Cad Metti, The Female Detective Strategist; or, Dudie Dunne Again in the Field
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Chapter 1. Two Skillful Young Detectives Overmatch A Brace Of Villains...
_ CHAPTER I. TWO SKILLFUL YOUNG DETECTIVES OVERMATCH A BRACE OF VILLAINS AND PROVE WHAT NERVE AND COURAGE CAN DO
"Let‘s duck him and steal the girl."
A young lady and gentleman were walking on the sands at Coney Island beach. The lady was very handsomely attired, and by her side walked a young man, a perfect type in appearance of an effeminate dude. Three rough-looking men had been following the lady and gentleman at a distance, and when the latter stopped at a remote part of the beach far from any hotel the three men held a consultation, and one of them uttered the declaration with which we open our narrative.
As usual certain very exciting incidents led up to the scene we have depicted. One week prior to the meeting on the beach a young detective known as Dudie Dunne, owing to the fact that he often assumed the rô;le of a dude as a throw-off, was seated in a hotel smoking-room when a shrewd-face
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