Chapters (56)
- THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMIE DALE
- PART ONE: THE MAN IN THE CASE
- CHAPTER I
- THE GRAY SEAL
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- THE MOTHER LODE
- CHAPTER IV
- THE COUNTERFEIT FIVE
- CHAPTER V
- THE AFFAIR OF THE PUSHCART MAN
- CHAPTER VI
- DEVIL'S WORK
- CHAPTER VII
- THE THIEF
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE MAN HIGHER UP
- CHAPTER IX
- TWO CROOKS AND A KNAVE
- CHAPTER X
- THE ALIBI
- CHAPTER XI
- THE STOOL-PIGEON
- PART TWO: THE WOMAN IN THE CASE
- CHAPTER I
- BELOW THE DEAD LINE
- CHAPTER II
- THE CALL TO ARMS
- CHAPTER III
- THE CRIME CLUB
- CHAPTER IV
- THE INNOCENT BYSTANDER
- CHAPTER V
- ON GUARD
- CHAPTER VI
- THE TRAP
- CHAPTER VII
- THE “HOUR”
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE TOCSIN
- CHAPTER IX
- THE TOCSIN'S STORY
- CHAPTER X
- SILVER MAG
- CHAPTER XI
- THE MAGPIE
- CHAPTER XII
- JOHN JOHANSSON—FOUR-TWO-EIGHT
- CHAPTER XIII
- THE ONLY WAY
- CHAPTER XIV
- OUT OF THE DARKNESS
- CHAPTER XV
- RETRIBUTION
- CHAPTER XVI
- “DEATH TO THE GRAY SEAL!”
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