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THE NORTH WOODS MYSTERY
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. DEATH'S TRAIL
? CHAPTER II. A STRANGE CLUE
? CHAPTER III. IN THE NORTH WOODS
? CHAPTER IV. WORD FROM THE PAST
? CHAPTER V. VANISHED MONGOLS
? CHAPTER VI. THE SHADOW DELAYS
? CHAPTER VII. THE SHADOW'S ALLY
? CHAPTER VIII. THE NEXT NIGHT
? CHAPTER IX. THE DESERTED CABIN
? CHAPTER X. MEETINGS ON THE LAKE
? CHAPTER XI. PROWLERS IN THE DARK
? CHAPTER XII. NIGHT AND THE SHADOW
? CHAPTER XIII. CHANCE PLAYS ITS PART
? CHAPTER XIV. DAWN BRINGS AID
? CHAPTER XV. HARRY PREPARES
? CHAPTER XVI. THE SHOW-DOWN
? CHAPTER XVII. THE LONE HAND
? CHAPTER XVIII. KAI LUAN SPEAKS
? CHAPTER XIX. ODDS OVERWHELMED
? CHAPTER XX. AFTER THE FRAY

CHAPTER I. DEATH'S TRAIL
LATE summer heat gripped New York's Chinatown. It was evening; but nightfall had brought no
coolness. The brick walls that fringed the narrow streets had clamped the stifling atmosphere within their
confines.

Chinatown was quiet. Few tourists had come to this district. This was a season when Coney Island
busses outnumbered those bound to Chinatown. With business lacking, the proprietors of Chinese shops
were seated in their doorways, puffing pipes and blandly eyeing passing strollers.

A well-dressed man was walking briskly along Mott Street. He looked like an American; but when he
turned the corner of Pell Street, the lights of Chinatown's center revealed his face more plainly. The man
was a Chinese; and seated shopkeepers nodded solemn greetings as he passed.

They knew Doctor Roy Tam. A Chinaman with an American education, Roy Tam had established
himself among members of his race. Tam's early career had been a struggle; for he had adhered to one
definite mission: the Americanization of Chinese in New York.

Enemies had blocked Tam's work. There were those in Chinatown who preferred to keep the traditions
of the Orient; their purpose was the gain of power through superstitious followers. Such enemies had
failed. The few who remained were ones who strived in secret. No longer did Doctor Roy Tam
encounter the open opposition of dangerous antagonists.

Tam's route turned again at Doyer Street. He followed the curving thoroughfare and slackened his pace