Penny Dreadfuls, 1897 · page 17 of 36
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¥ 7 +; evo a met Pee mPeg . 7 | ni > 4 ie * rt * you're mistaken. His room SS - **Ryen if he didn’t his death Aare save | ee from paying a heavy loss. No. 23, I think. <a “Now, if the New York police don’t; ‘Trim apologized again and went on. d iscover who Brewer is and how hecame| He knocked at No. 23 but of course to his death, I’ll have to take a hand in| received no reply. that matter toc ” | ‘The hallway was empty and he quietly i | —_—— applied his pick lock and entered the : | TOO caeey a Ey | ‘There were two bags He was thinking the thing over as he) the bureau. walked along the main street in the vil-| One was the bag é A glance was sufficient. to show him ithat he was in the right place. on the floor bes: walk in which bookmakers ag 2 when he caught sight of Frank Beck | carry their materials and the other was , en ting a small hotel. . ‘an ordinary traveling bag. Beck was not renee in a green suit) Trim worked rapidly for he aia not ok like an ordinary | know at what moment Warren might ‘return. aevhes ut once ce the same hotel} He left the bookmaker’s bag entirely | $2, 4 an % looked peer: in the a a bar- | alone and picked up the other. | ) to | y but the man had disap-| The lock was a small affair that could pe | not be worked with his pick lock. ; Rene | to aaialk for Beck toturn| ‘This did not discourage him. og to shadow him. | He had a little thin wire in his pocket . 4 ; ee neen waiting five minutes|anda pair of pinchers with which he bef a eae it | | bent the wire into a hook. | 4 The latter 1€ OIC _ This he inserted into the key-hole ai : : . : up the stairs. : jafter a little twisting and feeling, man- : ees ptt It's all right,” thought Trim, ‘“they|aged to shoot back the bolt. Then the are working together. — Perhaps I'll have| bag came open and lying on the ie. Ste: a ee lance to ahetow nity both.’” — the few articles it contained, bs: ng Ee : a :s later Warren|he had more than half expe ere). a d Beck came e down the stairs together} a heavy red beard. Ry 2 als OCT aan = sad of spndciniud them | Trim sud-| reached his head psi lifting’ up” o ake es : qd chi need his mind. jafter another of the articles in the bag, a¥ oa. w thought had occurred to him|to make out just wh nat 083 dig xc i ; 5 whi as | eginning of a plan for| At the very bottom sm | Catchir fog Varren in a neat trap board mete | , eo sat a for severT al minutes and | then sei ent uf > the ae rs image Be , ’ ® . . . .