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Excerpt: ..."cat-and-mouse" act was never one it favoured, for the mouse had been known to get away. Jimmie Dale lighted the gas again, and turned the package over in his hands. It was, as he had surmised, a small cardboard box; and it was wrapped in plain paper and tied with a string. He untied the string, and still suspicious, as a man is suspicious in the knowledge that he is stalked by peril at every turn, removed the wrapper a little gingerly. It was still without sign or marking upon show more it, just an ordinary cardboard box. He lifted off the cover, and, with a short, sudden laugh, stared, a little out of countenance, at the contents. On the top lay a white, unaddressed envelope. HERS Beneath show lessTags
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Jimmie Dale, alias the Gray Seal, is a sort of vigilante and a master safe-cracker. He goes around keeping thugs from doing heinous things, giving back stolen goods, and protecting the poor. He always ends up looking like the criminal, so the police are after him and so are all the crooks he's stymied. Takes place in NYC. Colorful slang, a bit repetitive, awesome scenes in Chinatown's Chang Foo's opium den.
It started out a ripping good yarn but soon failed. The Adventures went on far too long, prose got more and more florrid, and the plot line more and more ridiculous. I was curious enough to finish it but other things would be more worth my time.
Jimmie Dale is presented as too skillful. Otherwise, it's quite entertaining.
Part One quickly becomes repetitious, but Part Two is actually quite good!
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Grey Seal (1)
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- Original publication date
- 1917
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- Members
- 37
- Popularity
- 778,189
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (3.30)
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 28
- ASINs
- 5
