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Excerpt: "Behind a big rock which looked down over the wide, straggling road that ran upward through the mountains crouched a long, lean figure. Snuggled against his right shoulder was a rifle, and the bearded face beneath the broad-brimmed panama was turned toward the roadway below. The hot sun beat down remorselessly, and its blinding rays were reflected from the rocks. Perspiration poured down the man's face, and now and then he moved impatiently to brush away some buzzing insect. His head was raised slightly above the level of the rock, and from his point of vantage a splendid panorama spread out beneath him. To his left lay the mountains, blue, remote, and full of rugged dignity all their own. To his right, a fertile South American valley revealed itself in the shimmering distance. Occasionally, as a light puff of wind came up from the lowlands, it brought with it the dull, heavy noise of an engine at work. Half an hour passed, and then the first sign of life was revealed in the roadway below. There appeared round a bend a long line of mules, each of them burdened with two big packs. In front of the[6] train of mules walked a white man clad in dingy overalls. The figure crouching behind the rock moved slightly and seemed to grow tense and expectant, while the eyes in the bearded face glinted as they peered down at the road. Nothing happened, however. The mules plodded on, with their leader striding away ahead of them, and the lonely sentinel watched them until they had passed down the road and had vanished below the level of the rise which led them on to the plains. "He ought to be coming soon now." The man spoke aloud, and there was a curious, metallic sound in his rasping voice. Ten minutes passed, and then the clear, drumming sound of a horse's hoofs came to him, and presently around the same jagged spur there appeared the figure of a man on horseback. He was riding along at a good pace, but the reins were lying loosely across the horse's neck, and the animal was picking its way unguided down the rough surface of the road. Evidently it was on a familiar trail."
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length6 hrs 9 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 30, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I. A SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
2CHAPTER II. THE WITNESS MAKES CONDITIONS.
3CHAPTER III. AN UNFORTUNATE LETTER.
4CHAPTER IV. CRAWFORD IS TROUBLED.
5CHAPTER V. ANOTHER MURDEROUS ATTACK.
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6CHAPTER VI. THE LOVE OF COMRADES.
7CHAPTER VII. FOLLANSBEE HITS THE NAIL.
8CHAPTER VIII. “NAME YOUR PRICE.”
9CHAPTER IX. A “FAIR” OFFER.
10CHAPTER X. THE RAISED CHECK.
11CHAPTER XI. A DISTINGUISHED SCOUNDREL.
12CHAPTER XII. THE DEADLY TUBE.
13CHAPTER XIII. CHICK SIGHTS THE “BUZZARD.”
14CHAPTER XIV. NICK’S ASSISTANT DECAMPS.
15CHAPTER XV. A BAD COMBINATION.
16CHAPTER XVI. A BIRD OF ILL OMEN.
17CHAPTER XVII. NICK CARTER MISCALCULATES.
18CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE FIRE ESCAPE.
19CHAPTER XIX. A FIENDISH PLOT.
20CHAPTER XX. QUICK WORK IS NECESSARY.
21CHAPTER XXI. IN NEED OF EVIDENCE.
22CHAPTER XXII. HELP FROM THE HOUSE DETECTIVE.
23CHAPTER XXIII. THE HYPODERMIC.
24CHAPTER XXIV. THE PLUNGER REACHES HOME.
25CHAPTER XXV. THE MADMAN’S GET-AWAY.
26CHAPTER XXVI. THE AWAKENING OF REMORSE.
27CHAPTER XXVII. AN ASTOUNDING STATEMENT.
28CHAPTER XXVIII. “YOU’VE SAVED ME FROM MYSELF!”
29CHAPTER XXIX. A STRANGE DEVELOPMENT.
30CHAPTER XXX. AN UNLUCKY MORNING.
31CHAPTER XXXI. NICK HAS A HUNCH.
32CHAPTER XXXII. “THE MAN WHO NEVER LETS GO.”
33CHAPTER XXXIII. WILL HE SCORE?
34CHAPTER XXXIV. A VISIT TO THE BANK.
35CHAPTER XXXV. THE DOCTOR GETS A SURPRISE.
36CHAPTER XXXVI. SOME PLAIN TRUTHS.
37CHAPTER XXXVII. FOLLANSBEE REACHES THE LIMIT.
38CHAPTER XXXVIII. NICK IS BALKED.
39CHAPTER XXXIX. PATSY TRACES THE AMBULANCE.
40CHAPTER XL. THE PRIVATE HOSPITAL.
41CHAPTER XLI. NICK HAS A PLAN.
42CHAPTER XLII. THE DETECTIVE ACQUIRES A WIFE.
43CHAPTER XLIII. THE HYPNOTIC SPELL.
44CHAPTER XLIV. CHICK COMES TO GRIEF.
45CHAPTER XLV. “HEAVEN HELP ME.”
46CHAPTER XLVI. THE BOND IS MENDED.
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