[Pg 2]SECRET SERVICE.
OLD AND YOUNG KING BRADY DETECTIVES.
Issued Weekly—By Subscription $2.50 per year. Entered as Second Class Matter at the New York, N.Y., Post Office,March 1, 1899. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1900, in the office of the Librarianof Congress, Washington, D.C., by Frank Tousey, 24 Union Square, New York.
No. 79.NEW YORK, July 27, 1900.Price 5 Cents.
The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler
OR,
Working for the Custom House.
BY A NEW YORK DETECTIVE.
Table of Contents
Chapter I. The Bradys as Custom House Detectives.
Chapter II. Nine Smugglers.
Chapter III. Caught in an Elevator.
Chapter IV. The Clew in the Basin.
Chapter V. At a Villain's Mercy.
Chapter VI. Two Men in a Box.
Chapter VII. A Mysterious Woman in Black.
Chapter VIII. Gaining a Few Points.
Chapter IX. Crossing the Border.
Chapter X. Serving the Warrant.
Chapter XI. Subduing a Tartar.
Chapter XII. Run to Cover.
Chapter XIII. A Human Shield.
Chapter XIV. On Harlem Bridge.
Chapter XV. Pumping a Prisoner.
Chapter XVI. The Capture of La Croix.
Chapter XVII. Recovering the Diamonds.
Chapter XVIII. Conclusion.
CHAPTER I.
THE BRADYS AS CUSTOM HOUSE DETECTIVES.
The Collector of the Port of New York sat in his officein the Custom House with a look of annoyance upon hisface.
Several of his chief inspectors were standing about theroom with the most uneasy expressions, for they werebeing censured unmercifully.
"I tell you, gentlemen," the Collector was saying, angrily,"I am very much disgusted with the poor service your depar