New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 23 — page 16: what you’re looking at

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“ae = A 4 we a. - ‘eo | ‘ es: ’ - ~ = —— _ ‘ =e" - ' . 4 ; ; ss See NEW NICK CARTE ; , in = . ; = : > ws! ~ a - Was pursuing would have time to get|steal a locomotive and increase their lead away. on me. Breaking away from the railroad men -. who were toomuch surprised by what had oa occurred to detain him torcibly, he hur- | ried on to the station, arriving there just | as a locomotive started away fon »the| the station to the round house. round house beyond. It nay be said right here that at a Trim could see that there were two ater time, Trim obtained ample proot men in the cab and he was as certain as that his theory as to the explosion in the = ’ ‘‘Speaking of stealing a locomotive, | | | what’s the matter with a detective trying — that same game ?’’ oe With this thought, Trim hurried from _ . > | . 4 i J , | ee a . an 7. »'* Z if he had been himself upon the engine tunnel was entirely correct. f tender, that they were track walker and| His keen reason had shown him the his accomplice. faets in the case as clearly as if he had | | All steam evidently had been turned on been watching the operations of the - tor the -locomotive gained headway | train wreckers “with his own eyes. ~~" <a quickly and speeding off up the line was| Disappointment awaited him at the lest to sight around a curve within ajround house. 2 quarter of a minute. | There was room in it for” only -four © Trim went into the station and tried | locomotives at the most. A - the apr of the telegraph office. None was there. - er It was locked. The operator, like all) As he learned a little later only two. . the rest had been so excited by the sound, ‘Spare engines were kept at this station ;% _. of the explosion that he had deserted his one of-these had gone to the other end of ‘post and gone up to they tunnel to see;the tunnel with the wrecking train and what had happened. ithe other had been stolen by the crimi- se “They'll have to come back and ask | nals. me to find out,’’ thought Trim bitterly.; Outin the yard was a small switching | engine with steam up that had been de- 'serted by its engineer and fireman when the explosion occurred. ei, “ ‘There was no sense in taking that to ‘pursue the fugitives, for the engine they — had stolen was made for passenger service | and could beat this yard pn Be without and that shoseed them I had not been “Well, thought Trim as he returned killec and that I was after them. to the station, “‘they may be on the fast- ss "Phe track walker of course knew just |¢st locomotive in Mexico, but they can't — bi: 2 WHERE Doaides was stored. It was prob-| beat the sid ee _ oe Be: eo bly aoe of those little side holes goed | the mouth of the tunnel. — a = ae 2. [reckon there was a keg there which | THE GREEN EYE. he and his: ees ee — BPE. ae co on hah Lae Erin went erreciyy. into the station an 1 os : lof the 1 telegr ph ut I reckon I can. eI say 3 not know it " ) i ey nail a mistakes in opening my lan- aes tert aftér I saw daylight ahead.. — **Phe track walker and his accomplice must have reached the mouth of the tun- ae _ nel at duet, that time. a "*Lookimg back they saw my lantern | r— 4 ¥e-9 - CHA PTER ¥. . a oS “ : i =) & » - Pa — es a ee Wes. Ce. tne;n _ fa . at a « = eal ~~ of | i Se ain along Zroun¢ to se a — - | , , “ - —e |}! = hd { — | _ g a. r _ - , - a _ : 1 al in ire | : B = e . | = et 10 ) - , q | , if . behiné ser “the Tes n hurrying up. pene there t' gs _ exclas ned