27 Chapters
NICK BECOMES CHAUFFEUR. “Don’t shoot!” pleaded the detective, cringing before the pointed gun; “for Heaven’s sake, don’t shoot!” “What do you mean by sneaking into this room?” demanded the man, makin…
FOLLOWING A THEORY. Nick looked the machine over with a critical eye. It was an ordinary, two-thousand-dollar, single-cylinder, American-made car, and looked as though it might be able to work up con…
OVER THE BRIDGE. Each man in the touring party carried a large satchel, and Nick noticed that he took very good care of the grip, never letting it get out of his hands for an instant. The satchels ap…
ONE WAY TO STOP AN AUTO. Nick’s cry for help and his reference to the river were intended for the ears of Chick and Patsy. If they failed him, Nick felt that his case was hopeless. The stream into wh…
PATSY’S CAPTURE. “We’ll be on them in a minute,” said Nick. “Got an extra pair of handcuffs, Patsy?” “Sure!” and Patsy dove into his pocket and brought out a pair of bracelets. “I was pretty well str…
HOW CHICK GOT HIS MAN. Spark was not so good a runner as Cricket, and Chick would have made a capture much quicker than Patsy had done, had his man not doubled back to the road, and, fortunately for …
THE LAST OF THE SWINDLERS. Clancy had fought every step of the way through the woods to the blacksmith shop. Every convenient tree trunk, every rise of ground, and every rock which he encountered in …