“All aboard!” “All but passengers ashore.” The loud, stentorian voices of the officers of the magnificent palace steamer L’Orient, of ...

“Where’s McKay?” “Still absent with his Warm Springers. I do not expect him before midnight.” “And Artena?” “Dead or alive, she is ...

When it became noised that Frank Reade Jr. the distinguished inventor, was about to make a trip to the far West with his wonderful Steam ...

It was evening among the stately cottonwoods and poplars that lined the banks of the Maumee, and the dying day an August one in the year ...

Pontiac, the Ottawa, was dead! Yes, the fearless originator of the greatest Indian conspiracy on record had received a death blow at ...

From a cottage window, embowered in azure morning glories, a girl’s sweet voice sang blithely: “My heart with joy would thrill if you ...

“Oh! I have grown so tired of this continual round of parties, calls, and theater-going; I do wish something would happen to break the ...

“He’s the most lifelike corpse I ever saw in my life, and I’ve seen several in my time,” said Jack Howard, a stalwart, bronze-featured ...

“See here, Dick Armstrong; when you’ve taken that water into the house, I want you to clean these. Do you understand?” The speaker, a ...

“Halt! who comes there?” Time: Daybreak on the morning of May 6th, 1864. Scene: A wild, broken area of country in northern Georgia. ...

Originally published: Oct. 6, 1905 Genres: Children's Goodreads link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62840662-a-lucky-deal-or-the-cu...

Old Sleuth, aka Harlan Page Halsey, wrote many mystery novels, and one of his recurring characters was Nimble Ike. Ike is a 14-year-old...

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...