Jimmie Dale
is wealthy,
handsome --
beautiful in
fact -- and
respectable.
As his
father was a
builder of
burglar-proof
safes he,
Jimmie,
knows all
about them;
and for the
joke of the
thing turns
burglar and
daubs a gray
seal as his
private mark
on some
conspicuous
place every
time he
commits a
crime.
He always
returns the
loot, and in
reality is
only playing
a game with
the police.
A woman, a
mysterious
woman,
discovers
his secret.
This
superman,
the "Gray
Seal,"
cleverest of
all
hand-made
Raffles, is
not cunning
enough to
shake her
off.
When she
says, "lay
low for a
year,
Jimmie," he
lies low,
and when she
sends him a
letter
saying,
"Crack this
safe,
Jimmie," he
dons his
mask and
gets out his
safe
cracker.
He poses in
the
tenderloin
as "Larry of
the Bat,"
and learns
all the
secrets of
thieves,
finds a
crime club
and a pretty
girl and
dedicates
himself
paradoxically
to the
uplift of
law and
order ...
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Further
Adventures
of Jimmie
Dale #2
Upon his
return,
every
detective at
headquarters
was on the
old scent,
every crook
in the
Bowery
clamoring
for his
blood.
Jimmie
Dale's case
is one of
the
strangest on
record.
To Clancy he
was
Smarlinghue,
the dope
fiend.
To the gang
he was
Larry-the-Bat,
stool-pigeon;
to
Headquarters,
"The Grey
Seal."
And, besides
all this, he
was Jimmie
Dale, Fifth
Avenue
clubman.
Jimmie Dale
returned.
Without a
doubt the
most
polished
narrative of
the
underworld.
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Jimmie Dale
& the
Phantom Clue
#3
Slouching,
ill-kempt,
an
unprepossessing
figure
slipped
through the
deeper
shadows of
the Bowery.
Passers by,
intent on
the
particular
business
which took
them abroad
at that late
hour, would
have
vouchsafed
more, much
more, than a
desultory
glance had
they known
that the
Gray Seal of
dramatic
memory had
returned to
the
underworld.
With his
old-time
dash and
breath-taking
courage
Jimmie Dale
appears
again,
engaged in a
new
adventure.
Frank L.
Packard's
famous
character
whose
exploits as
"The Gray
Seal" are
known to
mystery
lovers
everywhere
disappears
once more
into New
York's
underworld
to the
mingled rage
and chagrin
of police
and crookdom
alike.
There are no
idle moments
in the
career of
this
gentleman-adventurer.
His plans
are as
clear-cut
and as swift
in their
execution as
the diamond
cutter in
his kit.
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Jimmie Dale
& the Blue
Envelope
Murder #4
The Gray
Seal was
dead ...
Carruthers
said so, and
Carruthers,
famed
newspaper
editor,
ought to
know.
In the
window of a
great Fifth
Avenue club,
Jimmie Dale
sat and
listened to
him explain
why and how
he knew.
The man who
had
terrorized
New York,
who had left
behind him
an unmatched
trail of
robbery and
theft, was
indubitably
dead.
Ray Thorne,
the third
member of
the group,
and Jimmie
Dale's
closest
friend,
agreed.
Jimmie Dale
had hoped
that himself
-- until he
found in his
card-tray
the envelope
with a note
inside
signed by
the girl he
loved.
That night
the Gray
Seal sprang
to life
again, and
next morning
Ray Thorne
lay murdered
beside his
ransacked
safe -- and
the safe
bore the
tell-tale
insignia of
the Gray
Seal
himself.
From climax
to climax of
desperate
crime, the
Gray Seal
rushes -- to
guard a
girl's life
and his own.
At
shock-joints
on the Big
Stem, mixing
with
murderers
and thugs,
shooting it
out with
bootlegging
gangs,
Jimmie Dale
falls back
into the old
life of
breathless
excitement
and
trigger-quick
action.
Smarlinghue,
Twisty Munn,
Mother
Margot, Tony
the Wop, the
Tocsin and
others of
Packard's
inimitable
characters
all come to
life again
in this
newest of
Jimmie
Dale's
adventures.
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Jimmie Dale
& the
Missing Hour
#5
Jimmie was
just about
to give up
his old
practices
and marry
Marie La
Salle, who
as the
Tocsin had
played such
a large part
in his life,
when his old
friend
Carruthers
disappeared.
With
Jimmie's
natural
loyalty he
immediately
started for
the
Sanctuary,
where the
disguises
for Larry
the Bat and
Smarlinghue
awaited him,
and took up
the search
for his
friend.
