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THE WEALTH SEEKER
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. AT RED MIKE'S
? CHAPTER II. PLANS OF CRIME
? CHAPTER III. BIRDY TALKS
? CHAPTER IV. FACTIONS FIGHT
? CHAPTER V. THE SHADOW'S CLEW
? CHAPTER VI. AT SATRUFF'S
? CHAPTER VII. THE RAIDERS
? CHAPTER VII. CARDONA'S QUIZ
? CHAPTER IX. DORAND ASKS ADVICE
? CHAPTER X. FROM THE UNDERWORLD
? CHAPTER XI. CROOK MEETS CROOK
? CHAPTER XII. TRAILS DIVERGE
? CHAPTER XIII. THE SECOND RAID
? CHAPTER XIV. OUT OF THE NIGHT
? CHAPTER XV. SATRUFF EXPLAINS
? CHAPTER XVI. WESTON ORDAINS
? CHAPTER XVII. TEX GIVES ORDERS
? CHAPTER XVIII. SATRUFF PREPARES
? CHAPTER XIX. WORD TO THE SHADOW
? CHAPTER XX. IN THE STRONG-ROOM
? CHAPTER XXI. HARLOW TELLS
? CHAPTER XXII. THE HIDDEN FRIEND
? CHAPTER XXIII. THE FINAL STROKE
CHAPTER I. AT RED MIKE'S
EVENING had come to the bad lands of Manhattan. The fading of dingy dusk had brought an insidious
gloom to the district which marked the strongholds of the underworld. Skulking figures of shifty mobsters,
quick steps of persons bound on innocent business, the stalwart forms of patrolling policemen—these
were the manifestations that marked the beginning of a new period of danger.

Gangdom had come to life after dark. Ways of crime, neglected while daylight held sway, were once
more in the making. Every empty house, every deserted alleyway, might be the lurking spot where evil
men awaited the word to wage war against the organized forces of the law.

This district was the breeding place of crime. Mobster hide-outs and meeting places were all too
frequent. Yet the police, although they knew the evils that existed, were handicapped by the very law
which they served.

Unless violence broke out within the precinct, or orders were received to arrest men wanted for crime,
the patrolling officers could make no legal inroads. They were forced to ignore the dives where crime
was instigated; to wait until rats of the bad lands came forth and committed evil in respectable districts.
Then would come the task of stopping the rats as they scurried back to cover. But once the furor had
ended, the old routine would rule the bailiwick of crime.

This night was typical of underworld activity. There was no doubt that crime was being fostered almost