[Illustration: Exactly behind him, peering through the hole in the wall, was an evil face.]
DANNY
THE DETECTIVE
BY
V. C. BARCLAY
_Illustrated_
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
NEW YORK AND LONDON
The Knickerbocker Press
COPYRIGHT, 1918
BY
V. C. BARCLAY
The Knickerbocker Press, New York
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I.--IN THE STRAW-LOFT 1
II.--THE MYSTERIOUS STRANGER 7
III.--THE MILL POND 23
IV.--ONE A.M. 40
V.--THE DARK PASSAGE 51
VI.--SPIES! 78
VII.--A WHITE FACE IN THE MOONLIGHT 82
VIII.--TAPPING THE CABLE 99
IX.--FREE! ll1
X.--IN THE HANDS OF THE SCOUTS 121
XI.--CAUGHT AT LAST 133
XII.--"WELL DONE, DANNY!" 140
ILLUSTRATIONS
FACING PAGE
EXACTLY BEHIND HIM, PEERING THROUGH
THE HOLE IN THE WALL, WAS AN EVIL
FACE _Frontispiece_
LOOKING ABOUT HIM WARILY THE STRANGER
PICKED UP HIS BICYCLE AND FLUNG IT INTO
THE DARK WATERS OF THE POOL 14
BENDING DOWN, THE MAN ALLOWED HIS FACE
TO BE CAUGHT IN THE BRIGHT LIGHT, AND
DANNY LOOKED WITH ALL HIS EYES, SO
THAT HE MIGHT REMEMBER EVERY FEATURE 50
"LOOK, SIR," HE SAID, "YOU'VE TORN A BIG
PIECE OUT OF YOUR COAT! AND ONE OF
THE BUTTONS, TOO!" 76
"WELL, WE'VE CAUGHT FRITZ AND HIS PALS
ALL RIGHT," SAID CAPTAIN MILES, "THANKS
TO DANNY THE DETECTIVE" 90
THERE, ROW UPON ROW, SHINING, PERFECT,
READY FOR USE, LAY A VAST STORE OF
MACHINE GUNS 100
HE STEPPED OUT ON TO A LEDGE, VERY NARROW,
VERY PERILOUS ll2
BEFORE LONG THE BOYS WERE TEARING DO…