Pinkerton, A. Frank [pseud.] / 2008-06-20 00:00:00

EBOOK DYKE DARREL ***


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DYKE DARREL THE RAILROAD DETECTIVE
Or
THE CRIME OF THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS
By FRANK PINKERTON
1886



CHAPTER I.
A STARTLING CRIME.
"The most audacious crime of my remembrance."
Dyke Darrel flung down the morning paper, damp from the press, and
began pacing the floor.
"What is it, Dyke?" questioned the detective's sister Nell, who at
that moment thrust her head into the room.
Nell was a pretty girl of twenty, with midnight hair and eyes, almost
in direct contrast with her brother, the famous detective, whose deeds
of cunning and daring were the theme of press and people the wide West
over.
"An express robbery," returned Dyke, pausing in front of Nell and
holding up the paper.
"I am sorry," uttered the girl, with a pout. "I shan't have you with
me for the week that I promised myself. I am always afraid something
will happen every time you go out on the trail of a criminal, Dyke."
"And something usually DOES happen," returned the detective, grimly.
"My last detective work did not pan out as I expected, but I do not
consider that entirely off yet.
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