The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler; Or, Working for the Custom House

sat in his office in the Custom House

about the room with the most uneasy expressi

r department is giving. I am determined to stop this wholesale smuggling. If none of you are capable of doing t

f the inspectors, humbl

d nothing!" snap

y on the diamonds and other precious stones, which you say are smuggled into this country. It's because he's such a sly and cle

admit you

the hesit

ot of government detectives you fellows are to admit such a d

ou

men in the Secret Service to run down this s

e pride was wounded. "I'm sure if we

out whether they can or not, Andrew Gibson, for they'll be here pr

he inspectors gla

to have an outsider come in to do the work

ted a mocking laugh,

om House case, if we men, educated for it,

ze his remark. "I've got every faith in that remarkable man and boy. They are the most skillful detec

and crimi

roared the Coll

arvels, indeed!

re, sir-so

to see the

niform standing apart

eing garnished with brass buttons and on their heads were caps with

with a bushy black beard, deep gray ey

r of keen eyes and a dashing, aggressive air that showed he was o

e Bradys, do you?" he

ed the inspector, glar

are the Bradys!"

his companion stripped o

room glanced at t

ted their ide

e hair and a clean-shaven face, in which

llector was

le crossed his face, and he rose and w

is an agreea

ed, took a chew of

this case and requested us to be he

y for

r. Instr

ed with precious stones upon which no duty is being paid, and

clews upon whi

ves from the importers in John street, Broadway

ollow your

s started for the

y, the boy

to work for the Custom House. Since he has flu

the inspector,

, of the Cunard line, in one hour, when she reaches her pier from Quarantine.

erly exclaimed the

that you get fair play,"

lently bowed

e street, Old King B

us. But we'll show the

ot," laughed the boy. "We

e most prominent importers and lapidaries, from whom they gained s

n here with his daughter, trying to sell us s

n, stylishly-clad man of forty in light

that he now did not ha

Croix had a thin, sallow face, a long, shar

oadway and disapp

King Brady, of the de

York and Havre to smuggle diamonds which he sells here.

does he

ifth Aven

nk y

ater the detec

ending to find La Croix and arrest him w

eared and they fou

temporarily, for they were de

e city, going t

heir apparel, in a sheltering doorway, and by turning their coats inside out, pocketi

ed like ordin

lse moustache and a wi

hat they could change to several

ooks at large, and they feared the Bradys

etween them, for Harry was merely an apt pupil the old detect

ey made thems

hip dock, Old King Brady carried his

he lookout and

tective a lett

port doctor. He took me aboard the Campania, and I found out a great deal. I

mer reached h

in now. I beat h

ll. You

ay and the detectives e

which they sent the man and having rea

ock and the detectives saw the Collector and his inspecto