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NEW DEVELOPMENTS. Entering the house Nick Carter found Barnes still there. The latter greeted him with: “Well, did you learn anything in your trip downtown?” “Something that may ultimately prove to h…
THE BIRTHMARK. High noon was striking when Nick Carter entered Mr. Field’s palatial house the following day. Stepping into the hall he met Barnes. Offering him his hand, he said: “Well, I left you he…
THE STOLEN SILVER. The next step was to ascertain if Lorton had been to any of the well-known “fences” the night before, and if he had, to learn what he had sold. If he could learn absolutely that Lo…
THE PLOT THAT FAILED. It was half an hour in advance of the time when Gorse was, according to agreement, to return to Lorton the silver taken from Mr. Field’s house. Deep in the shadow of a doorway n…
