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anpine had been stopped at the ex-! the St. Charles Hotel tn the Cescent City ’ 1 = ‘of wrecking it and destroying ajand inquired for Mr. Richard De Leon. ffs eight shed, but the criminals who had| ‘That gentleman was in and having sent ] stolen it were not on it. ‘up his card, Trim was presently taken to _ It was clear that they had stopped the} his room. locomotive somewhere above the curve} Mr. De Leon proved to bea young man tin the long grade and after having turned | ‘dressed in the height of fashion and with Op 1 all Steal had jumped off and taken to, manuers that set ‘l’rim’s teeth on edge. Ay th te mens. He was polite enou ugh j ina way but he . - u learned these details by noon of | evidently regarded the detective as an in- ‘| the next day; it was not until then that) ferior sort of person and one whom it was fhe had been able to leave Texuca. | very disagreeable to meet. _ The police and railroad authorities at! It was in the forenoon but a decanter-of arcdo meantime had scoured the coun- brandy and a siphon of seltzer on the [uy all around without finding any trace table as well as De Leon’s flushed face 7 dof the wreckers, ‘and rather thick utterance showed that Frou the American side of the river at) the young man had been drinking. | ) Larec 0 the railroad branches, one line| De Leon sat by the table with one hand go ng toward the east to the gulf c coast/upon a half-emptv glass when Trim en- j and so on to New Orleans, and the other | tered. | Rorth award throi igh San Antonio. ‘Mr. De Leon, I suppose,’’ said Trim ge WN, <a out 01 g into the details of politely as the servant closed the door. fim’s in quiries it is sufficient to say that} . *‘Pleashed to shee you,’’ returned De Fes was” :datished that the wreckers had | Leon thickly, wavin g his hand unsteadily -manaced to cross the river atid to take a toward a chair. train on one of these two lines. | “‘You’re from the famoush Nick Car- Which line they had taken he could ter, hey?” o ie aS ge ie it would have been} «My. Carter informed me,’’ Trim re- qioufa tebe from “that ont if it | had he sponded stiffly, ‘that you had a matter PBRER fora teleotau: aarp i ad not that required the services of a detective.’ € received) ‘¢ ’fain’t my matter at all, Mr. Carter, from Nick Carter before he left Texuca. | put I shupposhe I shall have to tell you — message “was as follows: about it.’ | apture your guen. Bes bad Ee 7s | With this De Leon sated his ee and mt Le > ti Lin ‘emptied the contents. ‘‘Have a brandy and shoda?’’ he asked | indifferently. “Great shtuff to clear the ihead in the morning.’ **No thanks,’’ ic Trim shortly, “I’m a very busy man, so let me know - “Ft ‘- ~——_ S Roz . ~= Ss NEW NICK CARTER fELK iy —~ : —}- — . a rae ik “mnay ies im nora f about it by Dg of Richard De Leon, St. “Charles Having lost sight of the train ‘wietkers about this case as soon-as possible. ’’ for rthe time and ‘thinking that it was just. “It’s all about an emerald,’ said De 2s Aa an that they had gone toward | Leon, ‘worth hundred thoushand, shtolen ~ as anywhere else, Trim de-| from iy shister Clara—wore it round her te to take that route himself and if he| neck—done up in little box—gagged her ae nt m0 o clew of the wreckers on the way, | —bound her hand and foot—awfully yk 5 D Richard De Leon and see | MV shterious—catch on??? Ww!) frat hh s case amounted to. Trim was so irritated at the tipsy man’s - ae ~ youn x dete ctive made the journey istupid way of stating the Case, that he texas ind Louisiana in a leisure- | was greatly tempted to drop it thes and og stopped at various joints there, but the mention of a jewel so valu- make § © inquiries but. learned absolutely. able as a hundred thousand dollars, made YP concern} ig t the m« ements ¢ of the) ee feel that he must be patient aii look ___ {into it; so he said slowly: iys after| oy think. I unders ntered | lage ‘your. sister Clara 1 . ‘4 . 2, ae i A =— —— a Wty oO] ( - a) =~ » a 4 - » - 7 mn . a | 4 7 < ee, r _ . a ee. -« — a : - _ P - “ s - _—— « ; * . a s 5 bs - ¢ 3 ail © : _— | - " - i - i % — " " > LJ 4 | ) a] os i = € . ; y ~— al