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DEAD MEN LIVE
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. A MAN WITH A MESSAGE
? CHAPTER II. A STRANGE DISCOVERY
? CHAPTER III. A VISITOR RETURNS
? CHAPTER IV. MANN ASSEMBLES DATA
? CHAPTER V. THE SHADOW BEGINS
? CHAPTER VI. TWO MEN PLOT
? CHAPTER VII. THE SHADOW'S CHOICE
? CHAPTER VIII. ORLINOV'S CASTLE
? CHAPTER IX. CLIFF SENDS A MESSAGE
? CHAPTER X. THE SHADOW'S PLAN
? CHAPTER XI. ORLINOV SPEAKS FACTS
? CHAPTER XII. TREMONT'S VISITOR
? CHAPTER XIII. THE SHADOW'S FLIGHT
? CHAPTER XIV. THE SHADOW'S FIGHT
? CHAPTER XV. AFTER MIDNIGHT
? CHAPTER XVI. A PERFECT SCHEME
? CHAPTER XVII. THE PLAN WORKS
? CHAPTER XVIII. ORLINOV'S THREAT
? CHAPTER XIX. THE MAN FROM OUTSIDE
? CHAPTER XX. THE MAN FROM INSIDE
? CHAPTER XXI. CLIFF FINDS A CHANCE
? CHAPTER XXII. THE SHADOW SPEAKS
? CHAPTER XXIII. THE ATTACK

CHAPTER I. A MAN WITH A MESSAGE
THE glaring headlight of the big locomotive came to a slow stop as the West Shore Express pulled into
the Weehawken Terminal. A station attendant pulled open the exit gate. Dim figures of alighting
passengers appeared upon the platform and became an advancing throng. The attendant idly watched the
approaching group.

Two men were standing a short distance from the gate. Away from the glimmer of the locomotive
headlight, they were obscure and unnoticed. Like the attendant, they were watching the people coming
down the platform.

"He'll be here in half a minute, Jake," said one in an undertone. "We've got to spot him the second he
shows up. Right on the ferry with him."

"I got you, Biff," was Jake's reply.
The two men waited. Although they were tense, neither one appeared excited. This was not surprising.
Watching for a passenger coming from a train was no great task for "Biff" Towley and his fellow watcher,
Jake Bosch. For Biff Towley was one of the craftiest mobsmen in all New York, and his companion was
his counterpart.

A tall, youthful man came through the gate with the last of the passengers leaving the Express. Biff