Transcriber's Note:
This book is an example of early pulp fiction. It was
published in 1908 by The Arthur Westbrook Co. as Adventure
Series No. 76. "Old Sleuth" is the pseudonym of Harlan Page
Halsey (1837-1898).







THE "DOCK RATS" OF NEW YORK
OR
THE SMUGGLER BAND'S LAST STAND

BY "OLD SLEUTH"





CHAPTER I.


"Hold, Stranger!"

The words fell from beautiful lips under the most exciting
circumstances.