List of Illustrations.
Reading edition
1. PORTRAIT OF GEO. S. McWATTERS, Frontispiece.
2. McWATTERS' SPECTACLE CASE, To face page 33
3. "TEN DOLLARS A MONTH," 79
4. McWATTERS AND THE VETERAN, 87
5. THE BOND OPERATOR, 103
6. THE WAX FINGER DISCOVERED, 127
7. SEIZURE OF YOUNG WORDEN IN BALTIMORE, 149
8. ATLANTIC BEER GARDEN.—PAYNE AND COLLINS' RENDEZVOUS, 165
9. DESCENT UPON BLANCHARD AND THE GAMBLERS, 173
10. PROTECTING THE INNOCENT, 201
11. RESCUE OF HATTIE NEWBERRY, 215
12. RESTELL AT SING SING, 221
13. THE BOGUS LOTTERY OFFICE, 237
14. SURPRISING THE BOGUS LOTTERY DEALERS, 249
15. RECOVERING THE DIAMOND RING, 267
16. THE OLD KNICKERBOCKER IN THE DETECTIVE'S OFFICE, 279
17. DISCOVERING THE "SPIRITS" AT NO. 89 —— STREET, NEW YORK, 291
18. "KETCH HIM AND HOULD HIM!"—WILLIAMS' ARREST, 355
19. THE WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING, 383
20. BREAK-DOWN ON LITCHFIELD HILL, 399
21. THE CEREMONY DEFEATED, 409
22. DR. HUDSON'S STRATAGEM WITH THE HIGHWAYMEN, 433
23. THE MISSOURI LAWYER OUTWITTED, 489
24. A RASH COURTSHIP, 521
25. FEARFUL DREAM OF OLD MR. BROOKS, 549
26. RESCUE OF NELLIE WILSON, 577
27. RESCUE OF THE WILL, 585
28. THE TWO SISTERS COURTING COL. NOVENA IN HIS LIBRARY, 595
29. THE "HONEST" COUNTERFEIT MONEY SPECULATOR, 639
30. CATCHING A FLAT, 659