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CHAPTER I

READY FOR BUSINESS

When the "Big Boss" at Secret Service Headquarters
in Washington sent Jack Ralston and
his pal, Gabe Perkiser, to Florida with orders
to comb the entire Gulf Coast from the Ten
Thousand Islands as far north as Pensacola and
break up the defiant league of smugglers, great
and small, that had for so long been playing a
game of hide-and-seek with the Coast Guard
revenue officers, the task thus assigned was particularly
to the liking of those two bold and dependable
sky detectives.

They loved nothing better than _action_--never
felt entirely happy unless matching their wits
against those of skulking law breakers--while
to sup with danger, and run across all manner of
thrilling adventures--that was a daily yearning
with them.

Since so much of their work must of necessity
take them over that vast stretch of salt water

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