Project Gutenberg 2005-10-23 Public domain in the USA. 126 Doughty, Francis Worcester 1850 1917 New York detective The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler; Or, Working for the Custom House Produced by David Starner, Sigal Alon and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Bradys and the Girl Smuggler; Or, Working for the Custom House" by Doughty is a detective novel written in the late 19th century. The story follows Old King Brady and his apprentice, Young King Brady, as they work to uncover a smuggling operation involving precious stones at the Custom House in New York. The narrative introduces the tension between the skilled Bradys and the smugglers, with elements of intrigue and deception as they attempt to apprehend the culprits. At the start of the story, we witness the Bradys being assigned to crack down on a smuggling ring that the regular inspectors have failed to expose. They quickly encounter Paul La Croix, a cunning smuggler, and his daughter Clara, who is involved in the schemes. As the Bradys devise a strategy to uncover the smuggling operation, they display their keen skills and determination, setting the stage for a suspenseful cat-and-mouse chase. The opening chapters establish a compelling premise, as the Bradys navigate through challenges and rivalries within the Custom House, all while uncovering surprising twists related to the characters involved in the smuggling ring. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Mystery and detective stories Dime novels American fiction PS Text Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels Category: American Literature 186539 2025-08-07T09:17:39.212478 text/html 187196 2020-12-12T18:53:17 text/html 446245 2025-08-07T09:17:47.362419 application/epub+zip 447892 2025-08-07T09:17:42.870429 application/epub+zip 139190 2025-08-07T09:17:41.349456 application/epub+zip 876420 2025-08-07T09:17:50.582414 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 857348 2025-08-07T09:17:46.232447 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 186891 2022-09-08T08:17:29.702469 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165771 2025-08-07T09:17:38.406490 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 165581 2020-12-12T18:53:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18977 2025-08-07T09:17:50.715399 application/rdf+xml 24434 2025-08-07T09:17:41.873443 image/jpeg 4474 2025-08-07T09:17:41.612446 image/jpeg 338217 2020-12-12T18:53:17 application/octet-stream application/zip 61833 2020-12-12T18:53:17 application/octet-stream application/zip 440865 2025-08-07T09:17:39.233468 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia