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A Woman at Bay; Or, A Fiend in Skirts

Nicholas Carter

1044--Hounded to Death 1045--A Bargain in Crime 1046--The Fatal Prescription 1047--The Man of Iron 1048--An Amazing Scoundrel 1049--The Chain of Evidence 1050--Paid with Death 1051--A Fight for a Throne 1052--The Woman of Steel 1053--The Seal of Death 1054--The Human Fiend 1055--A Desperate Chance 1056--A Chase in the Dark 1057--The Snare and the Game 1058--The Murray Hill Mystery 1059--Nick Carter's Close Call 1060--The Missing Cotton King 1061--A Game of Plots 1062--The Prince of Liars 1063--The Man at the Window 1064--The Red League 1065--The Price of a Secret 1066--The Worst Case on Record 1067--From Peril to Peril 1068--The Seal of Silence 1069--Nick Carter's Chinese Puzzle 1070--A Blackmailer's Bluff 1071--Heard in the Dark 1072--A Checkmated Scoundrel 1073--The Cashier's Secret 1074--Behind a Mask READ When you want real recreation in your leisure hours, read! Read the STREET & SMITH NOVELS! They are the cheapest and most interesting reading matter published in America to-day. No jazz--no sex--just big, clean, interesting books. There are hundreds of different titles, among which you will find a lot of exactly the sort of reading you want. So, when you get tired of rolling around in your Lady Lizzie or listening to the blah-blah of your radio, hie yourself to the nearest news dealer, grab off a copy of a good detective, adventure or love story, and then READ! Read the STREET & SMITH NOVELS. Catalogue sent upon request. Street & Smith Corporation 79 Seventh Avenue New York City Printed in the U. S. A. [Transcriber's Note: The original edition of this work did not contain a table of contents. A table of contents has been created for this electronic edition. The advertisement containing a list of other Nick Carter stories has been moved from the front of the book to the back. The following typographical errors present in the original edition have been corrected. In Chapter II, a period was changed to a comma after "who he was". In Chapter V, a missing period was added after "take me into the fold" and after "near the tracks". In Chapter VII, "dregs in you coffee cup" was changed to "dregs in your coffee cup". In Chapter XIII, "she heard Madge inquire" was changed to "he heard Madge inquire". In Chapter XIV, "lying at full lngth" was changed to "lying at full length". In Chapter XVI, "He rose stifly" was changed to "He rose stiffly". In Chapter XIX, a missing quotation mark was added before "but he sent a bullet after me". In Chapter XXII, "that wake of life" was changed to "that walk of life". In Chapter XXVI, a missing period was added after "too stuck up for my kind". No other changes have been made to the original text.]