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VENGEANCE BAY
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. WAYS OF MYSTERY
? CHAPTER II. ONE SLIGHT ERROR
? CHAPTER III. TWO WAYS OUT
? CHAPTER IV. ENTER THE SHADOW
? CHAPTER V. BATTLE OF ILLUSION
? CHAPTER VI. THE SKY DIAMOND
? CHAPTER VII. THE TREASURE QUEST
? CHAPTER VIII. STRANGE VISITORS
? CHAPTER IX. PROWLERS BY NIGHT
? CHAPTER X. CROSSED BATTLE
? CHAPTER XI. THE WHOLESALE VANISH
? CHAPTER XII. CROSSED TRAILS
? CHAPTER XIII. WHERE TREASURE LAY
? CHAPTER XIV. IN DIFFERENT CAMPS
? CHAPTER XV. DEATH BELOW
? CHAPTER XVI. THE SHOT THAT TOLD
? CHAPTER XVII. ON THE ISLAND
? CHAPTER XVIII. THE SHADOW'S EXIT
? CHAPTER XIX. THE LOSING FIGHT
? CHAPTER XX. SHADOWS OF DAWN
? CHAPTER XXI. IN FROM THE DEEP
? CHAPTER XXII. OLD VERSUS NEW
? CHAPTER XXIII. FATE'S FINAL PLAY
CHAPTER I. WAYS OF MYSTERY
THE floor show was in progress at the Club Plaisance, but none of the regular customers were
interested. They were gathered in a corner of the swanky night club, a dozen of them, chatting with a man
who was a much greater attraction than the show.

Cafe society had found a new idol. His name was Vedo Bron.

The name itself marked the man as unusual, and Vedo Bron lived up to it. His manner was just foreign
enough to intrigue the fickle members of New York's wealthy class. He was suave to perfection, and he
wore his evening clothes as though they had been molded to himself.

Of course, Vedo Bron was handsome.

He had dark-brown eyes that glittered black under the mild lights in the corner of the cafe. Eyes that in
such illumination matched the jet of his sleek hair. His features were firm, even to the smile that played
perpetually upon his darkish lips.
A smile that had a reason.

Whenever that smile relaxed, close observers could see that the wrinkle from the corner of Bron's lip was
not a wrinkle, but a thin scar. Above one eye, Bron wore another such trophy, well concealed by the
curve of his heavy eyebrow. The peculiar hunch that he gave his right shoulder when he reached for a