New Nick Carter Weekly #24 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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me: according to Act of Congress in the year 1897 by Street d Smith, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. Entered as second class Matter at the New York, N. Y., Post Office. Subscription price, $2.50 per year. “ June 12, 1897. STREET & Suirg, Publishers. N EW YC IR K. d weekly, N. Y. 5 Cents 29 Rose St... No. 24, Concliud oe Ahead of Time. By the Spthor of “NICK CK C ARTER.”’ = P New York, April 18, 189—. |as to how you should spend it, for you My Dear Trim: I think you handled|are on the ground and can judge better the matter of Miss De Leon’s emerald | 'thaa, Yours truly, Nicholas Carter. - Very skilfully and most men would te- 6 the ard the case as finished. I agree with CHAPTER I. a | SRemES, » that no case is ever finished | marie SIGOTIOEY. last scoundrel in it has hb , ‘ou xht to pt inishment, and I therefore | ‘“What’s Grey going to pull off this approve of your mak ing an attem pt to}eve?’’ ru ee Paul Cam po. is man| ‘‘From the looks of the stay ye at the ag ay keep ) you on the chase for a year or| front end of the room I should say it ~ m0! f he is connected with the secret| might be private theatricals. es = socie! ty of f Nanigos, and suspects that you| ‘The stage isn’t big enough.’’ ’ think so, it is more than likely that he} ‘‘That’s so, and there’ S no curtain.” will keep out of your way, and by this} ‘‘Perhaps it will be some kind of : gtime he may bea thousand miles from) sleight-of-hand performance.” p Orleans. OV aybe. There’s young Grey with a ue chances are, my boy, that it will) knowing grin on his face. Ill ask him.” nany ad day before you come across This conversation between two young ipo avain. However, you know;men was held in the library of a stylish the « ireun mst. = better than Ido, andif|house on St. Charles Avy enue, New _— = a fightin g chance of | Orleans. oe ig him without much delay, you} Mr. Grey, the owner, had invited a y for it. § pose w say one week ?| large party of friends to pass the evening: t go on his track within | at his house. rad: CVER Gaye SION} tne Raa aes of this letter, All were confident that they would — Ee ee ixop the case until y tt Can aye it more|have a good time, for Mr. Pe was 2 In the future. © ~~ {famous for furnishing od rest MSs 10w that you will lave a busy week | ing entertainments for his s gests ee , and I have no suggestions — Oo make As usual nopody: knew just w eh va. >