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A SUCCESSFUL BURGLARY. In Thirty-fifth Street, east of Fifth Avenue, there is a house conspicuous among its neighbors in that it differs in construction by being of the variety known as the English b…
ANOTHER PHASE. The next morning Nick Carter had hardly concluded his breakfast when a card was brought to him by the servant. He smiled as he read it, and, tossing it to his wife across the table, sa…
THE FIRST STEPS. Nick related to his three aids, in the first place, his experiences of the night previous, when he had happened on the heels of the burglary. This he followed by a statement of the i…
OVERREACHING A SHARPER. An hour passed, during which Spike Thomas waited as patiently as Patsy, on the opposite corner, patiently watched him. At the end of that time Spike showed by his action and h…
DRAWING THE LINES. While Patsy was meeting with his experiences, Chick had been making inquiries as to the five promoters, each of whom had been endeavoring to obtain possession of the drawings and m…
A STRANGE MEETING. When Patsy returned to the place he had appointed to meet Bally Morris he was surprised to find that person waiting for him with Spike Thomas. So warm was their greeting of him tha…
TAKING CHANCES. In the meeting of Seaman, Elwell and the one Patsy said was Lannigan, Nick saw strong confirmation of the theory that he had been inclined from the first to believe. That was that one…
THE YOUNG GALLANT. As the four men under the watch of Nick and Chick had entered the saloon as described in the last chapter, Patsy was hurrying up Third Avenue after the two crooks, Thomas and Bally…
A THIEF ROBS A THIEF. The result of the investigation of Chick within the barroom, and of Nick without the house, was to show that there were two entrances to the upper story. One was by the outside …
IN CLOSE PURSUIT. It was some time before Patsy’s patience in waiting in the saloon he knew to be the hang-out of Spike Thomas was rewarded. But at length Spike and Bally Morris made their appearance…
