery.[Chapter XXIV.]Jim Long Shows His Hand.
[Chapter IV.]Chartering a Dummy.[Chapter XXV.]In Which I Take Jim on Trust.
[Chapter V.]En Route for Trafton.[Chapter XXVI.]The Trail of the Assassin.
[Chapter VI.]Jim Long.[Chapter XXVII.]An Angry Heiress.
[Chapter VII.]We Organize.[Chapter XXVIII.]Jim Gives Bail.
[Chapter VIII.]A Resurrection.[Chapter XXIX.]Vigilants.
[Chapter IX.]Mob Law.[Chapter XXX.]A Chapter of Telegrams.
[Chapter X.]Two Fair Champions.[Chapter XXXI.]Carnes Tells His Story.
[Chapter XI.]A Cup of Tea.[Chapter XXXII.]Amy Holmes Confesses.
[Chapter XII.]A Big Haul.[Chapter XXXIII.]Johnny La Porte is Brought to Book.
[Chapter XIII.]'Squire Brookhouse Makes a Call.[Chapter XXXIV.]How Bethel was Warned.
[Chapter XIV.]Mrs. Ballou's Pistol Practice.[Chapter XXXV.]We Prepare For a "Party."
[Chapter XV.]Preparations of War.[Chapter XXXVI.]Something the Moon Failed to See.
[Chapter XVI.]Fly Crooks in Trafton.[Chapter XXXVII.]Caught in the Act.
[Chapter XVII.]Southward to Clyde.[Chapter XXXVIII.]"The Counterfeiter's Daughter."
[Chapter XVIII.]A Sewing Machine Agent.[Chapter XXXIX.]"Louise Barnard's Friendship."
[Chapter XIX.]Haunted by a Face.[Chapter XL.]The Story Of Harvey James.
[Chapter XX.]Some Bits Of Personal History.[Chapter XLI.]A Gathering of the Fragments.
[Chapter XXI.]"Evolving a Theory."[Chapter XLII.]In Conclusion.
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[Transcriber's Notes]

OUT OF A LABYRINTH.


CHAPTER I.
A BAD BEGINNING.