Please see Transcriber's Notes at the end of this document.

“Not just yet; I ain’t quite ready!”—page 410.

THE GREAT DETECTIVE SERIES.

DANGEROUS GROUND;

OR,

THE RIVAL DETECTIVES.

BY

LAWRENCE L. LYNCH,

(OF THE SECRET SERVICE.)

Author of “Madeline Payne, the Detective’s Daughter;” “Out of a Labyrinth;” “Shadowed by Three;” “The Diamond Coterie,” etc., etc.

CHICAGO: ALEX. T. LOYD & CO., Publishers. 1886.

Publishers

Copyright, 1885, By Alex. T. Loyd & Co., Chicago. All Rights Reserved.

Copyright, 1885, By Alex. T. Loyd & Co., Chicago. All Rights Reserved.

Dangerous Ground.

“Mamma brings the candle very near to the closed eyes, waving it to and fro, rapidly.”—page 309.

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DANGEROUS GROUND.

PROLOGUE.

Time: The month of May. The year, 1859; when the West was new, and the life of the Pioneer difficult and dangerous.

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