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sinister street chapter i the street of adventure Although it was so near the Grand Boulevard, this street had a furtive air. It seemed to Jimmy Ferguson to be peopled by phantoms. He had the impression that an unseen presence was watching him secretly— watching, and waiting for the chance to...

Chapter One THE BEGINNING OF THE HOLIDAYS T DO love the beginning of the summer holls,' said Julian. 'They always seem to stretch out ahead for ages and ages.' 'They go so nice and slowly at first,' said Anne, his little sister. 'Then they start to gallop.' The others laughed. They knew...

CHAPTER I THE REBUS AS the Megaphone once said, in its most pessimistic and wondering mood, recording rather than condemning the strangeness of the time : " Even The Four Just Men have become a respectable institution. Not more than fifteen years ago we spoke of them as ' a criminal...