The War Terror

The War Terror, by Arthur B.
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THE CRAIG KENNEDY SERIES
THE WAR TERROR
BY ARTHUR B. REEVE
FRONTISPIECE BY WILL FOSTER

CONTENTS
CHAPTER
INTRODUCTION
I. THE WAR TERROR II. THE ELECTRO-MAGNETIC GUN III.
THE MURDER SYNDICATE IV. THE AIR PIRATE V. THE
ULTRA-VIOLET RAY VI. THE TRIPLE MIRROR VII. THE
WIRELESS WIRETAPPERS VIII. THE HOUSEBOAT MYSTERY

IX. THE RADIO DETECTIVE X. THE CURIO SHOP XI. THE
"PILLAR OF DEATH" XII. THE ARROW POISON XIII. THE
RADIUM ROBBER XIV. THE SPINTHARISCOPE XV. THE
ASPHYXIATING SAFE XVI. THE DEAD LINE XVII. THE PASTE
REPLICA XVIII. THE BURGLAR'S MICROPHONE XIX. THE
GERM LETTER XX. THE ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY XXI. THE
POISON BRACELET XXII. THE DEVIL WORSHIPERS XXIII.
THE PSYCHIC CURSE XXIV. THE SERPENT'S TOOTH XXV.
THE "HAPPY DUST" XXVI. THE BINET TEST XXVII. THE LIE
DETECTOR XXVIII. THE FAMILY SKELETON XXIX. THE LEAD
POISONER XXX. THE ELECTROLYTIC MURDER XXXI. THE
EUGENIC BRIDE XXXII. THE GERM PLASM XXXIII. THE SEX
CONTROL XXXIV. THE BILLIONAIRE BABY XXXV. THE
PSYCHANALYSIS XXXVI. THE ENDS OF JUSTICE

INTRODUCTION
As I look back now on the sensational events of the past months since
the great European War began, it seems to me as if there had never
been a period in Craig Kennedy's life more replete with thrilling
adventures than this.
In fact, scarcely had one mysterious event been straightened out from
the tangled skein, when another, even more baffling, crowded on its
very heels.
As was to have been expected with us in America, not all of these
remarkable experiences grew either directly or indirectly out of the war,
but there were several that did, and they proved to be only the
beginning of a succession of events which kept me busy chronicling for
the Star the exploits of my capable and versatile friend.
Altogether, this period of the war was, I am sure, quite the most
exciting of the many series of episodes through which Craig has been
called upon to go. Yet he seemed to meet each situation as it arose with
a fresh mind, which was amazing even to me who have known him so

long and so intimately.
As was naturally to be supposed, also, at such a time, it was not long
before Craig found himself entangled in the marvelous spy system of
the warring European nations. These systems revealed their devious
and dark ways, ramifying as they did tentacle-like even across the
ocean in their efforts to gain their ends in neutral America. Not only so,
but, as I shall some day endeavor to show later, when the ban of silence
imposed by neutrality is raised after the war, many of the horrors of the
war were brought home intimately to us.
I have, after mature consideration, decided that even at present nothing
but good can come from the publication at least of some part of the
strange series of adventures through which Kennedy and I have just
gone, especially those which might, if we had not succeeded, have
caused most important changes in current history. As for the other
adventures, no question can be raised about the propriety of their
publication.
At any rate, it came about that early in August, when the war cloud was
just beginning to loom blackest, Kennedy was unexpectedly called into
one of the strangest, most dangerous situations in which his peculiar
and perilous profession had ever involved him.
CHAPTER I
THE WAR TERROR
"I must see Professor Kennedy--where