New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 23 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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NEW NICK Ci ; ‘*Ves. sah ?’’ the boy answered. z Trim twirled a coin upon the palm of hs hand. | asked. =, ‘‘T don’t know, sah.’’ ~~ **Come, George, I want a truthful an- =. . Swer.”’ know whether Mr. De Leon or not, sali.’’ Is going Te Uo ot a \ ' ‘i ive ; we | - E ‘“What did he ring for then?” es ‘‘He want his breakfast in his room, $ sah, and ne’s in a hurry.’’ rf “Is that all he told you ?”’ oe ‘“No, sah.”’ aa ‘Well, what else, George: all -yapaee “He say he want letter Spepes. s ~**Oh, yes.”’ hand. *“Thankee, sah. & “Does Mr. De Leon senc letters?’’ ) : **Neber known him to befo’, sah.’ _-you?’? 3 2 ake ‘No, sah, I couldn’t leave ‘the house ; he’d ting for a messenger.’’ “*T see. Now, George ?’’ ~*Yes, sah ?”’ these questions, understand ?”? :. er apm rating at this house myself, you know, and if you behave you rself you 2 got be sorry, you understand | er oe wk e Yes, sah.’ ae was evident from the way thet Doy eyes glistened = ne w that a was not to let “3 Sey) w that questions had been asked - about his move ents ant he aoe he- ay 528 would receive apotiies generous ti Pp eee a he detective left the place. = Now then,’’ thought Trim, have to hurry a bit but I do want to find | out something about this man, Cam Po, | _ betc <7 cay on Fitts, ~ C7 nil * ° s « 4 a 7 —_ 77 ' “ = ” rr 4 - | “ ae al * , j a } ' | ¥ _ ] | ; | ‘ 3 — , <7; —— a . a . a 5 = 2 7 Bi j a = , A ea “Is Mr. De Leon going out?’ he ‘*T done tell you the truff, sah; I don’t). out explained his errand without saying that ‘he was looking for the De Leons’ emer- Trim dropped the coin into the darky’s| out many ‘Would he be likely to send it out by “You re not to say that anybody asked nderstood per-| De | 33 6 may ‘And if I am,” Trim € ey ». ‘; b “The fact that he was so foolish as to think I wouldn’t do that, makes it rea- sonable to Sep pose that he won't write a ‘letter until after he has had his breakfast. ‘That will take up -a good deal of ‘time and I'l] have to risk making some inquiries on the chance that he won’t send -out any message for at least an hour.’ Trim went straight to the chief of po- lice to whom he introduced himself and ald. oe want to know something about |Paul Campo, hey?’ said the chief. ee 7A nvthiee I can do for a member of | Nick Carter’s family will be done. “IT know who Campo is, but he has ‘never been in our hands. He’s one of your swell fellows who may be as crooked as chain lightning, but who keeps out of police hands. ‘“We know him as a swell gambler that’s abont ail, but there’s aman ere who can probably put you on to a good 'deal of information about his life.”’ - **’That’s the man I want to see then.”’ The chief hastily wrote a note which Trim took to an office not far away and addressed. | A short conversation with this man was followed by an inquiry at a bank and then, a good deal less than an hour from | the ttme when Trim consulted the Di-— rectory in the St. Charles Hotel, the de- tective started for Lee Circle. He soon found the building which was iset down in the Directory as Cam | dress, It proved to be an apartment house. 'trance, a young messenger boy came in and began to look over the bells elsd: “Ah! ? said Trim suddenly, ‘‘T guess — you’re the lad that I’m looking for and — |expecting.’’ ‘Is your name Camy - i ol guked: Was ‘ried. delivered to the person to whom it was — While Trim was looking for Campo's 3 ame upon the bells in the main en- © boy Oseart ne the opera hat et care, e 3 i”