Other Fiction Packard, Frank L: The Night Operator. V1. 24 May 2011

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Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist. He was born in Montreal, Quebec and as a young man went to work as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale. Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal.

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Bad! Hawkeye brought his elbow sharply around to focus his lamp on the coin; then he leaned over and rang it on the window sill -- only it wouldn't ring. It was indubitably bad. Hawkeye, however, was dealing with a drunk -- and Hawkeye always did have a mean streak in him.

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