PART IV Oh, linger by my side tonight, The hour will soon be past When I shall turn and gaze again To look on thee my last. — Mittie...

PART III “Alas! it’s far from russet frieze To silks and satin gowns, But I doubt if God made like degrees In courtly hearts and clowns;...

PART II “The curse is come upon me!” cried The lady of Shalott. — Tennyson. Lady Edith tried to banish the memory of her eventful day...

CHAPTER XXIV Conclusion After a happy week spent at his little home on the Sound, Wizard Will returned to his duties in town. He had made...

CHAPTER XXIII Wizard Will's Luck As soon as he left the cell of Ellis, the kidnapper of Willie Rossmore, Wizard Will went directly home,...

CHAPTER XXII Ensnared by a Watch The entrance of the Boy Detective into the police precinct caused a sensation, and his hand was grasped...

CHAPTER XXI Retribution at Last It was at Chicago that Will Raymond parted with Mr. Rossmore and the doctor, for he was anxious to get...

CHAPTER XX The Grave on the Prairie It was toward sunset, one pleasant afternoon, some ten days after the visit of the Boy Detective to...

CHAPTER XIX Unknown Kindred Ties Little dreaming that he was approaching the home of his mother, her birth-place, and that of her mother...

CHAPTER XVIII Headed Off After what he had heard, Will was most anxious to remain unseen, for he knew that Night Hawk Jerry would...

CHAPTER XVII On Secret Service The day and night of rest that Will took, which he really needed, for his capture, escape, and hard work,...

CHAPTER XVI The Raid The first point of destination of the police squad was to the door out of which Will had made his escape, and he led...

CHAPTER XV The Boy Guide The reader can fully appreciate the peril of Will when they know what was behind him, and that he had a room,...

CHAPTER XIV Will Plays his little Game Lying in his little bunk, which was an upper one, Will Raymond did not go to sleep. He saw the men...

CHAPTER XIII Put to the Test Before more could be said by any of the band, a bell rang over in the dumb waiter, and two men at once...

CHAPTER XII The Boy Captive Let me beg the kind reader, who has followed me through my story thus far, to recall an important personage...

CHAPTER XI A Rebuff Schuyler Cluett waited patiently for the time allowed his wife, in which to write to him, to pass, and no letter...

CHAPTER X Deserted Colonel Richard Ivey came back to his elegant home, from his trip to the West. He had telegraphed to have the carriage...

CHAPTER IX Phantoms of the Past It was a pleasant night and Mrs. Richard Ivey sat alone in the handsome library of her elegant country...

CHAPTER VIII The Dashing Dragoon Colonel Dick Ivey was a bachelor and a man of vast wealth. He had been an only son, and the idol of his...