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“HOW ARE THE MIGHTY FALLEN!” The house in which Nick and Chick found themselves had been a good one, but it was now badly in need of repair. The main hall was comparatively wide for so narrow a build…
THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM. What was to be done, though? To burst into the room and seek to overpower the four doctors then and there, in Helga’s presence, would place the actress in additional danger…
A HUMAN WHEEL. Chick had thrown himself to one side to ease the pressure on his back. Accordingly, he struck the floor on his left side. Chester and Graves dropped heavily upon him before he had more…
NICK’S EXTREMITY. The newcomer saw his opportunity and snatched up a chair as he rushed toward the tangled combatants. Nick heard him coming, but did not have time to extricate himself from Grantley’…
“MYSTERY 47.” Nick had just concluded the preceding case, when he received a request to come down to police headquarters at his earliest convenience. The request came from the inspector in charge of …
NICK CARTER’S NARROW ESCAPE. The man was bleeding from a great wound in his right temple, his face was pale as death, and he was gasping for breath. “Great heavens! it is Sweet,” exclaimed Nick Carte…
FIGHTING AGAINST ODDS. Did the man in the motor car fire the shot which had killed the driver of the ambulance? Nick was certain that it was so. It was useless to try to pursue the man on foot. As Ni…
THE FIGHT IN THE WOODS. Nick and the inspector were taken aback by this turn of affairs. As the beggar hobbled down the road his hoarse laugh came back mockingly. At the same moment that the four men…
THE BLIND BEGGAR. Five minutes after Nick had driven away from the spot where the encounter had taken place, a dozen rough-looking men had come from the woods and were looking around to see if they c…
A BOLT FROM HEAVEN. When Nick Carter left the doctor’s house he was buried in thought. The events of the day had occurred so quickly that he had hardly had time to figure out in his mind the best thi…
