The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler - or, Working for the Custom House by Francis Worcester Doughty
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attempt to speak to each one of the party in a friendly way at the table,
but they gave me such a cold reception, I had to withdraw in a hurry." That day, La Croix and his party left Montreal. Boarding a train for Toronto, they went away. The Bradys were on the same train. Once more their disguises were changed, for they did not want the smugglers to see them in Toronto in the same characters, as it might arouse their suspicions. They were now rigged out as two regular army soldiers, and pretended to be sightseeing, as most Americans are up in that region. La Croix and his party only remained a day in Toronto. The detectives now discovered that two of the spies had disappeared and a swift search was made to find them. Harry did the investigating. He finally discovered that one of them had gone to get married, and the other acted as best man at the ceremony. The spy married a pretty French-Canadian girl. His companion returned to La Croix's party and the bride and groom started off on a short wedding trip. |
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