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WITHIN AN ACE. Two days later Nick Carter received a telegram. The message was signed by an assumed name, but Nick knew from whom it came. That afternoon the great detective arrived in Norwalk, Conn.…
TWO VICTIMS. Through a politician, with whom he was acquainted, Wilbur Field—he called himself John Wilbur—obtained a pass to the Tombs, and, upon presenting it, was readily admitted. One of the offi…
GONE. Between Little Neck and Great Neck, Long Island, is a small settlement of negroes, who make a living by fishing and doing occasional work for neighboring farmers. At this point Long Island Soun…
IN THE FLAMES. Nick Carter and his little friend remained in the cabin of Sam Cole until daybreak. Then they sought Skip Brodie and Dick Denton, but, although they searched the country for miles arou…
RESTORED AT LAST. Nick Carter went at once, upon arriving in the city, to the place uptown where Tambourine Jack told him Dick Denton had met Elmer Greer. The murderer was not there, and, leaving the…
WHOSE THE BRAIN? It was destined to be rudely awakened. One morning, twenty-four years after the kidnaping of Hilton Field, Nick Carter was sitting in his office examining some important papers when …
A THEORY FOUND. The discovery Nick Carter made was this: Where the body had been lying in the room, it had been surrounded by a pool of blood. But, when being dragged across the floor toward the door…
A PUZZLE TO SOLVE. The reply given by the girl was as complete a surprise as anything the detective had listened to. Only a minute before he had been told that it was not known whether this daughter …
PROVING THE LETTER. Satisfied that the urging of Barnes would result in Miss Doane’s remaining in the house, the detective went upstairs and into the library. The two left behind were too much engros…
AT THE CHEMIST’S. Nick Carter went downtown. He turned his steps toward the East Side after leaving the cars, and finally ran up the steps of a house. In response to his ring a servant came to the do…
