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THE DEAD WHO LIVED
Maxwell Grant
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? CHAPTER I. CRIME SERVES ITSELF
? CHAPTER II. THE SECOND THRUST
? CHAPTER III. LINKS TO CRIME
? CHAPTER IV. DEATH BRINGS A TRAIL
? CHAPTER V. THE TRAP THAT TURNED
? CHAPTER VI. DEATH DEFERRED
? CHAPTER VII. CROOKS TAKE COVER
? CHAPTER VIII. CRIME'S PURPOSE
? CHAPTER IX. THE SHADOW'S VISIT
? CHAPTER X. THE CROSSED TRAIL
? CHAPTER XI. THRUSTS THROUGH THE DARK
? CHAPTER XII. THE PAST LINK
? CHAPTER XIII. THE HOUSE IN THE HILLS
? CHAPTER XIV. FACTS BEHIND CRIME
? CHAPTER XV. BLAST OF DOOM
? CHAPTER XVI. BOSCO'S MISTAKE
? CHAPTER XVII. IN THE HIDE-OUT
? CHAPTER XVIII. THE SHADOW TALKS
? CHAPTER XIX. IN THE TEST ROOM
? CHAPTER XX. LIVING AND DEAD
? CHAPTER XXI. THE DEAD RETURN

CHAPTER I. CRIME SERVES ITSELF
A FRAIL, droopy-faced man was seated near the window of his hotel room writing a letter. At moments
he paused, a sly smile on his small lips, a gleam in his birdlike eyes. During those intervals, he stroked his
fingers through his thin, gray-streaked hair.

He finished the letter, applying his signature with a self-important flourish. The name that he wrote was
George Thurnig; and from his manner, he seemed to think that many persons knew that name.

Thurnig was wrong. He was almost unknown, here in New York. Even in Cincinnati, where he hailed
from, he was regarded as important only by persons who purchased automobile accessories at his small
chain of retail stores.

By tomorrow, though, the name of George Thurnig would be heralded throughout the country in a
manner which its owner neither expected nor desired.

At present, Thurnig was complimenting himself upon the letter that he had written. It was to a friend in
Cincinnati, and though cordial in style, it concealed much more than it told. For one thing, it revealed
nothing of Thurnig's present purpose in New York.

That was a matter that Thurnig was keeping strictly to himself and a few other persons, who were also
closemouthed.