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CHAPTER IA MYSTERIOUS INVITATION"A LETTER from the twins!" Kay Tracey told her mother, as she ripped open the fat envelope."I wonder if the girls are enjoying their vacation at Lost Lake,'' Mrs. Tracey said, smiling."Yes, they are,** Kay replied, after reading a little of the letter. Then she said...

DISSOLUTION! iTheoretically a policeman, like a priest, should be above politics, or at least untouched by party politics, yet it is the policeman who is responsible for enforcing the laws made byIj-' .the politicians. Gideon, politically a middle-of-the-road man, 11' ^ who did not always agree...

CHAPTER 1 "Do not, I beg of you, my lord, say more!" uttered Miss Milborne, in imploring accents, slightly averting her lovely countenance, and clasping both hands at her bosom. Her companion, a tall young gentleman who had gone romantically down upon one knee before her chair, appeared put out...

1 Changes ^umiper PointSTEVE PURCHAS finished tamping earth around the last cedar post and crawled out from under the old fishhouse at the head of the family wharf. After inching around like a measuring worm for the last three hours, he was glad just to get his shoulders straight again. Besides,...

INTRODUCTION When I was engaged in collecting the material for Bodyguard of Lies, which was a history of strategy and stratagem for the invasion of France by Allied forces on 6th June 1944, I was conscious that there was a large gap in my research, one that could not be filled. Just as Bodyguard...