Chapter I: Front Matter

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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.

COPYRIGHT, 1885,
BY ALEX. T. LOYD & CO., CHICAGO.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

Dangerous Ground.

DANGEROUS GROUND.