The Bradys Abd the Chinese Idol (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...at the hotel, and breakfast over, Old King Brady went to the office and interviewed the manager, whom he knew, on the subject of Janitor Dowd. "That party left yesterday," said the manager. "There was a New York detective named Webb with him. It was about time Dowd did leave. He was drunk all the while, and he carried so much money and displayed it so recklessly that I feared for his life." As the manager had no idea where Webb and Dowd had gone, the Bradys once more found themselves at sea. "Get down around Chinatown, you and Alice," the old detective said when he returned to the room. "I would not disguise. Just cover the ground in a general way and see what you can pick up. Meanwhile I'll get around among the jewelry trade and talk pearls." "You don't propose to try to locate the Order of the Ten then.?" questioned Harry. "I don't see how we are going to do it. Do vou, Alice?" "It will be difficult. Lei me offer a suggestion." "A dozen if you wish." "Suppose Harry and I call upon Dobbs's Chinese pearl correspondent. The one who wrote the letter from Boston. What's the name again?" "His name is Sing Lung. He has an address on Oxford Place. Y'es, that may be a good idea. How will you go? Looking for pearls?" "That depends upon what sort of person this Sing Lung turns out to be." "Go, and success attend you. I go on the still hunt for Dowd." Down on Washington street, near Winter, up one flight and at the end of a dark hall, was then located the principal buyer of pearls in Boston. As we do not care to give his name, we shall call this man Schmidt. He went out of business long since. Old King Brady had been up against...