New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 23 — page 15: what you’re looking at

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® NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. ‘B - they were more than ‘half way through |right,’’ thought Trim, “‘as to Te mere the tunnel when the train went by. ard strangle with the fumes of Diasiing _ “Nobody will think of suspecting their powder, sf ASE Saree eS story for if they happen to be bruised by} With lips closed and one : and hold 8 . the blows I gave them in the every- his THOse sO that he m1 ght take 7 re meee body will suppose that they received their of the OS aoe - v8 - at. i injuries at the time of the —— aes = pee coulda toward the moult o (ON natter: if the take that tie tuliici. = see Nee aut ae a abesstty in track-, He could see nothing now for the smoke sige then: because there will be plenty of was SO thick that it shut out all ligh . ss people who will have seen them and who| As he grads “th stumbling <es can give a clew as to where they went. = upon broken sleepers 1t EMRE a5 35-458 XJ] the same I wish I were out of this | blood would burst through the pores o1 hole so that I could chase them up in a} ls skin and as if he must open his mouth -hurry.”? to breathe. : eas ee re SS ; It was now possible to see the railsdim-| He knew that that would have meant ly by the light that came from the mouth | speed y deach and - he desperately held of the tunnel and Trim hurried on at a on as he was and ran on until all of a sud- faster pace. (cen he found himself in the open air and Suddenly he halted for his attention opening his mouth with a gasp he fell in- was attracted by a strange hissing sound to the arms of a man who was hurrying ~ and at the same instant he saw ahead of into the tunnel. ee epee ia PSB USexe te igi irregular line of fire that; ‘*‘Good Lord!’’ this man exclaimed, ed to be wriggling along the ground eee you blown clear through the tun- as if it were a serpent. nel? 5 ESE ree ge Pea ee He caught his breath with something I came pretty year being nan back that was almost like fear and started back |the other way! Where are they?” - -as he realized what this meant. “Where are who?’ WHe-was none too soon for he had no’ “The fellows thattouched off the snore than turned about and started to run powder.”’ | | | back into the darkness than the tunnel “T don’t know what you’re talking - yoared with a terrific explosion. -about.”’ | ~ * It seemed to Trim as if he had been hit} ‘‘Well Ido and I can't stop here to __ by the side of a house. explain.” a ea ig ge > Phere was no such thing as stumbling) By this time, Trim had recovered from e violent rush of air. ‘the effects of the shock and the smoke. flat upon his face while every’ Hesawthata number of other men nerve in his 1 “tingled from the con-, were coming ip the tracks toward the - cussion. rely ee | tunnel. ‘If he had been facing the other way it) A little distance away was the Texuca $s more than likely that this would have! railway station and near it was a round * oT a 7 (= ; 1 a. —— ' _ ee > “L ~~ been Trim’s last moment for then the house and a few rough sheds. shock would have thrown him upon his| ‘There seemed to be no village and in hack and his skull would probably been pact the station was little more than a the tunnel. — _ The nearest town was several miles As it was his fall was somewhat broken away and all the people who lived near bs _ by hi a ids which struck the ground the station were em ployees of the spesie ~~ first. His head came down upon his arms| Some of these had gone through the and from having his tunnel on the wrecking tram anu “©” foie ‘rest of them had been attracted to co mouth of the tunnel by the sound of _ ing smoke, poisonous to breathe. ~—sdhappened a \ ’ ad » <4 . ° aa * : = om 4 _ » ta ge a ; - a7 =- ~ — . “ . —_ 7 al ~ ' yi . ¥ . -__-It was several seconds before he could ee ae fe * a 3 | y ea ~ * " \ ! - a ae. % explosion. ; . ‘ * : | r —"T a i TF i? —_ H e I _ re. 4 a z ~ 7 re y . ~ -. eal a * - “a ' 4 , _ sl 7 ’ ‘ ~~ 7) ° - L. a Pp : . . — ) 2 e ’ ,' .