Penny Dreadfuls, 1897 · page 20 of 36
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NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. ‘Yes, but it doesn’t help matters any,, The rent was too high or the location my friend.”’ was unpleasant. The old man looked sadly c Se risiuics & eS ots a Nighes top te of ae again and it was a minute or two ead uilding,’’ he sai ecause there’s alto- Trim found anything to say. | gether too much air stirring up there and He felt considerably disgusted that his I don’t want your ground floor othces be- client should have taken this course. Cause they” re too dark. Ss ‘It’s clear *nough now,’’ he said st ‘Then I’m afraid we can’t do anything 18 himself, ‘‘that the laundry man’s sign for you,’’ the agent said, ‘‘ because there’s WSS rigged tofallon me. . nothing else vacant in the building. ”’ ‘““Here these acHows had a tip from! ‘‘What’s the matter with the eighth Hatgood that he was going to call here, floor?”’? Trim asked. so they had all the T patin they needed to; ‘‘The eighth floor is all taken.”’ study my movements and get sewaainted | with me. Trim, **but I thought in looking through [hey knew what day he would come) the building that I saw one set of offices nd without a doubt, shadowed him right|that was vacant.” 1is hou | The agent shook his head. ‘ ea eae ‘“There’s one on the west side of the hae in eo aire ta ‘they 2 ese SWS ss : corridor !’’ ao acts Pa ‘that has no that the time would come sooner or later =| ton ee et wines room 815?” oe a — eee =: cs rk beliaies that’ s the number. ”? | ‘*Well, that’s occupied just the same; I don’t kt whi ; put up their card, but the rooms there are ; _|let for an entire year.”’ | | “*Whois the tenant? I ask bECamEE | Oy don’t think they wilt but you, can ‘|try them, of course. It’s the De ..| Milling ( pasate Bina runs those 1 rooms. 3 They use ther Trim comforted ‘he old a He could but without, givin tha at Dedede ter noney would be: recovered. machinery that they i doa % cunt ate it is.” All right I’ll look them ree fe Trim vent away but he nat ; ‘OPhe Diener Millin ‘Com ny, hul the firm sto ee . It ak pe said to| I can’t believe that ng many, would nd safe business, and to be ai _| bay the rents of this ae just for the '* | purpose ot storing machiner ilding p where Drumm ond the Bono Milling Ganbeey: 7 Trim traveled back to the compete 6 grat ee res to ae pagEDE: coos Beare d there could tell sm the building. - ‘| pany; : pe had never heard of an y such “nec t th here were Bib sts or | COUCETES in fact they did ni: + believe ¢ mat ing esd tog? 3 —n: concern existed. ‘“Then I must be mistaken, ”’ responded oe