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Ashton-Kirk, Investigator, by John T. McIntyre
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Title: Ashton-Kirk, Investigator
Author: John T. McIntyre
Release Date: May 10, 2004 [EBook #12314]
Language: English
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[Illustration: "JUST AS I THOUGHT"]
ASHTON-KIRK INVESTIGATOR
By
John T. McIntyre
Author of "In the Dead of Night," &c.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY RALPH L. BOYER
PHILADELPHIA 1910
To my Friend GRANT GIBNEY
INTRODUCTION
Ashton-Kirk, who has solved so many mysteries, is himself something of a problem even to those who know him best. Although young, wealthy, and of high social position, he is nevertheless an indefatigable worker in his chosen field. He smiles when men call him a detective. "No; only an investigator," he says.
He has never courted notoriety; indeed, his life has been more or less secluded. However, let a man do remarkable work in any line and, as Emerson has observed, "the world will make a beaten path to his door."
Those who have found their way to Ashton-Kirk's door have been of many races and interests. Men of science have often been surprised to find