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Mystery ad turns up dog nabbing plot in New York
Average Jones reads a widow Hawtern Ackroyd ad for ten thousand black beetles. He teams with Sylvia Graham to uncover a plot to kill the dog Peter Paul and contest a million dollar will. Jones uses beetle-borne detectives to trap Judge Ackroyd, exposing his scheme and earning Sylvia’s engagement.
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Ackroyd
Wixteenth St
New York
Ayerts Jones
Walt
Simpson
Jones
Ramson
Fulton Street
Fage Jones
Bertram
Cosmic Club
Astor Court Temple
Tral Park
Hawley Ackroyd
Ember
Judge Ackroyd
Ier
Hig
van Altern
van Haltern
Sylvia
Graham
Miss. Graham
Average Jones
Sylvia Graham
von Haltern
Schuylkil
Bert
Bartram
Jonas
West Sixteenth Street
Miss Ackroyd
Misa Graham
A. V. R. B. Jones
Edna Hale
Don Quixote
Sixteenth Street
Miss
Uncle Hawley
Peter Paul
Ancla
Europe
Miss Graham
Mressenger
Skeg
Ascallant
Peter Taul
West Sixteen Tit Street
Amelia van Haltern
Simp Bol
Jonag
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