New Nick Carter Weekly #18 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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i | e a ot i) J of not being | "stand avery good chance _ seen. ke “<Tf IT should lie down here now with | my gtay suit on, it’s quite likely that | _ the difference in color would be noticed | _ at some little distance. A man ina green suit wouldn't be “noticed. = -amining the grass over this big field, and a dozen men dresed in green might} ; have lain where it 1s growing thickly and | not have been noticed. “We'll have to see about that.” He did not like the thought of making | % n investigation in the presence of so| oe thousand : spectators, but he rea- as soned thaat nobody would be likely to) pay any attention to hin ee at race or making their bets for the} xt tii so he walked slowly around pot whee Starlight had at = a beside the course. “apes y he came to a clump of grass) NEW NICK CARTER WEEI Mitvervbody was lookiste at the| i “horses, nobody would be thinking of ex- - They would all, be discussing the re- | » higher than that|the young detective Beage: | no buts A man lying there could not have touched the horses as they galloped past, ibut he could have done something else if he was skilful and Trim believed that he knew what had been done. As soon as he felt that there was noth- ing more for him to see there he started ifor the stables. some of the employees of ve track had caught Starlight and were now bringing him in. O’Brien, of course, was anxious’ to see | what was ees natter with the horse. Trim stood by while an examination Iwas made, Starlight was perspiring freely and he breathed rather hard, but that was only natural, He seemed to be in just the condition ithat would be expected after a hard race, No one could find that anything the matter with him. ‘“‘Confound it,’’? cried O’ Brier , ‘*T be- fallen, | | lieve the horse would be in fit condition 3 ceping his eyes mainly upon the grass| to race to-morrow. N ow what has my | pened -? He glanced inquiringly at Trim, but between them that It was understood Pe 7 \ Phe soil was probably richer at just) the reason for Trim’s presence there that in be very centre ¢ - that clump the Trim ee he saw that the detective wa Bee PCT ae not yet ready to speak, so he ordered § |should not be made known. “Brien was anxious to _ asa on broad i mark across it | Starli ght to be rubbed down and put in i " ! i i 4 ae ' * ; a * 7 , 4 : — - . ; P . i ; ‘ 1 ( 7 " 3 i _-. = ie } | > a we Ss oa | fy - ' " 4 is rf, = a — ™ e q | ’ anu |= } iz | ; — es a. .. 7. j ’ i - | 7 Pn 3 ° - ' ‘ = ~ 1 oe F — ae a = " z | : fl ; : i ; | ‘i \ ! s ‘i = = ode i e 1 (= 4 a r + 4 oa - . > 3 * 4 ? : 2 i = — “ a he . = . _ F : aml ~ : A . i _ —_ : r . ea 7 , | ‘oe _« . — ; A ihe mark is not dis inct ne 1 te " 2 5 = & " = 7 ' aw 9 ‘ } J = 2 ef » - le: od to ii that a|his stall. mark there,’’ | tered for the next race and ih Lie anywhere | stable hands were interest =C ; so that it would) him ready, so there were only two i E rascal , but I be-| 7 could have an Another of O’Brien’ s horses was en- nost of tk P.. i. » i ~~ . ' 1 ‘“" | .!