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. . . . . . . . . . . The Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn is the smuggler hero of a series of novels by Russell Thorndike. .

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. . . . . . . After Imogene's death in Syn's arms (during which she revealed to him that he had a son by her who was missing somewhere in America), Syn fought a final duel with Tappitt in his jail cell, defeating him. . ..        . . . . . . . . . . . . .

. . . . . . . ..        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The trap was sprung, but Squire Cobtree's daughter Charlotte, who had fallen in love with Syn and also learned his secret identities as both Clegg and the Scarecrow, was the tragic victim when she dressed in the Scarecrow's disguise and was fatally wounded as a result.

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Syn made him the village Syn soon became aware that his parishioners were smuggling goods from France to avoid the excessive After this, Syn decided that he could only protect his people by becoming their leader. . Syn then struck a bargain with Tappitt: If Tappitt confessed to being the notorious pirate Clegg, then Syn would look after and care for Tappitt and Imogene's new-born infant daughter (also named Imogene). . . . .

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. . . . . DOCTOR SYN "It looks to me," said Dr. Syn, "uncommonly like a King's Frigate" DOCTOR SYN. . . . .

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. A SMUGGLER TALE OF THE ROMNEY MARSH. .

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shortly after the first appearances of the Scarecrow, Nicholas Tappitt (using the name "Colonel Delacourt") and the ailing Imogene returned to England, ending up in Dymchurch. . . . .

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. . . . . A hidden stable watched over by Mother Handaway, the local "witch" (who believed the Scarecrow to be The Devil in living form), was the hiding place for the horses of the Scarecrow and his lieutenants, Mipps and the local highwayman Jimmie Bone (who, being as good a horseman as Syn and of similar build, was sometimes called upon to impersonate the Scarecrow when Syn either had to be elsewhere or seen in the same place.). . .


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. . . . . . . . . . With flair and skill Russell Thorndyke renders in "Doctor Syn" some flat but amusing characters, witty dialogue, knee-slapping humor, mysterious deaths, harrowing escapes, fun-filled action, a foggy Kentish backdrop—ah, I can still see masked, glowing riders dashing along the Romney Marsh in the dead of night. . .

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Tappitt was then suspected of being the Scarecrow, and a Customs officer and three constables came to arrest him. . . . . . . . .

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