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ON A SEPTEMBER NIGHT. “Nathan Lusker.” Nick Carter read the sign over the jeweler’s store on Eighth Avenue and stopped to glance critically at the place. He noticed that the “regulator” indicated mid…
A NOVEL TIMEKEEPER. It was about four o’clock in the morning when Nick and the New York chief of police sat down together in the latter’s house to discuss the events of the night. What had happened i…
THE ONLY WITNESS. Mr. Parks seemed to be greatly agitated by this intelligence, and it was some time before he regained his self-command. Then Nick asked him how it happened he had had no suspicions …
THE DISPLACED BANDAGE. Nick and Chick left the hospital together, but they soon separated. Chick resumed his search for clews in the neighborhood of the Helstone gang’s last haunt, and Nick, presumab…
BENTON, THE ENGLISHMAN. After Nick’s cross-examination of the nurse he had an interview with Inspector McLaughlin. He was still conversing with the inspector when Chick appeared. “Benton is your man,…
A POINT GAINED. The man who first came to Nick’s assistance was Chick. It may as well be said at once that Nick was not badly hurt. His hat was not exactly what it seemed to be. One would have taken …
IN THE GLOOM. All this darkness and mystery did not surprise Nick. He knew that Benton was a great man for hocus-pocus. He had signs and passwords, and surrounded himself with precautions which looke…
A SEMICIRCLE OF CRIME. Nick returned to the house. In the dark hall he paused. Voices could be heard. Men were talking in subdued tones in a room on his left. The room where he had met with the adven…
PARKS IN DISGUISE. The two men left the house immediately. A carriage was in waiting, and it conveyed them rapidly to the “fence” on Sixth Avenue. Nick guided Parks through the dark halls, but he did…
“SPEAKING OF SELLS.” “You have taken him on all sides at once,” exclaimed the inspector. “The trap has been sprung and Helstone is in it. Come, my man, what have you to say?” These last words were ad…
