Chapters (31)
- THE WIRE DEVILS
- Author of “Greater Love Hath No Man,” “The Adventure of Jimmie Dale,” Etc.
- 1918
- THE WIRE DEVILS
- I—THE SECRET CODE
- NOTORIOUS CRIMINAL RELEASED FROM SING SING POLICE ARE WARNED THAT MAN MAY BE IN THIS VICINITY HARRY MAUL, ALIAS THE HAWK, KNOWN TO BE IN THE WEST
- II—THE TEN-DOLLAR COUNTERFEIT NOTE
- III-THE PAYMASTER'S SAFE
- IV—AT BALD CREEK STATION
- V—IN WHICH A CASH BOX DISAPPEARS
- ISAAC KIRSCHELL LOANS, MORTGAGES & GENERAL EXCHANGE
- VI—SOME OF THE LITTLE SPIDERS
- VII—WANTED—THE HAWK—DEAD OR ALIVE
- $5,000 REWARD—FOR EX-SING SING CONVICT
- $2,000 REWARD
- VIII—THREADS IN THE WEB
- IX—THE LOOTING OF THE FAST MAIL
- X—THE THIRD PARTY
- XI—THE LEAD CAPSULE
- XII—BLINDMAN'S-BUFF
- ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN A LEAD CAPSULE
- XIII—THE MAN WITH THE SCAR
- XIV—THE CLUE
- XV—THE LADYBIRD
- XVI—AN EVEN BREAK
- XVII—A HOLE IN THE WALL
- XVIII—THE HAWK PACKS HIS VALISE
- XIX—BIRDS OF A FEATHER
- “I——”
- XX—“CONFIDENTIAL” CORRESPONDENCE
- THE END
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