The Adventures of Detective Barney
He wanted to find a cave and crawl into it. . . . And then the lightning burst in the tree-top over his head
THE ADVENTURES OF
DETECTIVE BARNEY
AUTHOR OF “THE SMOKE-EATERS,” “DON-A-DREAMS,”
“SILENT SAM,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY
HENRY RALEIGH
NEW YORK
THE CENTURY CO.
1915
Copyright, 1915, by
Harvey J. O'Higgins
Copyright, 1912, 1913, 1914, by
P. F. Collier & Son, Inc.
Published, January, 1915
NOTE
Detective Barney is the hero of the detective comedy “The Dummy,” by Harvey O’Higgins and Harriet Ford, but no attempt has been made in the play to dramatize the book, and none in the book to novelize the play.
CONTENTS
I 3 II 48 III 90 IV 136 V 185 VI 225 VII 258
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
page - He wanted to find a cave and crawl into it. . . And then the lightning burst in the tree-top over his head
Frontispiece - “It’s a repeat,” Barney said, “an’ they told me to see that you got it, this time”
33 - “The old man’s wad!” Snider exulted. “By G— he ’s got the swag back too!”
83 - They found him observing them with a mute and glassy stare
157 - “You ’ll tread gently for the rest of your days, you sneaking parasite”
321 - Mrs. Buntz was soon as indignant as her sister. She read the policy aloud—every word of it—with fine conviction
253
THE ADVENTURES OF
DETECTIVE BARNEY
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