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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Expressman and the Detective, by Allan Pinkerton
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ALLAN PINKERTON'S
DETECTIVE STORIES.
The Robber.
THE
THE
EXPRESSMAN
AND
THE DETECTIVE.
CONTENTS
PREFACE.
PUBLISHERS' NOTICE.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
THE EXPRESSMAN
AND
AND
THE DETECTIVE.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
At this inopportune moment Simon gave way to his oars, and left the poor deputy hanging in the air.—Page 40.
At this inopportune moment Simon gave way to his oars, and left the poor deputy hanging in the air.—Page 40.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
"Yah, yah, yah," roared both the darkies, "you don't know Mudder Binks! why she keeps the finest gals on all de ribber."—Page 69.
"As he gaily entered the gallery twirling his handsome cane, he was welcomed by a pleasant smile from a young lady, an octoroon."—Page 73.
"As he gaily entered the gallery twirling his handsome cane, he was welcomed by a pleasant smile from a young lady, an octoroon."—Page 73.
"Yah, yah, yah," roared both the darkies, "you don't know Mudder Binks! why she keeps the finest gals on all de ribber."—Page 69.
"As he gaily entered the gallery twirling his handsome cane, he was welcomed by a pleasant smile from a young lady, an octoroon."—Page 73.
"As he gaily entered the gallery twirling his handsome cane, he was welcomed by a pleasant smile from a young lady, an octoroon."—Page 73.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
Cox and his friends joined in having a good time at the tinker's expense, and pronounced him "the prince of good fellows."—Page 86.
Cox and his friends joined in having a good time at the tinker's expense, and pronounced him "the prince of good fellows."—Page 86.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XV.
"Franklin gave his orders and the delicious bivalves were soon smoking before them. He called for champagne, and under its exhilarating influence grew wittier and wittier, and kept the alderman in such roars of laughter that he could scarcely swallow his oysters."—Page 125.
"You are my prisoner!" said he. "Nathan Maroney, I demand that you immediately deliver to me fifty thousand dollars, the property of the Adams Express Company."—Page 131.
"You are my prisoner!" said he. "Nathan Maroney, I demand that you immediately deliver to me fifty thousand dollars, the property of the Adams Express Company."—Page 131.
"Franklin gave his orders and the delicious bivalves were soon smoking before them. He called for champagne, and under its exhilarating influence grew wittier and wittier, and kept the alderman in such roars of laughter that he could scarcely swallow his oysters."—Page 125.
"You are my prisoner!" said he. "Nathan Maroney, I demand that you immediately deliver to me fifty thousand dollars, the property of the Adams Express Company."—Page 131.
"You are my prisoner!" said he. "Nathan Maroney, I demand that you immediately deliver to me fifty thousand dollars, the property of the Adams Express Company."—Page 131.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
"On and on he plunged through the darkness, following the sound of the hoofs and the wheels; at times he felt that he must give up and drop by the way, but he forced the feeling back and plunged on with the determination of winning."—Page 145.
"On and on he plunged through the darkness, following the sound of the hoofs and the wheels; at times he felt that he must give up and drop by the way, but he forced the feeling back and plunged on with the determination of winning."—Page 145.
CHAPTER XVIII.
"Wal stranger, whar yar bound," was his first salutation. Roch looked at him in a bewildered way, and then said, "Nichts verstehe!"—Page 158.
"Wal stranger, whar yar bound," was his first salutation. Roch looked at him in a bewildered way, and then said, "Nichts verstehe!"—Page 158.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER XX.
CHAPTER XXI.
"Mrs. Maroney looked him full in the face with flashing eyes, clenched her little hand, and in a voice hoarse from passion, exclaimed: 'What do you want here, you scoundrel?'"—Page 190.
"Mrs. Maroney looked him full in the face with flashing eyes, clenched her little hand, and in a voice hoarse from passion, exclaimed: 'What do you want here, you scoundrel?'"—Page 190.
CHAPTER XXII.
CHAPTER XXIII.
CHAPTER XXIV.
In a second, Mrs. Maroney grasped a pitcher and smashed it over Josh.'s skull.—Page 222.
Raising the dead animal by its caudal appendage, he angrily exclaimed, "That's my dog!"—Page 226.
Raising the dead animal by its caudal appendage, he angrily exclaimed, "That's my dog!"—Page 226.
In a second, Mrs. Maroney grasped a pitcher and smashed it over Josh.'s skull.—Page 222.
Raising the dead animal by its caudal appendage, he angrily exclaimed, "That's my dog!"—Page 226.
Raising the dead animal by its caudal appendage, he angrily exclaimed, "That's my dog!"—Page 226.
CHAPTER XXV.
CHAPTER XXVI.
"As he stood outside of the counter, I was enabled to call off all the packages on the way-bill, but dropped the four containing the forty thousand dollars under the counter."—Page 237.
"As he stood outside of the counter, I was enabled to call off all the packages on the way-bill, but dropped the four containing the forty thousand dollars under the counter."—Page 237.
CHAPTER XXVII.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
CHAPTER XXIX.
"The peddler lifted his satchel into the buggy; the Madam hurriedly emptied it of its contents, and holding it open, jammed the bundle of money into it, and handed it back to the peddler."—Page 268.
"The peddler lifted his satchel into the buggy; the Madam hurriedly emptied it of its contents, and holding it open, jammed the bundle of money into it, and handed it back to the peddler."—Page 268.
CHAPTER XXX.
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