Mystery Stories for Boys
The Firebug
By
ROY J. SNELL
The Reilly & Lee Co.
Chicago
Printed in the United States of America
Copyright, 1925
by
The Reilly & Lee Co.
All Rights Reserved
CONTENTS
- CHAPTER PAGE
- I The Face at the Window 7
- II A Thrilling Rescue 20
- III The False Alarm 34
- IV Jerry to the Rescue 48
- V A Shot from Ambush 63
- VI The Black Shack 76
- VII The Burning of the Zoo 86
- VIII Mazie and the Tiger 98
- IX A Mysterious Island 104
- X Ben Zook 116
- XI Johnny Gets a Tip 125
- XII The Mystery Man of the Marsh 134
- XIII Johnny Reports to the Chief 142
- XIV Johnny’s Dark Dreams 148
- XV Ben Zook’s Diamonds 155
- XVI The Strange Black Cylinders 171
- XVII The Unanswered Call 181
- XVIII The Return of Panther Eye 190
- XIX A Den of the Underworld 197
- XX Johnny Strikes First 208
- XXI A Trip to Forest City 220
- XXII A Startling Discovery 229
- XXIII Forest City’s Doom 237
- XXIV Ferris Wheel and Fire 243
- XXV The Human Spider 255
- XXVI Safe at Home 261
- XXVII The Contents of the Black Bag 269
- XXVIII The Firebug’s Secret Revealed 275
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THE FIREBUG
CHAPTER I
THE FACE AT THE WINDOW
It was midnight. The room in which JohnnyThompson sat was a place of odd noises andstrange flashes of light. Here in the corner atick-ticking was
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