New Nick Carter Weekly #15 — page 32: what you’re looking at

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NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. 30 “Tt wort do to let that fellow get} Accordingly he started forward at away,’? thought Trim. ‘‘Of course I ‘rapid walk, _could catch him after a while even in} Murdock and the Chinese seeing him, Canada, but I should have more trouble} ‘promptly jumped over the chain and ran about it, for he would claim the protec- ‘down the dock toward the approaching tion of the laws over there. boat. ‘Tf he makes for a boat Ishallcertainly| One or two ferry employees called ta etab hiimn.”? ‘them to come back but they paid no at- It was clearly | Murdock’s intention to/ tention. cross the river to the foreign country, for; ‘Trim also leaped over the chain and he went into a ferry house, paid his fare! ran after them. . and went out to the open dock. | The terry employees followed and a There was no boat in at that time but! number of waiting passengets seeing that one was just approaching from the other |something exciting was going on, went side of the river. ‘over the chain too. Its forward deck was crowded with| Trim caught up with Murdock and the passengers. On the Detroit side there Chinese at the very edge of the dock. was also a small crowd of waiting pas-| They were trying to make their way sengers, around to the next dock by chuging to Murdock mingled with them and ‘rim | the piles and stepping across | could see that he was constantly looking} He caught hold of Murdock and pulled over his shoulder as if to find out whether | him back. Murdock turned upon him he were observed. savagely and tried to beat him off. Passengers were prevented from going |, Trim nape i ign Se pulled the fel- to the very edge of the dock by a ba spe et ay? Sg Fa ae Seat stretched across the road way. : - che “Trim kept as well as he could in the fright and had run back among the pas- 7 back grot oun nd, _kno owin g. th at _Murd ock ats hat uth matter. down to_ see | wiha aS e ge ae } tureing into sane off ies. lone of the ‘San Antonie” ‘gang, “was es stop him, if he tries that,” ceped by a couple of pasren gers wha d pte ate ete i ‘And if he Hey =a ” | had the sense to see that he was want = to thie boat I’ll follow him and have him | >Y law offier there.”’ | ‘Meantiie®’ Trim was Hiaseeial a sharp As he was watching, Trim sawa Chi-| Struggle with Murdock, who was fightin ng nese enter the ferry house ne join the| nee ~~. beat him off of. waiting crowd, ‘ 33. from the oncoming ferry | oat whi now ag the — | Bsa the sight of the +s . Spee ‘man in a moment longer said was alten dy et | “He shalt not remem ber that he had |¢.cjine triumphant by his capture whet 3 ever seen this particular Chinese before | he felba erritic blow upon his head an d but he was interested in him Murdock the Rigas “ahtitio ment stra! oe up to Murdock and ‘his is getting sciceeueae™ thor strong hands forcing his | Murdock. h , | He staggered eecer the ‘ore blow and as he half turned he saw that Si EN Pe rg his assailant was Ping, who had come : a boas ' till more einteresting when Mur-| tushing through the, exowd | to the rescit cock curned Fe x unted toward the spot} of his confederate. e trim was standing | ‘Trim. clutched ou ES r good,’’ he said Chinese ne yon grip away a os oe »