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28 Jack Javert, the Independent Detective. The detective seemed to measure with his eye the strength of the door. ‘‘ Don’t break it in!” cried the woman, seizing his arm. He shook her hand loose as he collected all his strength, then with a leap that would have done credit to a tiger, he sprung forward. The col- lision broke the door from its fastenings, and he fell into a room beyond, ‘“‘Ts she dead?” ejaculated the woman who rushed in at Javert’s heels and saw him lift the so a young girl from the floor! ‘* No, but I came in the nick of time,” and the detective marched out with his burden in his arms, The cit man, well-dressed and rather stylish lookin despite his dark face and heavy lashes, walked up the steps of Nora Raymont’s residence, ‘‘The web has the fly in eternal durance,” said he to himself while he waited to be ad- mitted. ‘‘ To-morrow I go back to the sorceress of two suores. My wedding won’t interfere with my crushing her.” clocks were striking nine whena mansion to find it empty. *’ Miss Nora will be here ina moment,” said a voice. The man fell back from the sound, He saw no one, but that voice! him through and through. Across the room at one side hung a rich damask curtain. It parted before he had ceased to wonder, and Nora Raymont stepped forward leading a little girl of fifteen by the band. “You have played for the heir of Colonel Nero’s millions, Captain Cinnabar,” said the young woman with a flash of triumph in her eyes. ‘*Let me present her to you. This is our late prisoner—the child you left strangled n her cage a short time ago—Lucy, the child of General Raymont and Juliette, You can launch your secret now. I am happy in the finding of the true heir of Raymont’s wealth. My sleuth did not fail me afterall. Javert is here toshare in this little victory.” Captain Cinnabar glared first at the speaker and then at Lucy. At the same time the bell tinkled in the hall beyond the room, ‘‘Ts that Xerxes coming to the wedding?” asked Nora, The Spider of the Sierras started across the It thrilled room, ‘*One moment, Captain Cinnabar!” said a stern voice. The man in bronze leoked back. Javert stood beside the curtain covering him with a six-shooter, and at the same time the SUF swung open disclosing another revolver ere, Captain Cinnabar yielded sullenly to the irre- sistible. “Let the gentleman in now, Mariette,” said Nora to the maid. But when the door was opened the step was clear. Xerxes was gone! Just one month later a certain morning paper contained two paragra.hs which by accident got side by side. One was an announcement of ora’s marriage to Noel Nixon her lawyer lover and the other told how acertain Captain Cin- nabar, a prisoner awaiting trial for attempted murder, had been found dead in his cell in The Tombs shortly after the visit of a woman un- known to the warden. Who will not say that the avenging magic of Zubiano or Lady Panther did not slay bim at last, for though Javert bad broken the web, the hand of justice crushed the spider in durance. Lucy refused to accept the whole of the two millions; she even gave the Raymont mansion over to Nora while she took up her residence in a pee of it, content to live with the young wife whom she loved. ; Nora has never learned that she was Lady Panther’s daughter. Javert and Zubiano, if she be living, keep that secret for her, and neither will ever cloud her young life with the telling of it. Monte was sent to prison for his share in the conspiracy of the Spider League, and Xerxes, hoping to escape the merciless hand of the sor- ceress, buried himself among the mountains of the Wild West, But even there one day an Indian founda dead body lashed to a horse, and the placard on the breast, which the rains had nearly destroyed, contained but one word which was a name— “ XERXES,” In the heart of the wild land of wolf and vul- ture some band had found the chief spy of the Spider League, but the story of his death will never be known till all nations have been called to judgment, avert the Broadway Independent went back |! to the old office where he has more secrets than he had before he left it, and where he is some- times visited by a beautiful young girl whois the richest of the younger heiresses of Gotham. He calls her Lucy. THE END. . | | He walked into the well-lighted parlor of the Beadle’s Half-Dime Library. BY COL. A, F. HOLT. 99 Black Buckskin; or, The Masked Men of Death Canyon. 