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STARTLING INFORMATION. “There goes another, chief. That makes five so far. There surely is something going on to-night,” the young man at the window declared excitedly. It was Patsy Garvan, Nick Cart…
THE BOMB RUSE. At Wallace’s suggestion, the detective promised to occupy the empty house next door to Grantley’s under an assumed name, moving in openly, as an ordinary tenant would do. The plan was …
AN APPALLING SIGHT. They heard a commotion in Grantley’s house, and the scuffling of many feet as they ran across the yard. Evidently the occupants were scurrying to the front to see what had happene…
NICK STIRS UP THE ANIMALS. Nick, Patsy, and Doctor Cooke had concealed their weapons in order not to provoke trouble unnecessarily. At this move on Grantley’s part, however, Nick whipped out his auto…
“LET GO, OR I’LL FIRE!” Without warning, Doctor Grantley clubbed his weapon and threw himself at Nick Carter. Taking their cue from him, Siebold and the others sprang forward almost simultaneously. G…
A FLANK MOVEMENT. Nick’s assistant did not need to be told that his own position was a decidedly unenviable one, despite the momentary advantage he had gained over Doctor Grantley. Patsy’s back was t…
PRISONERS. Patsy presently heard a door open into the hall from one of the other rooms, and Doctor Siebold’s voice came to him again, this time from behind and to one side. “Now we’ve got him where w…
A SINISTER CELL. That conviction made Patsy cringe more than ever. Had they done anything to relieve the girl’s sufferings or close the gaping wound they had made in her breast? Or had they thrown he…
AN INTERRUPTED ESCAPE. A pair of hands groped toward the spot from which the sound had come, found Patsy’s arm, and gave it a reassuring pressure. Nick Carter had answered as well as he was able at t…
PATSY TO THE FRONT. The shock benumbed Patsy’s faculties only for a moment. He gave Adelina’s waist a warning squeeze, then lifted her over with a rush, set her lightly and silently on her feet, and …
