E-text prepared by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) Mystery Stories for Boys Mystery Stories for Boys Mystery Stories for Boys The Crimson Flash By ROY J. SNELL ROY J. SNELL The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago The Reilly & Lee Co. Chicago Printed in the United States of America Printed in the United States of America Copyright, 1922 by The Reilly & Lee Co. All Rights Reserved Copyright, 1922 by The Reilly & Lee Co. All Rights Reserved CONTENTS CHAPTER CHAPTER PAGE THE CRIMSON FLASH CHAPTER I JOHNNY LOSES A FIGHT