19 Kenneth, the Knife-King. 85 Little Lightfoot, the Pilot of the Woods, pee BY BUCKSKIN SAM (Major Sam. &, Hall.) 284 aw Rocky’s ** Boyees;” or, Benito, the Young Horse- reaker,. 246 Giant George; or, The Ang’! of the Range. 275 Arizona Juck ; or, Giant George’s Pard. 297 The Tarantula of Tavs; or, Giant George’s Revenge. 807 The Strange Pardy; or, Little Ben’s Death Hunt. 818 Ker-w nie Ker-whoo?: or, The Tarantula of Taos, 827 Creeping Cat, the Caddo; or, The Red and White Pards, 882 Frio Fred; or, The Tonkaway’s Trust. 844 The Fighting Trio; or, Rattlesnake, the Tonkaway. 849 Wild Wolf; or, Big-Foot Wallace to the Front. 857 The Ranch patderss or, The Siege of Fort Purgatory. 864 Snap-Shot, the Boy Ranger. 875 Chiota, the Creek; or, The Three Thunderbolts. 881 Bandera Billy; or. 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A. 191 Baffale Billy, the Boy Bullwhacker; or, The Doomed rieen. 194 Baalo Bill’s Bet; or, The Gambler Guide, RY GEORGE C, JENKS, 455 Git Thar Owney the Unknown. +4 eit Thar Owney’s Pledge. he Demou Dector. BY LIEUT. H, D. PERRY, U. 8. N. 176 The Boy Runaway; or, The Buccaneer of the Bay, 180 The Sea Trailer; or, A Vow Well Kept. 198 Captain Kit; or, The Mystery of Montauk Point. BY FRANK DUMONT. 130 The Branded Hand; or, The Man of Mystery. 137 Wild-Fire, the Boss of the Road. 140 Blue Blazes; or, The Break o’ Day Boys of Rosky Bar, 171 Ebony Dan; or, The Rival Leagues. 185 Evil Eye; or, The Vultures of the Rio Grande, BY HARRY 8ST. GEORGE, 80 Roaring Balen Rockwood, the Ranger. 44 Rattling Rube; or, The Nighthawks of Kentucky, 59 Old Hickory ; or, Pandy Ellie’s Seip. 108 During Davy ; or, The Trail of the Border Wolf, 166 Hickory Marry ; or, The Trapper-Brigade’s Spy, 172 Thunderbolt Tomy; or, the Wolf-Herder. BY ALBERT W. AIKEN, 11 The Two Detectives; or, The Fortunes ofa Bowery Girl. 76 Abe Colt, the Crow-Killer. 7% Sol Ginger, the Giant Trapper. 288 Joe Buck of Angels and His Buy Pard. 447 New York Nat. A Tale of Tricks and Traps in Gotbam. 458% New England Nick; or, The Fortunes of a Foundling, 464 Nimble Nick, the Circus Prince. 493 Taos Ted, toe Arizonn Sport. 510 Cool Colorado, the Hal!-Breed Detective, 518 Cool Colorado in New York. BY PHILIP 8 WARNE. 6T Patent-Leather Joe; or, Old Rattlesnake, the Charmer. 17% Captain Arizona; or, Patent-Leather Joe's Big Game, 198 Captate Mask; or, Patent-Leather Joe’s Defeat. 219 Deapard, the Duelist; or, The Mountain Vempires, B88 A a Bey 5 or, The Dwarf's Revenge. 868 Little Tornade; or, The Outcasts of the Glen. STS Little Jingo; or, the Queer Pard. 888 Little Oh-my } or, Caught in His Own Trap, 461 little Shoo-Fly = or, A Race fora Ranch. 468 Little Leather- Breeches; or, O)d Jumbo’s Curse. 481 Little Ak Sing or, The Curse of Blood. 451 Colorade K A Tale of the olines. 480 Throo Jolly Parda. 51T Jtm Cladden’s Deputy. 52T The Jolly Parda to the Reacue. &S4T Sandy Andyy or, A Good Man Down. 5656 Lartet Lil; or. The Cast for a Life. BY GEORGE WALDO BROWNE, 86 Dandy Reck the Man from Texas. 906 The Pread Rider; or, The Texan Duelist. 9% The Tiger of Tuoes; or, Dandy Rock’s Angel, 116 The Mad Miner: or, Daniy k’s Doom. B81 The Golder Mand; or, Dandy Rock to the Rescue, 164 Dandy Hock’s Pledge; or, Hunted to Death. 178 Dandy Neek’s Rivals or, The Haunted Maid of Taos. BY CAP’. J. F. ©. ADAMB, 84 Oregon Sol; or, Nick Whiffles’s Boy Spy. 46 Glass-Eye, the Great Shot of the West. 54 Ned Hazel, the Boy Trapper. 56 Nick Whilfles’s Pet; or, Ir The Valley of Death. 60 The White Indian; or, The Scovt of the Yellowstone 70 Old Zip’« Cabiny or, The Greenhorn in the Woods. 81 Lightning Jo, the Terror of the Prairie. 85 Buck Buckram ; or, Bess, the Female Trapper, 247 Old Grizzly and His Pets; or, The Wild Huntress, 251 Light-house Lige; or, Osceola, the Firebrand, 257 The Lost Hunters; or, The Underground Camp, 288 The Scalp King; or, The Human Thunderbolt. BY ROGER STARBUCK. 