As the
search
progressed,
he found
that some
deep and
dreadful
significance
lay behind
Carruthers'
disappearance
and soon
became aware
that
something
horrible was
afoot in the
underworld.
and
naturally,
in his
moment of
great need
the Tocsin,
again
disguised as
Mother
Margot,
appeared at
his side.
Between
them, they
followed the
trail of
Carruthers
with his
hideous
implications,
in a
constant
whirlwind of
action,
thrills, and
danger, and
in a
smashing
climax the
whole thing
came to a
head in an
ancient and
deserted
mansion on
the Hudson.
Larry the
Bat, alias
the Gray
Seal, with
the aid of
the Tocsin,
was again
triumphant
and again
the Gray
Seal faded
into
nothingness,
and the next
day Jimmie
Dale, rich
and
respectable
young
clubman, was
again in his
bachelor
apartments
preparing
for his
marriage ...
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Devil's
Mantle, The
Fate -- dire
fate -- in
the shape of
"The Devil's
Mantle" --
hung over
Peter Blake,
South Sea
trader and
adventurer.
Up and down
the Pacific
his name
stood for
villainies
of all
degrees, yet
his hands
here clean.
There was a
mystery
about it --
a mystery
and a love
story
carried on
the crest of
high
adventure.
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Doors of the
Night, The
Billy Kane,
secretary to
David
Ellsworth,
Philanthropist,
is
dispatched
to do
another
errand of
mercy -- in
this case
the crippled
Italian --
who must not
wait for the
morning.
Keen-eyed,
Billy Kane
departs for
the slums of
the East
Side, and
then trouble
begins, for
the crippled
is not a
cripple, and
the young
secretary
returns to
find his
employer
murdered,
his safe
robbed of
money and a
very
valuable
collection
of rubies
that had
been there
such a short
time before.
He finds
that the
perpetrators
of the crime
have
pre-arranged
the
ostensible
evidence so
as to make
him appear
to be the
murderer.
So well is
the plot
contrived
that Billy
Kane sees no
means of
escaping
arrest and
possible
conviction.
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Dragon's
Jaw, The
This
thrilling
story of
action tells
how young
Roy Melville
goes to
China to
save his
kidnapped
father, who
is being
held for a
million
dollar
ransom in
diamonds.
On the
voyage over
he meets
Myrna Lang,
whose father
is murdered
in mid-ocean
and learns
from her
that their
tragedies
have a
common
instigator
-- the evil,
mysterious
Lan Chao-tao,
a Chinese
star bandit,
whom few
have ever
seen but
whose
appalling
activities
have spread
octopus-like
throughout
the world.
These two
young people
unite in a
valiant
effort to
best their
mysterious
enemy, and
the result
is a story
of
breathless
incidents
which hinge
on such
unusual
things as
the action
of tides in
Chinese
rivers, the
architecture
of a certain
deserted
temple or
the
anticipated
actions of
Chinese
militia.
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From Now On
Some men are
born crooks,
some achieve
crookedness.
Dave
Henderson
had it
thrust upon
him.
He was not
inherently a
bad man, but
being sorely
tempted --
fell.
He paid the
penalty of
the prison
cell.
He became
enmeshed
with
gangsters,
passing
through
adventures,
many and
desperate.
His
redemption
is
accomplished
by the sweet
influence of
a woman in,
but not of,
the
underworld.
"From Now
On" is a
book for
those who
like stories
of clashing
wits and
quick,
fierce
action.
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Four
Stragglers,
The
This, the
greatest
story Frank
L. Packard
has written
in many
years, not
excepting
"The
Adventures
of Jimmie
Dale", may
not be
revealed in
advance even
to the usual
qualified
extent.
"The truth
is," Mr.
Packard
says, "I
have got
hold of the
greatest
plot I ever
had in my
life -- and
not plot
only, but
element of
suspense,
unusual
settings and
striking
characters."
Any outline,
however
worded,
would do the
book a grave
injustice.
It is proper
to say,
however,
that the
whole
atmosphere
and flavor
of the story
is that of
Monte Cristo
taking place
in the
present day,
in places
far apart,
by actors
strangely
brought
together
from the
ends of the
earth to an
unforeseen
climax.
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Hidden Door,
The
Why did men
kill steal,
weave plot
and
counterplot
because of
two small
ivory idols?
Why did they
pursue them
through
storm and
ship-wreck
and why did
the
possession
of one of
them nearly
wreck life
and love for
beautiful
Verna Lyle?
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Locked Book,
The
A book on a
barbaric
altar, a
book bound
in leather,
very old,
clasped by
the design
of a dragon
in thick and
solid brass,
and locked
in a most
peculiar
fashion.
For the
dragon's
tail and the
dragon's
mouth met
over the
edges and
the tail was
solidly
brazed into
the mouth.
