Project Gutenberg 2004-03-01 Public domain in the USA. 58 Old Sleuth 1837 1898 Halsey, Harlan Page Pastor, Tony Sleuth, Old The "Dock Rats" of New York; Or, The Smuggler Band's Last Stand Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. "The 'Dock Rats' of New York; Or, The Smuggler Band's Last Stand" by Old Sleuth is a piece of early pulp fiction written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Spencer Vance, a government detective, who finds himself embroiled in the dangerous world of smugglers along the New York coast. As he navigates the treacherous waters of deceit and betrayal, he encounters a mysterious young woman named Renie, who warns him of a deadly trap awaiting him that night. The narrative quickly escalates into a web of intrigue surrounding Renie's past and the sinister plans of her supposed father, Tom Pearce. At the start of the book, we are introduced to Spencer Vance, who is preparing to go out on a yacht under suspicious circumstances when he is suddenly warned by Renie, a beautiful girl clothed in rags, that he faces imminent danger—not from the sea but from those aboard the yacht. Vance learns that he is being targeted because he is a government officer investigating a smuggling operation. In a twist, Renie reveals that she inadvertently betrayed Vance to the smugglers but has come to warn him. This dynamic sets the stage for a series of thrilling encounters with Renie's potential kidnappers, the complexities of her background, and Vance's determination to thwart the smuggling operation, all while navigating the treacherous loyalties intertwined in this underworld. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Smuggling -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 393088 2024-10-03T04:33:21.744838 2023-10-03T04:58:17.534690 text/html text/html 393081 2024-10-03T04:33:22.055835 2023-10-03T04:58:17.755687 text/html text/html 225261 2024-10-03T04:33:33.148773 application/epub+zip 230654 2024-10-03T04:33:26.218830 application/epub+zip 191077 2024-10-03T04:33:24.716812 application/epub+zip 535100 2024-10-03T04:33:38.130788 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 488011 2024-10-03T04:33:32.051802 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 443266 2022-09-03T06:34:52.502546 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 308807 308835 2024-10-03T04:33:21.150860 2023-10-03T04:58:17.063717 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 308696 2013-10-05T15:27:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 107141 2013-10-05T15:27:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18889 2024-10-03T04:33:38.258748 application/rdf+xml 24192 2024-10-03T04:33:25.267809 image/jpeg 4883 2024-10-03T04:33:24.987819 image/jpeg 220530 2024-10-03T04:33:22.084849 application/octet-stream application/zip 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