Detective Covington Sees Luck Turn in Dramatic Day
Covington contends luck will shift as he pursues a major coup. Joan Belding and Lucy press him toward settled life, while Covington dashes between disguise and duty, boasting a sensational disappearance and a bank cashier arrest that unravels into a clergy traveler twist.
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Ck Covington
Leon
Joan Belding
Heaven
Lucy
Covington
Lury Belding
Sherlock Holze
John Belding
Zelding
Dick Covington
Casa
Covington Nears Exposure Of Silver Coin Scam Involving Crosby Investment
Covington pursues a dubious venture after receiving a circular from the Crosby Investment Company promising profits from silver coins made with real anger. A planned meeting in a western town with Dudley reveals a fake trust scheme offering stock and monthly dividends to outsiders. Covington accepts a long ride into the countryside, enticed by the mystery and potential gains.
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Crosby Investing Company
Covington
Belding
New York
Dudley
Coyington
Gimson
Counterfeit Ring Foiled as Secret Service Seizes Plant
Covington trailed Dudley and guests through a farm house to a cave where a press produced fake coins. Agents swarmed the cave, arresting the crew and exposing a scheme that sold stock in a bogus silver operation. Covington confirms the ruse and quits detective work.
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Roach
Covington
Dudley
Lovington
Secret Service
Chicago
Bureau
High Glen
The Flirtation Across the Street
Boswell falls for his neighbor a plump young woman who waves from a window and kisses him back. When a bit of flirtation leads to trouble his rival brother confronts him, and a misunderstanding unfolds as Boswell plans to pursue love with caution and a new life.
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Boswell
Miss
Stoswell
Kise
Asailant
Stella Tolbert Fights City Expansion Over Family Mansion
Stella Tolbert resists selling the old Tolbert mansion as city growth encroaches on Castleton. She recalls happy days in the yard while new brick houses rise and taxes climb. Bert and Frank Flaming try to persuade her to move ruralward, but she clings to the home left by their father.
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Nell
Boss
Brady
Hank Boswell
Tom Haight
Boswell
Tout Haight
Stella
Tolbert
Sinsa
Ain
Bain
Sla
Castleton
Bert
Frank Flaming
Fleming
Eth
Jane
Frank
Bath
Stella Faces House Wreckers as Fiery Resolve Holds
Stella resists moving as a court decision prompts the Metropolitan House Wrecking Company to prepare a row of flat houses on the old Bain place. Bert confirms Bath’s aunt needs care and introduces a double wedding plan with Frank, while Stella grapples with impending change and loss.
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Bert
Court of Appeals
Frank
Stella
Beth
Not the Same in Thoughtful Banter
A fragmentary dialogue shows a thinker and a dense person debating wealth and appearance. The thinker laments pity, while the dense interlocutor asks why. The thinker explains that a shorter man would be richer.
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Duisley
Taade
Crean
Alk Hollow
Police
Dedham
Ant
Bowell
Soswell
Benwell
Grindow
Etri
Kless
Boswel
Grace
Acros
Forses
Metropolitan
Holouse Wrecking Company
Bain Place
Robert
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