The Further Adventures Of Jimmie Dale

"The Further Adventures of Jimmie Dale" by Frank L. Packard Packard was a Canadian novelist who was particularly beloved for his Jimmie Dale character. In this book, the titular character, a wealthy playboy during the day and a thief at night, finds himself on a set of adventures as he tries to maintain the ruse of his lifestyle. By doing so, he's able to continue his endeavors of stealing from the wealthy to give back to the poor.

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A diminutive gas-jet's sickly, yellow flame illuminated the room with poverty-stricken inadequacy; high up on the wall, bordering the ceiling, the moonlight, as though contemptuous of its artificial competitor, streamed in through a small, square window, and laid a white, flickering path to the door across a filthy and disreputable rag of carpet; also, through a rent in the roller shade, which was drawn over a sort of antiquated French window that opened on a level with the floor and in line with the top-light, the moonlight disclosed a narrow and squalid courtyard without. In one corner of the room stood a battered easel, while against the wall near it, and upon the floor, were a number of canvases of different sizes. A cot bed, unmade, its covers dirty and in disorder, occupied the wall space opposite the door. In the centre of the mean and uninviting apartment stood a table, its top littered with odds and ends, amongst which the remains of a meal, dishes and food, fraternised gregariously with a painter's palette, brushes and paint tubes. A chair or two, long since disabled, and a rickety washstand completed the appointments.

Frank Lucius Packard (February 2, 1877 - February 17, 1942) was a Canadian novelist. LifeFrank L. Packard was born in Montreal, Quebec and educated at McGill University and the University of Liege. As a young man he worked as a civil engineer for the Canadian Pacific Railway. His experiences working on the railroad led to his writing many railroad stories, then to a series of mystery novels, the most famous of which featured a character called Jimmie Dale.Several of his novels were made into films.Frank Packard died in 1942 in Lachine, Quebec and was buried in the Mount Royal Cemetery in Montreal. The most famous of which featured a character called "Jimmie Dale"; who first appeared in the novel The Adventures of Jimmie Dale in 1917. He was a wealthy playboy by day, but at night put on a costume and became The Grey Seal, who enters businesses or homes and cracks safes, always leaving a grey seal behind to mark his conquest, but never taking anything.

A diminutive gas-jet's sickly, yellow flame illuminated the room with poverty-strickeninadequacy; high up on the wall, bordering the ceiling, the moonlight, as thoughcontemptuous of its artificial competitor, streamed in through a small, square window, andlaid a white, flickering path to the door across a filthy and disreputable rag of carpet; also, through a rent in the roller shade, which was drawn over a sort of antiquated Frenchwindow that opened on a level with the floor and in line with the top-light, the moonlightdisclosed a narrow and squalid courtyard without.In one corner of the room stood a battered easel, while against the wall near it, and uponthe floor, were a number of canvases of different sizes. A cot bed, unmade, its covers dirtyand in disorder, occupied the wall space opposite the door. In the centre of the mean anduninviting apartment stood a table, its top littered with odds and ends, amongst which theremains of a meal, dishes and food, fraternised gregariously with a painter's palette, brushes and paint tubes. A chair or two, long since disabled, and a rickety washstandcompleted the appointment

Jimmie Dale is a fictitious character created by Packard, and he appears in many mystery stories. By day Dale is a playboy, but at night he morphs into a master safecracker and wears the costume of a Grey seal.

THE RETURN OF THE GREY SEAL All of New York City thought that Jimmy the Bat had died in the fire at The Sanctuary -- and his alternate identity, The Grey Seal, with him. Little did New York realize that the infamous Grey Seal, safecracker extraordinaire, was actually a member of the prestigious St. James Club -- wealthy man-about-town Jimmie Dale. And, also, Jimmy the Bat, lowlife crime informer. And, also -- quite alive Needing a new criminal identity, Jimmie becomes dope-fiend 'Smarlinghue' to gain more underworld contacts. But when he is shaken down by Clancy the crooked cop, Jimmie Dale once more plunges into breathless adventures. Here again is The Tocsin -- Marie LaSalle -- who had Jimmie's secret, and his heart. Here again are colorful criminals like Slimmy Jack and Birdie Lee and Hunchback Joe. Plus: a villainous master of disguise named Wizard Marre. Here is the second volume of the exciting stories of the pulp hero Father of all Masked Crimefighters from the Shadow to Batman to the Lone Ranger -- Jimmy Dale