The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler - or, Working for the Custom House by Francis Worcester Doughty
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went up there and was admitted.
In whispers they explained to each other all that transpired and the old detective was delighted over the boy's success. "So the mysterious woman in black was the girl smuggler, eh?" asked the old detective. "Well, I'm surprised." "Her warning you, shows that she has some regard for us and don't wish to see us come to grief," replied Harry, sentimentally. "On the other hand, it may have been a diplomatic move on her part to bluff us off until they smuggle that big consignment of diamonds over the border," replied Old King Brady, practically. "Well, she didn't succeed." "By no means." "Have you formed any plan of action?" "Only one." "And that is?" "To catch them smuggling those diamonds and arrest them with the evidence in their possession, which will send them to prison for many years," replied Old King Brady. |
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