New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 27 — page 11: what you’re looking at

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" ¥ ail ae te er eae NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. 3 9 ahalf block! ‘‘Nojoke! I have really had the sensa- tion of living fora year since I went to Trim ‘recognizing the smell in the) bed last niga. =I - room coats that it arose from a certain kind of poison with which he was ‘of the oe you ian had. ) familiar, and he knew also exactly what ‘It was partly hasheesh, and it makes to get for an antidote. |time seem wonderfully long, but tortu- 4 2 . This poison if given in sufficient quan- nately it doesn’t destroy the memory-.of _ tities has a deadly effect, but » when there) what happened during that time, so I ex- z is not enough to kill it half paralyzes the | pect you to give mea very cleat account oody and leaves the victim unable to talk. | of what you’ve been up to.’ As the antidote 1s a simple, harmless} <‘‘7°}] try . to,’’ e Aeeee Gordon, } Sts, Trim had no difficulty in obtaining | ‘‘where shall I begin?’’ a quantity withouta doctor’ S$ prescription. | “Where you left m e,” caid Trim. “At ¥ oe + Having got it and some other matters'| that time you were going to a theatre. that he thought might be useful, he re-| Perhaps now you changed your mind and turned to the room, let himself in and yent to some joint where you thought ae Gordom as he had left him. you could enjoy yourself better?” He then siastity prepared his medicine | “No! no!’ exclaimed Gordon. ‘‘I eld a glass to Gordon’s lips prop-| went to the show as I intended and came _ ping : the young fellow up as he did § sO. _|straight back to the hotel hoping to find Gordon had no pean in doing| \ou and-have a game of billiards. ”’ Pe what he saw Trim wished . | **What happened at the show ?’’ _. He drank deeply, lay down again ‘‘Nothing except the performance.’’ __ closed his eyes. Tr ‘lin sat on the > bed and| ‘See anybody there you knew ?’’ — JY aite ui ‘“Nobody.’’. After ¢ ab 4 5. out a minute had passed Gor- ‘“‘Anybody whom you had ever seen : don haga his SYts, looked tbs at ee then DS a “Only two or three of the actors upon ‘the stage.’’ ‘‘Anybody speak to you ?’’ ‘‘No one, excepting the usher and ticket seller.’’ ‘No one called you Trim Carter, eh ?”’ ‘‘Of course not! Whydo you ask??? — ‘‘Because we changed names yesterday and it’s my serious opinion that that ac- counts for the racket you’ve had.’’ ‘ **T don’t see how ?’’ ou'll be scicieett: in a minute or two! _ now,’’ he said, ‘‘and whenever you get| ne tread d Saat can get off that bed and tell a = aad | — 2 ‘ ° , i -> ~ 4 oJ | Tl —4-| ‘*Never mind, Charley; get sais with g ~ |your story. I think I’ve been to blame _| for getting you into this scrape,and when Se Saag RRS ? .| you’ve finished I?ll do my darndest to get. 5° = : Ju i ips Sa ~~ | | i: = = ; I know wha Da por about. | You out of it. ae aoe Take your time and when you fee]| ‘Well, then,’’ said Gordon, ‘‘I bung rfectly easy Tet’ S$ hear your song.” around down stairs for half an hour or so | anc sceqd j rordon | after coming back from the theatreand = then came to this room. est ‘‘For no particular reason I took un- | | usual ¢ pains to see that my room was ae right, and, great Scott! it is now. 1 st I leit 1 it! yo