25 The Boy Captain; or, The Pirate’s Daughter. 114 The Black Schooner; or, Jib Junk, the Old Tar, 259 The Golden Harpoon; or, Lost Among the Floes. 848 Fire-Heela; or, Old Skinflint, the Death-Shadow. 854 Big Horn Ike, the Hill Tramp; or, The Odd Pards, B6L The Phantom Light-house. 870 Breaker Len, the Reef-Runner, BY J. W. 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VRAIN, 292 Sancho Pedro, the Boy Bandit. 801 Leadville Nick, the Boy Sport. 812 Redtop Kube, the Vigilante Prince. 888 Brimatone Hob, and His Lightning Horse Quartette, Tombatone Tom, the Arizona Boy of ‘ Sand.” 859 Durauiro benve, the Youny Chane on VY restler. 871 Kingbolt Chris, the Young Hard-Shell Detective. 880 Avalanche Alf, the Foothills Guide. 890 Jaguar Joe, of the Mountsin Mail-Line, BY EDWARD WILLETT. 167 Asa Scott, the Steamboat Boy. 199 Featherweight the Boy Champion of the Muskingum. 228 Ozark Alf’; or, Featherweight Among the Outlaws. 282 The Typo Detective 3 or, Weasel, the Boy Tramp. 295 Fearless Phil; or, The King of Quartzville. 811 The Roving Sport; or, The Pride of Chuckaluck Camp, 822 Nemo, the Detective; or, Kit Kenyon's Vendetta, 840 Olip, the Oontortionist; or, The Montana Vigilantes, BY CAPTAIN FRED. WHITTAKER, 15 The Sea-Cat; or, The Witch of Darien. 29 The Dumb x ege Ban The Doge’s Daughter. 48 Dick Darling, the Pony Express Rider. 150 Lance and Lasso; or, The Children of the Chaco. 154 The Sword Hunters; or, The Land of the Elephant Riders, 159 The Tons Captain 3 or, Skipper Jabez Coffin’s Cruise to the en Polar Sen. 200 e Boy Bedoulnsa; or, The Brothers of the Plumed Lance, 214 Wolfgang, the Robber of the Rhine. 249 Milo Romer, the Animal King; or, The Round the World Wanderer. 265 The Tiger Tamer }; or, The Lengue of the Jungle. 881 Black Nick, the Demon Rider. 895 California Joe’s War Trall. BY JACK FARRAGUT. 815 Ned, the Cabin Boy. 820 The Sea Sorceress; or, The Boy Skipper. MISCELLANEOUS AUTHORS, 4 The Wild-Horse Hunters. By Capt. Mayne Reid and Frederick Whittaker. 9 Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 12 Gulliver’s Travels. By Dean >wift. 14 Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp. 16 Robinson Crusoe. (21 Illustrations.) 18 Sindbad the Sailor, His Seven Voyages. 22 bp Sea Serpent; or, The Boy Robinson Crusoe. By Juan wis. 88 The Ocean Bloodhound; or, The Red Pirates of the Carribees, By S, W. Pierce. 86 ce Boy Clown; or, The Queen ofthe Arena. By Frank . Finn. BS Ned Wylde. the Boy Scout. By Texas Jack. 51 The Boy Rifles; or, The Underground Camp. By Archie C, lrons. 95 The Rival Rovers; or, The Freebooters of the Mississipp!. By Lieut.-Col. Hazeltine. 98 Robin Mood, the Outlawed Earl; or, The Merry Men of Green- wood. By Prof. Gildersleeve. 105 Old Rube. the Hunter; or, The Crow Captive. By Captain Hamilton Ho)mes. 112 The Mad Hunter; or, The Cave of Death. By Burton Saxe. 124 Tippy, the Texan; or, The Young Champion, By George er son. 128 The Young Privateer; or, The Pirate’s Stronghold. By Harry Cavendish, 148 Sharp Samy; or, The Adventures of a Friendless Boy. By J. Alexander Patten. 227 Dusky Darrell, Trapper; or, The Green Ranger of the Yel- lowstone. By Edward Emerson. 261 Bocas Fearnaught the New York Boy. By George L, Aiken. 266 Killb’ar, the Guide; or, Davy Crockett’s Crooked Trall. By Ensign C. D. Warren, 298 Red Claw the One-Eyed Trapper; or, The Maid of the Cliff. By Captain Cometock. 817 Peacock Pete, the Lively Lad from Leadville. By Lieu- tenant Alired Thorne. 828 The Sky Ibe‘ective; or, A Boy’s Fight for Life and Honos, By Maior Mickey Free. 850 Red Ralph, the River Rovers or, The Brother’s Re venge. By Ned Buntline. 865 Raltimore Ben the Bootblack Detective. By A. P. Morris, 874 Geld-Dust Tomy; or, Ben’s Double Match. By George H, Morne. 876 California Joe’s First Trail. By Colonel) Thomas Hoyer Monastery. 418 Biily Bombshell, the Cliff Climber. By F. 8. Winthrop, 475 The Black Ship. By John S, Warner. 484 Comanche Dick and His Three Invinetbles. By Henry J. Thomas. 528 Wizard-Arm, the Dandy Sport. By Arthur F. Holt. By Eawin ke Forrest. 582 The Cowboy Duke. 552 Artel, the Athlete. By David Druid. 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