New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 31 — page 31: what you’re looking at

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NEW NICK CARTE building where Drummond & Company’s & WEEKLY. ‘You have come early, Mr. offices were and hegan to look over the| ‘“Horton’s my name, mister,’’ said yall. Trim. sig ns that covered one side of the v "Ff @ ‘ * As he stood there he saw ‘‘Ah! you’re from Pennsylvania, I be- - and another man conversing a little way | lieve?’’ down the corridor. | **T be.”? ‘They looked at him doubtfully and; ‘‘Have you got the samples that we " seemed to hesitate whether to approach |asked you to bring?” him or not. ee _ **Got ’bout a peck an’ a half of ’em,’’ ' “’They’ve found,’’ thought— Trim, | Trim answered, setting his psack on “that the man in charge of the office isn’t |a chair and staring hard at the fake ma- on deck and they’re scared. ‘chine. | ‘IT don’t wonder they’re suspicious,} ‘‘Very weil, then, we’ll test them at but I'll bet that they are too greedy tojonce. Just open your bag and let us take let a chance go by. a look at the stuff.’ | **However, if they won’t tackle me| Ofcourse Trim had provided himself -* ll have to tackle them.”” _ |witha small quantity of broken stone - A moment later, therefore, Trim went/and he promptly opened the bag. on into the building and halted almost} Maynard and the other, who proved ~<in front of Maynard and the other man, | later to be Howard, pretended to examine “looking curiously at the rapidly-moving | the stones with great interest. elevators. : # —_“*They look very promisin *# * 7 . ° - a r . — hill tag Suddenly he turned to oward, “‘but of course we can never asked: “fu ~~ buckets take a man up to Mr. Drum- __ |tell until we’ve tried them on the separa-_ “Say! mister, will one of them big} tor. "We may as well do so without delay.” ~ mond’s o Saying this Howard took the stones . ‘*Certainly,’’ said Maynard, quickly, | and dropped them into an opening at one '" we're just going there ourselves and will|end of the machine. uw . # é i done, Maynard took | - show you where it is 1f you like ??’’ ~ esponded Trim. ‘‘Thankee!’’ r hold of the crank wheel and tried to turn ay Fe a “4 aw with sa tisfaction that his dis-|it. and manner had completely de-| He jumped about a foot into the air, a . Fs aa, - guise ie = ee - ware oe *¢ : > 1 the swindlers. They had been suspicious of him until ~ he spoke, now they were quite certain cried ‘‘ouch!”? upon the wheel. and then stood . > .« . * . | (cc... = Pe | 7, *, that he was one of their victims. Sutthin’ bit yeou?’’ asked Trin there trembling and staring, his hands still , in- _~** “Maynard chatted with hiin pleasantly nocently. on the way up, but made no mention of} — Ugh! I should thin! gold separators. ) groaned Maynard, there had!’’ s the perspiration be- “© the eighth floor both men walked in such | a way that- Trim, if he had been a stranger, would not have been likely to| | | | j . . 4 59 hey took him to room 815, opened it and invited him to enter. _ *Ts this here the place ?’’ asked Trim, j -_ 2 = = * } As they went through the corridor on/#an to roll down his face. can't let go of the con founded t ‘‘What’s the matter?’ asked Howard, nervously. | = May be one of those stones has got caught in the geering!’’ gasped Maynard, — hardly able to speak, — | ‘“‘I don’t know, something's hing!” ‘What!’ criec ~ “Yes,’’ replied Maynard, ‘and we are; Ward and laying his hands bers of the firm; we thought we wheel. say anything about it while} -an't let gor OUle! standing around, for every-| Mars! gests __ body likes to keep his business to himself, o jumped into op SRS SO a aa REN Senta Saye Popa oor ka) A | . : = 3 hn Tuer #) "nee >» | | | | ee ne _~ . — ’ - © a } " the wheel. - = : : - : = - * % ial books. * é « = » * - = a” - “ ‘ at