Frank L. Packard

Name: The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale — XXIV. AT FIVE MINUTES OF TWELVE
Author: Frank L. Packard

The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

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“The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale — XXIV. AT FIVE MINUTES OF TWELVE”, published in 1919, is a work by Frank L. Packard. It explores elements such as Jimmie Dale, Hunchback Joe and Klanner.

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ The boat shot out into the river—farther out—and the pier and shed merged into the shadows of the shore line and were lost.
And then Jimmie Dale let the oars swing loose. She was crouched in the bottom of the boat close beside him. He bent his head until his lips touched her hair, and lower still until his lips touched hers. And a long time passed. And the boat drifted on. And he drew her closer into his arms, and held her there. She was safe now, safe for always—and the road of fear lay behind. ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ There was one man who stood between the woman whom he loved and her happiness, one man, who had driven her from her home and by every foul art and craft had sought to take her life, one man, one man only—Marre, alias Clarke. And once Clarke were run to earth, she was free forever—no one else had any incentive in hounding her to her death. Well, there was one man who knew where Marre was—Hunchback Joe. And, come what might, Hunchback Joe would tell him, Jimmie Dale, to-night where Marre was! He was not so sure as the Tocsin that Hunchback Joe would talk—to the police ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ If Hunchback Joe had not returned yet, it was necessary that Hunchback Joe should find the door as he had left it—locked! Again Jimmie Dale listened—and then the ray of his flashlight circled the place. A miscellany of ship's junk was piled without any attempt at order all over the place; a board partition with two small windows, one on each side of the door, ran from side to side of the shed about a third of the way up its length; and in the sides of the shed itself were also two small, narrow windows—too small and too narrow, Jimmie Dale noted grimly, for the passage of a man's body. ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ It would take some little time—not until after the police had restored order—to discover that the attempt upon Klanner had been abortive, that Klanner's body was not lying there dead on the floor. But after that—Jimmie Dale opened the door of the partition stealthily, slipped through, and, as his flashlight swept around again, nodded his head sharply—yes, he had thought so!—there was a means of communication here—a telephone. Well then, after that, Hunchback Joe would set every crook and tool over whom he had any control at work to find Klanner. ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ There were no other buildings in his immediate vicinity, and such as could be seen loomed up only as black, shadowy, distant shapes—warehouses and small factories, for the most part, and empty and deserted now at night. ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ But that meant different men at work in many different directions, and there must therefore be some central spot where Hunchback Joe could be instantly reached and reports made to him should Klanner be found—and what better place, what more likely place than here in the security of his own lair! Yes, Hunchback Joe, since he, Jimmie Dale, was now satisfied that the other had not yet returned, would be back here, and, in all probability, long before midnight. ”

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Frank L. Packard, The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale… (1919)

“ I've got to pay your price, of course. Make it reasonable. I haven't got all the money in the world. Tell me where those things are, and name your figures."
"My figure"—Jimmie Dale was clipping off his words—"is a little information. A trade, Hunchback Joe—mine for yours. I want to know where Peter Marre, alias Clarke, is?"
Hunchback Joe drew back from the table with a jerk. The whiteness in his face had changed to an unhealthy, leaden gray. He shook his head. ”

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