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THE CIGARETTE MACHINE. Nick was about to speak on, but his eye caught a flash of something among the papers on the desk. He picked up the object and found that it was a small, nickel-plated instrumen…
Montgomery at Bay. “Meet me at the corner, Chick,” said Nick, as he passed the man who was working on the street. Nick waited, just around the corner on Sixth Avenue, and Chick came, stripped of his …
A NECESSARY CRUELTY. Nick was on his feet in front of the cowering man, pointing one finger at him. Montgomery merely writhed in his seat, but did not say a word. “But that is not the worst,” went on…
AT THE OBELISK. At eight-thirty sharp a “four-wheeler” dashed up the east drive of Central Park and came to a halt opposite the Egyptian relic known as the Obelisk, otherwise “Cleopatra’s Needle.” Th…
THE TENDER-HEARTED WATCHMAN. Nick’s return to town had not been quite as peaceful as he had hoped. But he was more than satisfied with the result of the work of the last few days. He had captured one…
THE CASHIER’S ANNOUNCEMENT. Spark handed the bag to Clancy, and the latter poured some of the nitroglycerin into the cup. Then, crouching under one of the counters, they waited while the explosive oo…
“OLD HANDS.” The bank robbery took place during the night of Monday and Tuesday. On Wednesday morning, at seven o’clock, a neatly dressed man, wearing a pair of very respectable “Dundrearies,” made h…
A MYSTERIOUS BULLET. It was ten o’clock when Nick Carter walked into the People’s National Bank, halted at the cashier’s window, and asked for Mr. Hepner. The cashier knew all the customers of the in…
WARM WORK. “Great guns!” exclaimed the chief. “What has happened, Mr.——” “Call me Nicholas,” hissed Nick, clinging to the chief and with lips close to his ear. “I’m shot!” he cried again. “Some one f…
THE MEN FROM CHICAGO. Presently the bell boy came up and found Nick stretched out on the bed. The boy was a quiet little chap, and brought Nick a pitcher of water and a daily paper, and did a number …
