Penny Dreadfuls, 1897 · page 30 of 36
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> » - ry * , - ; , a i — - « a oS sbi there: was no piey but that a hole could then hear a subdued murmur of) as Me ie i . } z : | Ps ¢ f 28 P = - “Shall I say that you will | be at your | The detective was tempted to make au hotel ?’’ effort to capture the gang at that moment. ‘*Ves. I will wait for them there He knew enough about the Society of ‘Will you give me my knife ?’’ Nanigos to be sure that all the members “No, Pll keep that to remember you | were present in their headquarters at this by.” 'time, for in the case of an initiation of a The Mexican looked disappointed but | new member, all the old members would aftera moment he shrugged his shoul-| be on hand. ders, arose and started away. | A little thought convinced him that Trim matcnes him Nip oie satis this would be a foolhardy experiment. - He would certainly be in fora fight ‘with these desperate men, and although »? owed Sahin He saw the man go up the street to a he was confident that he could come out building a short distance beyond the spot’ of it victorious, he was not at all certain where the assault had taken place and | but that some of them would escape. — **The result of it would be,’’ he enter. It was a shee building with a flat fected, ‘that I should simply scatter the Stok 7 gan Oo and thus leave my clientin as m = Its few windows were concealed. t danger as he was before he engaged me. heavy shutters so that no lightcame Eran Besides, if I should do the thing sin- = within except when the door was opened gle-handed, some of these fellows might — to admit the Mexican have friends among the police who would > It appeared that the other houses in ee them to get acquitted in case of a Pr the neighborhood were unoccupied. ayn oe _~oS gis 3 eater. waiting for a tew aisles to. “The sensible thing 1s to bring the make certain that no one was on guard | a _ Mgetion nent to nan fee near the society’s headquarters, Trim and let the Mexican police themselves : capture the gang.’’ building, went around to the back of the Having come to this wise conclusion, buidaing Trim descended to the ground by the v9 indows there as in the front were’ No sound came from | 2a way he had climbed up and hurried off to heavily Thatteced, | make the situation known at police head- quartets. i lave given a good deal at | th a. oment pice a stepladder, but as| | nd in the phed at t the CHAPTER VIII. CONCLUSION. 2 tesa SL Young Parmenter dozed for a half | hou : Sagal the : rear “wall of the house, or so in his room and finding that he was — > ie cone the sone erie : ee ‘not able to fall sound asleep got upat ; length and went down to the hotel office. | a not difficult to pull himself up. Sass _ There was no one there that he cared — Je found, as_he had ‘expected that | to get into conversation with, so he took ha been reat igs one end of the: -Sp08 t to 10 Scenes in the Prise 2 ae ee i nage After some time had passe = ‘sure how long, his sttention was attra i -ed by the sound of his own name, | ee Tt was the landlord speaking ig inthe office Ph bein sae SAR ae igatiously-. near this hole ea