
A Sharper's Downfall, or, Into the Net
By Nick CarterLength7h 16m
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Excerpt: "In Thirty-fifth Street, east of Fifth Avenue, there is a house conspicuous among its neighbors in that it differs in construction by being of the variety known as the English basement style. Entrance to the house is secured through a door reached by one or two steps from the pavement. The dining-room of the house is nearly on a level with the street, while the parlors are on the second floor, reached from the lower hall by a flight of stairs. The front parlor is enlarged and the front of the house ornamented by a bay window extending some three feet beyond the line of the house. It was not so long ago that, at an early hour in the morning, a man carefully and cautiously lifted a sash in this bay window, and, thrusting out his head, sounded a low whistle as a signal. Had any one been present on the opposite side of the street, or looking from the windows of the houses opposite, they might have seen another man cautiously come from a corner of the little courtyard in front, and, after a careful look up and down the street, return the signal in the same cautious manner. Thereupon a bundle was let down from the bay window, which was quickly detached, the rope drawn back and another bundle lowered, which, as the other had been, was detached and the rope drawn up again, and this time to lower what appeared to be a heavy box."
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GenreLiterary Classics, Mystery and Thriller
Length7 hrs 16 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 13, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Sharper's Downfall,
15CHAPTER XIV. A MYSTERIOUS WARNING.
2CHAPTER I. A SUCCESSFUL BURGLARY.
16CHAPTER XV. A MISSING BRIDEGROOM.
3CHAPTER II. ANOTHER PHASE.
17CHAPTER XVI. MR. ELLISON’S PAST.
4CHAPTER III. THE FIRST STEPS.
18CHAPTER XVII. PATSY’S POINTER.
5CHAPTER IV. OVERREACHING A SHARPER.
19CHAPTER XVIII. IN THE TENDERLOIN.
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6CHAPTER V. DRAWING THE LINES.
20CHAPTER XIX. CHICK’S STRANGE ENCOUNTER.
7CHAPTER VI. A STRANGE MEETING.
21CHAPTER XX. A FEMALE BOXER.
8CHAPTER VII. TAKING CHANCES.
22CHAPTER XXI. IDA SEES MISS RAINFORTH.
9CHAPTER VIII. THE YOUNG GALLANT.
23CHAPTER XXII. IDA’S TRIUMPH.
10CHAPTER IX. A THIEF ROBS A THIEF.
24CHAPTER XXIII. ON LANNIGAN’S TRAIL.
11CHAPTER X. IN CLOSE PURSUIT.
25CHAPTER XXIV. A NEW MOVE.
12CHAPTER XI. A CHIMNEY CLEW.
26CHAPTER XXV. THE TRUTH AT LAST.
13CHAPTER XII. ON THE SEARCH.
27CHAPTER XXVI. CONCLUSION.
14CHAPTER XIII. A DESPERATE STRUGGLE.