CHAPTER II "Come in," said Laurel, faintly, in answer to the sharp rap at the door. The cheap, plain funeral was over, and the orphan sat...

CHAPTER IX IKE'S PERTINACITY IS REWARDED IN A MOST REMARKABLE MANNER—HE PROVES ALL THEORIES AND REDEEMS ALL PROMISES. The exchange of...

CHAPTER VIII IKE MAKES A MOST REMARKABLE DISCOVERY AND ALSO PICKS UP CLUES WHICH ENABLE HIM TO START OUT INTELLIGENTLY ON A SHADOW FOR...

CHAPTER VII IKE RESORTS TO A VERY CUNNING TRICK AND USES HIS GREAT GIFT IN A VERY REMARKABLE MANNER—HIS JOKE IS FOLLOWED BY STARTLING...

CHAPTER VI IKE RECOVERS THE BONDS THROUGH HIS FRIEND, DETECTIVE DU FLORE, AND HE AND HIS FELLOW VENTRILOQUIST FALL INTO NEW ADVENTURES....

CHAPTER V JACK AND IKE PLAY A TRICK ON A BAD MAN AND VERIFY IKE'S SUSPICION THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING UP—THE BAD MAN TAKES A SWIM INSTEAD...

CHAPTER IV IKE AND JACK LISTEN TO AN ODD NARRATIVE AND WITH THE DETECTIVE LAY PLANS TO MAKE A GRAND CAPTURE. Du Flore, continuing his...

CHAPTER III THE VENTRILOQUISTS DO RATTLE THE SERGEANT AND HIS PLATOON AND AGAIN RAISE OLD CAIN IN A MOST REMARKABLE MANNER. The two vocal...

CHAPTER II A MUTUAL RECOGNITION FOLLOWS BETWEEN TWO WONDERFUL VENTRILOQUISTS AND AT ONCE THEY COMMENCE TOGETHER THEIR EXTRAORDINARY...

CHAPTER IV Half an hour later Ike was standing on the corner agreed upon when he saw a country gawk approach. The latter stepped up to...

CHAPTER III While the conversation we have recorded was in progress the man led our hero upstairs and Ike beheld a strong room, a place...

CHAPTER II Ike was a curious little fellow. We mean, he possessed the bump of curiosity to a great degree and he was constantly poking...

CHAPTER XXVI BACK TO LOVE AND LIFE Max fell into a chair. He stared at Dudley for a few moments before he could speak. Dudley's father!...

CHAPTER XXV THE MYSTERY EXPLAINED Max helped the detective raise the man from the ground. He was quite dead, and from the position in...

CHAPTER XXIV MAX MAKES A STAND AND A DISCOVERY There was a pause, and then Carrie, without answering him, turned to go back into the...

CHAPTER XXIII THE BLUE-EYED NURSE It was at the door of Dudley's sick room that Carrie informed Max that she had learned a secret from...

CHAPTER XXII TWO WOMEN Bob grinned with satisfaction when Max, expressing his gratification, dropped into his hand a half-sovereign....

CHAPTER XXI A DUBIOUS REFUGE The night was clammy and cold. The fog was growing thicker, blacker. And the water of the Thames, as Max...

CHAPTER XX THE PREY OF THE RIVER "Help! Help!" shouted Dudley. "Do you want to drown me?" Great as the shock was of finding himself flung...

CHAPTER XIX A STRANGE PAIR As Carrie, with her feminine acuteness, had guessed, Dudley Horne had never had any intention of returning to...