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TERROR ISLAND
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. A CROOK IS TRAPPED
? CHAPTER II. A POSTPONED TRAIL
? CHAPTER III. OUTBOUND FROM HAVANA
? CHAPTER IV. THE STORM STRIKES
? CHAPTER V. STRANGE WELCOMES
? CHAPTER VI. THE UNSEEN GUEST
? CHAPTER VII. CAVERNS OF WEALTH
? CHAPTER VIII. THE SHADOW ACTS
? CHAPTER IX. THE NEXT NIGHT
? CHAPTER X. THE SHADOW'S MESSAGE
? CHAPTER XI. THE NEXT NIGHT
? CHAPTER XII. THE SHADOW'S CHALLENGE
? CHAPTER XIII. THE TRAP IS LAID
? CHAPTER XIV. THE PRISONER TALKS
? CHAPTER XV. THE NEW GAME
? CHAPTER XVI. THE SHADOW WAITS
? CHAPTER XVII. ABOARD THE DALMATIA
? CHAPTER XVIII. THE ATTACK
? CHAPTER XIX. STROKE AND COUNTER-STROKE
? CHAPTER XX. MEN MARKED FOR DEATH
? CHAPTER XXI. FIGHTERS OF THE NIGHT
? CHAPTER XXII. THE LAST STROKE
? CHAPTER XXIII. NEW DAWN

CHAPTER I. A CROOK IS TRAPPED
AN elderly man was seated, stoop-shouldered, at a massive desk. Behind him was a closed safe; to his
left, a pair of French windows, wide open, that led to a screened veranda. The room was lighted, for it
was after dusk; and there was a reason for the open windows, because the night was excessively warm.
When occasional breezes came, they floated in from the veranda.

The light from the room repaid that service by casting its soft glow beyond the outside screen. The
illumination revealed the long, crinkly leafed branches of palm trees against the porch.

The man at the desk was James Tolwig, a New York millionaire. The room in which he sat was the study
of his spacious Florida bungalow. Though less than a dozen miles from Miami, James Tolwig enjoyed a
most secluded location; and that fact pleased him. It was one reason why he had chosen to stay in
Florida during the off season.

James Tolwig's forehead was furrowed in a puzzled frown. The elderly man was studying a telegram; he
stroked his chin as he read the message. The wire was from Havana; its message simply read:

POSTPONE PURCHASE UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK.

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