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NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. 16 lieve that this passenger who had told us) to tell you as much as you = ted on about you was not exaggerating your knowing, and then if you consented to ability ——”’ ‘undertake the work for us he would see ~~ “And the long and short of it is,” ins you this afternoon. - terrupted Trim, ‘‘that you want to ein- ‘(He will wait at the general offices un- _ ploy a detective. Is that it ?”’ al six o’clock in the hope that I may take *That’s it exactly, Mr. Carter. Can, you there. - you accept a case?”’ ~ “} can see from this short conversation “That depends ‘that you are business like and that you ‘On terms, of course.”’ don’ t like to waste time in beating about “No, that’s not it,” exclaimed Trim. |the bush. Therefore I’l] proceed at once me take it for erated that the South to the kernel of the matter. | African Railway Company would pay a | “The South African Railway Com- 2 _ Feasonable bill for detective services, so! pany, Mr. Carter, is losmg money im the that that isn’t what I was thinking of.’’ most my sterijous way. I don’t mean by “What was it, then?” : ‘that that the company isn’t able to pay “What kind of a case is it?”’ dividends. “Oh, you want to know what kind of ““Fts vearly profits are large, but some- work you'll have:te do before you will’ body is managize to steal a good share of andes seit. Is that 2 BSR. _» \them and we are at an absolnte less to aa. aici know whom to suspect.”’ “i suppose, tien, that ae ‘axe aspecial-| Have you had the books examined ?”’ ist, and that there are some classes of de-| asked Trim, quickly. tective work that you would not care to) ‘Oh, yes, and there is not a flaw to be handle?” found in them. I speak with some pride Trim felt a little annoyed at this ques- on that matter for the reason that my po- tion, although he could not have told sition in the company is such that I have why. He knew, in facf, that he was not. general oversight of all the bookkeep- a specialist, but that, on the contrary, he ing.’ :: had not had enough experience in de-, ‘Trim nodded. : pectine work to lay ‘claim to skill in any| ‘‘I insisted myself that the books aes. = - as thoroughly overhauled. .I am proud to is that it would be bet- say that the president and other officers of — ita ek: ee. hi aman, and so he. the company were reluctant to do this, 4 ca See = ara ae | but I could not rest easy until it had “Pm on my wav home, where I expact ‘been done, and the result is that they all — to begin regular detective work. T don’t. feel that they must look somewhere else ae " i make any pretense of it as yet. “You can for the leak.’” = Fad Bvoureel that I’m_not a very old | ‘Tickets and freight accotints: seem to eS be all right?” asked T: ‘Thm ee “They seem to be, Mr. » Carter. res <a derstand it, you want ~ : investigating for the pur- ¥ ged the: Teak in- the aCe 3 are all I ight Me = a toe ee ys is ee see that,’’ returned Terrell, very ‘‘and I remember that we phen, as Iu ned that your work in Sydney mee ee EO- y Conga in trapping ex-'pose of Tir oe Now, the rae : We * fe ir oe Slate Pie ink, a "ei rim, that