Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog Project Gutenberg 2008-06-15 Public domain in the USA. 122 Merwin, Bannister The Girl and the Bill An American Story of Mystery, Romance and Adventure Reading ease score: 84.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net) "The Girl and the Bill" by Bannister Merwin is a novel written in the early 20th century. Set against the bustling backdrop of early 1900s Chicago, the story revolves around Robert Orme, a practical lawyer whose life takes an unexpected turn following a chance encounter with a mysterious girl in a black touring car. The plot intertwines elements of romance and mystery as Orme becomes embroiled in a complex web of intrigue involving a marked five-dollar bill with cryptic instructions, leading him into a world of adventure. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Robert Orme as he navigates the crowded streets of Chicago, where he watches a captivating girl struggle with a traffic violation. Their brief interaction sparks a fascination in Orme, who, upon acquiring a five-dollar bill inscribed with a peculiar message, finds himself drawn into an adventure that includes mysterious South Americans and a pair of Japanese assailants. With the girl reappearing and revealing the high stakes surrounding the bill, Orme learns that it may be the key to recovering crucial papers for her ailing father. Determined to assist her, Orme finds himself deep in a chase, setting the stage for a riveting exploration of loyalty, danger, and potential romance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Love stories Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction Adventure stories Spy stories Mystery fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 472397 472243 2024-10-11T07:10:53.717421 2023-09-11T10:03:20.871386 text/html text/html 497312 2008-06-15T14:21:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 216679 2021-01-03T17:50:59 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 285906 2024-10-11T07:11:03.152396 application/epub+zip 293691 2024-10-11T07:10:56.137437 application/epub+zip 242862 2024-10-11T07:10:54.675437 application/epub+zip 487431 2024-10-11T07:11:08.087343 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 447090 2024-10-11T07:11:02.049396 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 402852 2022-09-12T06:13:15.093304 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 406648 406549 2024-10-11T07:10:51.891436 2023-09-11T10:03:19.379358 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 406416 2021-01-03T17:50:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 151041 2021-01-03T17:50:59 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 406424 2021-01-03T17:50:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 151026 2021-01-03T17:50:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21814 2024-10-11T07:11:08.224344 application/rdf+xml 11796 2024-10-11T07:10:55.250416 image/jpeg 3082 2024-10-11T07:10:54.959423 image/jpeg 275177 2024-10-11T07:10:53.761446 application/octet-stream application/zip