New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 27 — page 13: what you’re looking at

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3 WEEKLY. ll . si & _ |detective you mustn’t hesitate to have me ee: 7 can show you then. We changed do-so.’’ a. Ja HES O11 the train and you can bet your. “It won’t help, old fellow, for I can , bottom dollar that it was that little trick see that I must make a long and seatch- at i the crooks off my track and ing inquiry here in the hotel, and that Piiade them tackle you.’’ eisai bchaa™t be done successfully unless I Ww ell, it’s alL right now, Trim, any- should frankly admit that I’m a detec- Ways. tive. oN it isn’t all right and it won't be In fact I shall take exactly the ¢ oppo- itil Dye got my lane on the would- site course to the one I usually follow.’”’ 4 ‘a murderer, ex ‘“You mean that you won’t try to dis- “i must say that I’m glad I came to guise your teh pee - } Kausas City, although the job that ‘Ves that’s it: I shall announce my- 4 brought me here was a fake.’ selfasa pecs and play my little game _ “A take, Trim ?”’ openly, but I shall fool the would-be “Undoubtedly. _ Inthe first place the murderer just the same and don’t you name J, V. Deut is assumed, and I’m half forget it.”’ 4 inclined to bhend Es isn’t any nan in “Hope you will, but I notice one thing th oo oes by in your words, Trim.’ : inyhow, « one thing is-clear to ‘What's that, old fellow?” SEAR MIEN. eg | _ ‘IT notice you always say would-be Ame 4 W hat i 1S that >”? . murderer as if you were already convinced ~ **Can’t you guess, Cayo es | that there was only one man concerned int ~ Gordon thought for a moment and then the attack.’ slowly said: ‘Trim smiled. | Kae S*¢ may not be the thing you’re think-. ‘‘There may have been more than wg of, but I can see that there has been one,’’ he answered, ‘‘and we’ll see about no murder. otk that pretty soon. First let’s make out “Phat is. -enagtly what I> was thinking how the assailant got into the room.”’ BOF oe ss | Vou can omit the windows,’’ said tt » here came near being one, though.’’ Gordon, 4 a and that’s what makes me want “Ves I think we can, and the gn on ) hai 1g on here.’ | other way is the door unless the person ia she wuld alinost think that you'd was concealed in your closet when you _ want to ge out of tlreir way.” came in. “thved in that case——”’ es thous knew ‘me better, | : “There was nobody in the closet, aA I Charley ?? looked in there.” ma = ey do, aint I was thinking éf myself at! ‘All right; bi ; going to Say that _ the momer t. ” even in that case athe. person inust have OY n’t be in any more danger.” hages into this room through the deor. *’ “Oh! Re on’t mind that, but T don't! cae in that case,’” added Gor “the Joor must have bee: had it nal I ots see how 1 yes, and an or inary key was used, he 39 | I think. ” i hen?” Trim crossed the room and opened the a ke ny investigation into door; he examined the lock carefully and rm " : a al fai in sucha way that the would- when he closed the door added: »€ urderer will soon learn not only that’ ‘“There’s no sign that the lock was the plan fa ed, but chiat the wrong man tampered with.”’ 3 _ “So it must have a n't go to taking any ordinary key!"’ sa ordon SKS ae oe yourself——"’ ‘Probably, and i in hotels like this there Sar Aes wilt ‘2m in are only thao keys to each room: ay ou have one of them—and_ the othe: ; ‘OTK Genctatty.3 in the: DOSSES: ha Oe ee 2 ® — Se ees”. @ 4;i “= a) = _ — a 7) a