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Jimmy Valentine

A safecracker who reforms for love.

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Also known as Jimmy, Valentine, Mr. James Valentine, Mr. Valentine

Jimmy Valentine shows up with force in A Retrieved Reformation. The page is where that presence becomes real.

Protagonist; a safecracker who reforms after falling in love, ultimately sacrificing his new identity to save a child.

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In A Retrieved Reformation: Protagonist; a safecracker who reforms after falling in love, ultimately sacrificing his new identity to save a child.

Later, in I: Mentioned as James Hayes, the new recruit who brings a horned frog named Muriel.

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A Retrieved Reformation
Protagonist; a safecracker who reforms after falling in love, ultimately sacrificing his new identity to save a child.
I
Mentioned as James Hayes, the new recruit who brings a horned frog named Muriel.
II
A new ranger with a humorous attachment to his horned frog Muriel; disappears during Saldar's attack, leading to accusations of cowardice.
After Twenty Years
Jimmy Wells, the friend who keeps the appointment but arranges for Bob's arrest.
One Thousand Dollars
Not present in this chapter.
The Rathskeller and the Rose
Not present in this chapter.
The Making of a New Yorker
Not present in this chapter.
An Adjustment of Nature
Not present in this chapter.
The Thing's the Play
Frank Barry, who after being attacked loses his memory and becomes the violinist Ramonti, returns to Helen's life as a lodger.
The Handbook of Hymen
Not present in this chapter.
Calloway's Code
Not directly present; the story focuses on the Enterprise staff.
Proof of the Pudding
Not present in this chapter.
The Halberdier of the Little Rheinschloss
Sir Percival Deering, the halberdier who works undercover to prove himself.
No Story
Not present in this chapter.
A Poor Rule
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