Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective - Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express

Project Gutenberg's Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective, by Frank Pinkerton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express Author: Frank Pinkerton Posting Date: January 24, 2009 [EBook #5901] Release Date: June, 2004 Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK DYKE DARREL THE RAILROAD DETECTIVE *** Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. DYKE DARREL THE RAILROAD DETECTIVE Or THE CRIME OF THE MIDNIGHT EXPRESS By FRANK PINKERTON 1886 DYKE DARREL THE RAILROAD DETECTIVE WON BY CRIME CONTENTS I. A STARTLING CRIME. II. DYKE DARREL'S TRICK. III. PROFESSOR DARLINGTON RUGGLES. IV. SCALPED. V. ELLISTON'S REBUFF. VI. DYKE DARREL'S DANGER. VII. WHAT A HANDKERCHIEF REVEALED. VIII. A PLUNGE TO DEATH. IX. WORDS THAT STARTLE. X. BLACK HOLLOW. XI. POOR SIBYL! XII. A BURNING TRAP. XIII. A SAD FATE. XIV DYKE DARREL ASTOUNDED. XV. A BAFFLED VILLAIN. XVI. NELL MISSING. XVII. NELL IN THE TOILS. XVIII. BEATEN BACK. XIX. THE DETECTIVE FOOLED. XX. OVERMATCHED BY A GIRL. XXI. A BOUT IN THE CELLAR. XXII. THE EMPTY SEAT. XXIII. DYKE DARREL ON THE TRAIL. XXIV. A RACE FOR LIFE. XXV. SAVED! XXVI.