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

pier, crossed the street and went in

might be followed, for she never once gla

s partner did not kno

in La Croix's smuggling games or

tately, with brown hair, blue eyes and h

faces, hard to read, for she seldom sho

Harry, as they walked along. "She hasn't mad

ok a fresh quid of tobacco, "you must not forget that th

her daughter off to Europe in this manner. In fact, if she were not so greatly intere

uggler is very smart. She is used to danger. This may not be her first voyage abroad alone. In fact,

t large consignment of precious stones. We shall be obliged to follow them there. We can't arrest them now on suspicion, nor can we pull La Croix in f

ur view of the matte

It looks to me as if she were heading for the French distric

d her to We

very old house across the front of which h

he hall after her and Harry

ed at a door and when it was opened, she pas

ded over to the d

inside, a man cr

a, ees ze

ones. "The Champagne just departed with our

urn we make ze larges

k of it. We do not lead the peaceful lives of other people.

f eet ees wong success, we make so much dollaires zat we can ret

the woman repli

our dream will

rest, for to-night we leave New York by rail for Canada, for

ady smiled

told me your busi

d fallen by this time and

upper floor, the old detective retreated al

hoping the person who was coming would pass hi

door behind him

d pitching over backward, the detective fell sprawling upon the floo

renchman utter

ang into the room a

hate upon his dark face. "Ze secret polic

detective was upon the point of scrambling to his feet, he

o prevent the person who was coming from

his wife

matter, Paul?

plied, pointing at the

reply. "He has fo

e he has been lis

y dangerous

te! When I geet through wiz heem now, he

over he got a piece of rope and

lashed across his mind, and he bounde

ees ze

stand you," hi

King

ways travel

rtai

must be lurk

ind heem e

hen he quietly passed downstairs and there caught view of

an was grea

e hall and went upst

ible. So long as ze Bradys ees on my track, I may go to

of the stairs, wondering how he co

would arrest him at the first opportunity, it made him so de

the stairs long before he saw Harry gl

ver his partner's long absence a

o see anything of Old King Brady and

hman saw

he room where the

nger to his wi

p ze stair! Put ou

hen darkness fell upon the room, h

dark to s

ft footfalls passing the door and he

he boy heard him and turned around, stri

had the b

xtended, struck against the boy, clutched hi

cry esca

n and struck the f

nchman's grip on his windpipe, his

s stu

a!" roared

asked the woman, app

ight-queek!

and he saw that H

ace, the man seized the boy, dragged him

ound and g

both!" he

to do with them, Pau

dear. Dispose of zem so effectually zat

his evil glanc

rous thoughts were