26 Chapters
IDA SEES MISS RAINFORTH. The next morning Nick Carter listened with surprise and deep interest to the tale which his two efficient aids had to tell him. “When we parted last night,” he said, “there h…
IDA’S TRIUMPH. The servant led Ida up the stairs to the second floor and into a room in the front of the house, furnished most luxuriously as a sitting-room. A young woman, rather under-sized, but we…
ON LANNIGAN’S TRAIL. While Ida had been having her forceful interview with Miss Rainforth, Chick and Patsy had journeyed to Philadelphia. On their way thither, on the train, they had become aware tha…
A NEW MOVE. When they were out in the street, Chick said to Patsy: “Something’s coming off to-night at that place.” “And something’s going to be brought in a closed carriage,” added Patsy. “And we ha…
THE TRUTH AT LAST. While Chick and Patsy and Ida had been engaged on their various branches of the work, Nick had been busy in following up some clews that had drifted into his hands. So that, with w…
CONCLUSION. When Patsy had met Nick at the department store, he had no opportunity to tell him of the experience of himself and Chick that day in Philadelphia. He did so now, however. Nick listened i…