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VARYING FORTUNES. It was Nick Carter who had come to his assistant’s rescue—and, incidentally, had taken a hand just in time to halt Siebold in the latter’s pursuit of Adelina. Contrary to Patsy’s ex…
A SURPRISING DEVELOPMENT. “You say that Doctor Hiram Grantley has offered his services to J. Hackley Baldwin? What do you mean?” These two startled questions were put by Nick Carter to a handsome, im…
WANTED: A MOTIVE. The case against Grantley and his confederates had furnished one of the greatest newspaper sensations of recent years, and the attitude of the public toward the vivisectionists was …
A BOLD MOVE. The first part of Nick’s plan involved a certain amount of risk. It takes courage to beard a man of Doctor Grantley’s type in his own lair, especially after a narrow escape from annihila…
MADDENING SUSPENSE. The detective gave hurried orders to his assistants and set them to work on another investigation into Grantley’s past, with a view to ascertain, if possible, the surgeon’s experi…
“THIS IS TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE!” There had been nothing at any time which Nick could properly seize upon as an excuse for action, much as he longed to end the terrible suspense. Doctor Grantley had the …
THE LOOTED CRANIUM. The man seemed reliable, and he told a perfectly straight story. He informed Patsy that he drove for a garage on Boston Road, in the Bronx, and that he had never been called to Do…
WHAT DID IT MEAN? What in the world did it mean? This new development was certainly startling in the extreme, and even more incomprehensible in its way, if that were possible, than the appalling crim…
A GREAT STROKE OF LUCK. Hard thinking and tireless following of trails could usually be counted on to explain the successes earned by Nick Carter and his assistants, but sometimes plain, “bull-headed…
SOME GOOD NEWS. Jack Wise made himself scarce, and yet took up a position which enabled him to keep track of the fugitives’ movements. He was in no great hurry to notify Nick or the police. He wished…
