THE BLACK STAR

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The Black Star

A Detective Story

BY
JOHNSTON McCULLEY

Frontispiece by
EDGAR WITTMACK

CHELSEA HOUSE
79 Seventh Avenue, New York City
1921

Copyright, 1921
By CHELSEA HOUSE

The Black Star

All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
languages, including the Scandinavian.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I—AN AIDED ESCAPE
CHAPTER II—THE BLACK STAR
CHAPTER III—INTO THE PIT
CHAPTER IV—ROGUE FOR A DAY
CHAPTER V—MUGGS ON GUARD
CHAPTER VI—AN UNPROFITABLE AFTERNOON
CHAPTER VII—IDENTICAL ORDERS
CHAPTER VIII—THE POLICE GET A TIP
CHAPTER IX—“CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST”
CHAPTER X—CAUGHT IN A NET
CHAPTER XI—CLOSE QUARTERS
CHAPTER XII—AT THE CHARITY BALL
CHAPTER XIII—MUGGS—GREAT LITTLE MAN
CHAPTER XIV—UNEXPECTED NEWS
CHAPTER XV—THE CHALLENGE
CHAPTER XVI—A NOCTURNAL VISIT
CHAPTER XVII—INTERRUPTED CONVERSATION
CHAPTER XVIII—MYSTERIES
CHAPTER XIX—SUSPICION
CHAPTER XX—THE VOICE ON THE WIRE
CHAPTER XXI—THE END OF THE WIRE
CHAPTER XXII—ON THE SCENT
CHAPTER XXXII.—INTO THE VAULT
CHAPTER XXIV—HOW IT ENDED
CHAPTER XXV—SHADOWED BY THREE
CHAPTER XXVI—A MAN OF MYSTERY
CHAPTER XXVII—IN BLACK STAR’S HANDS
CHAPTER XXVIII—THE POLICE LAUNCH
CHAPTER XXIX—BLACK STAR TAKES A TRICK
CHAPTER XXX—MUGGS IN ACTION
CHAPTER XXXI—IN THE BANK
CHAPTER XXXII—A NARROW ESCAPE
CHAPTER XXXIII—PUZZLED POLICE
CHAPTER XXXIV—WHAT HAPPENED TO THE CHIEF
CHAPTER XXXV—AN UNEXPECTED BLOW
CHAPTER XXXVI—IN CUSTODY

THE BLACK STAR

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