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CAD METTI,
The Female Detective Strategist;

OR,

DUDIE DUNNE AGAIN IN THE FIELD.


BY OLD SLEUTH.

Author of all the Famous "Old Sleuth" Stories.




CHAPTER I.

TWO SKILLFUL YOUNG DETECTIVES OVERMATCH A BRACE OF VILLAINS AND
PROVE WHAT NERVE AND COURAGE CAN DO.


"Let's duck him and steal the girl."

A young lady and gentleman were walking on the sands at Coney Island
beach. The lady was very handsomely attired, and by her side walked a
young man, a perfect type in appearance of an effeminate dude. Three
rough-looking men had been following the lady and gentleman at a
distance, and when the latter stopped at a remote part of the beach far
from any hotel the three men held a consultation, and one of them
uttered the declaration with which we open our narrative