huckled a

listen to me when I l

secret!" comm

ie! but I've

hat condition w

ere, the thing's out; so now

ay,

your d

my dec

me to give you a chance; remember you're nob

an, Sol Burton,

h you, and I'm willing to marry yer, and that's more than m

o talk with you, nor will I tell my fath

ear that will take some of the starch out of him! He's been mighty uppish abo

d do not be the coward to

and grasped her in his arms, but the same instant he received a blow

nd he arose to his feet and advance

ispered the detective; "I w

girl, and she glided

u're the man

I'm th

've seen y

we've met

d you hi

you put your hands r

did

es

ward the detectiv

t's my t

as he received a rap, which

feet; the fellow was an ugly chap, a great bully ashore,

ht; but my time will come! I'll get sq

d and walked awa

beach where he had stood when the girl

ned to the collector at the port of New York to run down an organized gang of s

iously disappeared, and the Government had never succeeded in solving the mystery of their taking

llars of revenue; and the illicit traffic had grown to such an extent that a number of honest merchants had subscribed a large sum of money which had been placed

mploy of a State Government, he had been very successful in breaking up several gangs of illicit whisky distillers. He was a resolute, cool, experienced man

ck of the workers; the men who did the ac

ts; but they were the employees who for large pay ran off the coast, intercepted the s

honest people among whom they associate