Kenneth
Wayne could
not move the
covers by
the fraction
of an inch.
Was this the
book that
held the
secret of a
Rajah's
treasure of
gold and
jewels?
The
adventure
had begun
with a yacht
drifting,
disabled, in
Malay waters
...
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Night
Operator,
The
In "The
Night
Operator"
you will
follow with
spellbound
interest a
panorama of
rushing
mountain
rivers and
dangerous
curves, of
brave men
responsible
for the
safety of
others , who
meet their
obligations
with high
hearts and
abounding
courage.
When the
book is
read, you
will recall
with delight
"Toodles,"
the spunky
little night
operator;
"Royal
Carlton,"
the big
superintendent;
"Regan," the
purposeful
master-mechanic,
and "Tim
O'Toole,"
the valorous
Irishman,
and say to
yourself,
"Packard has
done it
again --
written
another
breathless
adventure
story."
Although not
a detective
story, "The
Night
Operator,"
because of
its
thrilling
adventures,
will appeal
to all
readers and
lovers of a
story full
of action
and life.
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Purple Ball,
The
Join young
Captain
Heath,
master of
the yacht
"Nepenthe"
out of
SIngapore
for an
unnamed
port,
cruising the
South Seas
with a Malay
crew, a
motley list
of guests
....
What were
they waiting
for --
sailing so
aimlessly
among the
lonely
islands --
waiting,
waiting ...
Until, out
of the
mysterious
night and
the empty
sea, came
the little
boat, adrift
in darkness,
its sole
occupant the
wizened
Malay, Kaya
Dalam, with
his
fantastic
tale of
murder and
an abandoned
ship, of
four men
named Mr.
Green and
Mr. Black
and Mr.
White and
Mr. Gray, of
the purple
ball that
carried
death with
it like a
living
presence.
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Red Ledger,
The
A fine,
adventurous
story set in
the eventful
and
glamorous
underworld.
not since
the creation
of Jimmie
Dale has so
picturesque
a character
appeared in
crook
fiction as
old
Charlebois.
Strange and
important
debts were
incurred by
this amazing
man in his
varied life.
All of them
paid, with
startling
interest ...
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Tiger Claws
Sailing on
their
trading
schooner,
the Malola,
in the Far
East, Keith
and Alan
Wharton are
decoyed
ashore by a
signal fire
on a small
unknown
island, and
are there
treacherously
attacked in
the darkness
by four men.
Alan, and
two native
members of
the Malola's
crew, Hoka
and Taipi,
are
murdered,
and Keith is
left for
dead.
He recovers
and finds on
the island
the murdered
body of an
old man.
The only
clue to the
mystery is a
page from
this man's
diary in
which it is
stated that
the four men
have taken
from him a
mahogany
box.
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Two Stolen
Idols
Why did men
kill steal,
weave plot
and
counterplot
because of
two small
ivory idols?
Why did they
pursue them
through
storm and
ship-wreck
and why did
the
possession
of one of
them nearly
wreck life
and love for
beautiful
Verna Lyle?
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White Moll,
The
The leading
character is
a sort of
feminine
Jimmie Dale
-- Rhoda
Gray --
known to the
underworld
of New
York's East
Side as "The
White Moll."
The phrase
sticks, and
when her
father dies
she spends
her time in
trying to
relieve
conditions
in the
underworld.
Previous to
her father's
death, a
burglar is
discovered
in his
apartment
and tells a
pathetic
story.
Rhoda
happens to
believe it
and pleads
with her
father to
let him off
-- at least
until she
has
investigated.
When she
finds the
miserable
hovel, the
burglar
introduces
her to his
wife in
phrases of
an
exceedingly
vernacular
trend, and
among them
insists that
she is the
"White
Moll."
She has a
reputation
that she
will never
break her
word to any
crook or
betray a
confidence.
She thus
comes into
close and
intimate
contact with
the criminal
element of
the city,
with the
police and
the social
workers.
Rhoda
becomes
involved
with a band
of thieves
and how she
worked
apparently
with them
and in
danger of
arrest, but
in reality
on the side
of justice
and order,
all makes up
an exciting
story as no
one but
Packard can
write.
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Wire Devils
They were
experts in
telegraphy
-- masters
of the art
of cipher
codes.
With every
avenue of
escape
watched and
every method
of detection
practiced.
"The Wire
Devils"
moved from
one
astounding
exploit to
another,
baffling
Secret
Service men,
Government
agents and
detectives.
"The Hawk,"
indomitable,
courageous,
a marvel of
expert
skill,
foiled the
attempts of
the "Wire
Devils," but
only added
to the
confusion
and
consternation
of the
investigators.
Mystery and
suspense are
maintained
to the very
end.
The story is
100 per cent
adventure
tale.
