The Spiritualists and the Detectives

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THE SPIRITUALISTS AND THE DETECTIVES.

BY

ALLAN PINKERTON,

AUTHOR OF "THE EXPRESSMAN AND THE DETECTIVE," "CLAUDE MELNOTTE AS A DETECTIVE," "THE SOMNAMBULIST AND THE DETECTIVE," "THE MODEL TOWN AND THE DETECTIVES," ETC.

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NEW YORK: G. W. Dillingham, Publisher, SUCCESSOR TO G. W. CARLETON & CO. LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO. MDCCCLXXXIX.

COPYRIGHTED, 1876, BY ALLAN PINKERTON

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CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.

"Kal'm'zoo!"-- The Home of the Nettletons.-- Lilly Nettleton.-- A wild Heart and a burning Brain. 13

CHAPTER II.

The "Circuit-Rider."-- Mr. Pinkerton and these Gospel Knights-Errant in the early Days.-- The Rev. Mr. Bland appears.-- "And Satan came also!"-- A "charge" is established.-- A Compact "where the golden maple-leaves fall."-- Bland departs.-- "The scared form of a young Woman steals away from her Home!" 19

CHAPTER III.

Lilly in Detroit.-- First and last Remorse.-- The reverend Villain and his Victim enjoy the Hospitality of the Michigan Exchange Hotel.-- A Scene.-- "Bland, am I to go to your Mother's, as you promised?"-- The Clergyman(?) "crazed."-- Everything, save Respectability.-- A Woman's Will.-- And a Man's Cajolement. 27

CHAPTER IV.

Tells how the Rev. Mr. Bland preached a Funeral Sermon.-- Shows a dainty Cottage, holding more than the Neighbors knew.-- Installs Lilly as a Clergyman's Mistress.-- Reverts to a Desolate Home.-- Introduces Dick Hosford, a returned "Forty-Niner," who begins a despairing Search.-- And shows that unholy, as well as true Love, does not always run smoothly. 33

CHAPTER V.

Reckless Fancies.-- The "Cursed Church Interests."-- Bland's "little Bird" becomes a busy Bird.-- Merges into a great Raven of the Night.-- Gathers together Valuables.-- And while a folded Handkerchief lies across the Clergyman's Face, steals away into the Storm and the Night.-- Gone!-- "Are ye all dead in there?"-- Drifting together.-- "Don't give the Gal that Ticket!"-- A great-hearted Man.-- The Rev. Bland officiates at a Wedding.-- Competence and Contentment. 39

CHAPTER VI.

Mr. Pinkerton is called upon.-- Mr. Harcout, a ministerial-looking Man, with an After-dinner Voice, appears.-- A Case with a Woman in it, as is usually the case.-- Mr. Pinkerton hesitates.-- An anxious Millionaire. 47

CHAPTER VII.

In Council.-- Mr. Lyon the Millionaire, with Mr. Harcout the Adventurer and Adviser, appear together.-- How Mr. Lyon became Mrs. Winslow's Victim.-- "Our blessed Faith" and the Woman's strange Power.-- A Tender Subject.-- Deep Games.-- A One Hundred Thousand Dollar Suit for Breach of Promise of Marriage.-- A good deal of Money.-- All liable to err.-- A most magnificent Woman.-- The "Case" taken. 55

CHAPTER VIII.