BY
FRANCIS LYNDE
ILLUSTRATED BY
E. ROSCOE SHRADER
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
NEW YORK :::::::::: 1912
Copyright, 1912, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
Published October, 1912

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Where another man might have asked questions, he stood aside
and looked on and listened.
CONTENTS
| CHAPTER | PAGE | |
| I. | The Wire-Devil | 3 |
| II. | High Finance in Cromarty Gulch | 57 |
| III. | The Electrocution of Tunnel Number Three | 120 |
| IV. | The Mystery of the Black Blight | 193 |
| V. | The Cloud-Bursters | 253 |
| VI. | The High Kibosh | 328 |
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