The Mardi Gras Mystery

"The tale of a carnival joke that led to grim realities. All the mystery and business intrigue of the oil lands and the joyous abandon of old New Orleans are in this spirited romance." -Publishers Weekly "A swiftly moving tale with plenty of mystery and a satisfactory ending." -Chicago Public Library Book Bulletin "The carnival period in New Orleans is enlivened by a series of sensation holdups by a man masked in aviators\' livery. It is a rich young man\'s Mardi Gras prank but it leads him into the midst of a huge industrial plot and also to a meeting with a charming girl." -Bookseller and Stationer "So Jones pull maned to New Orleans and went smash up against the Mardi Gras carnival....Jones found a merry scoundrel of the name of Henry Gramont. Like all scoundrels, he was a good fellow. He dressed up in an aviator\'s costume, got into the carnival and began frisking watches and flasks. He dealt Ben Chacherre a rude blow while Bacchus was passing, and Ben went flat. Who was the girl with the black mask? She was being pursued up many steps in the hall where the Midnight Looters were pulling off their Mardi Gras ball. Henry flew in the window in his tiny airship and nipped the girl in the bud. He volplaned to Baronne Street, where Julius Friend, disguised as an editor, whistled thrice upon the wrong horn of the dilemma....Turns out that Gramont was no scoundrel after all, but just a flat-foot, or something better, or worse." -The Judge