New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 33 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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| aecording to Act of Congress in the year 1897 by Stir we d@ Smith, in the Office of the aerane of Congress, < F Washington, D Entered as second class Matler at the New York, N. Y,, Post Office. Subscription Kite) $2.50 per year. August 14, 1897. STREET & SMITH, Publishers. N EW YC R K. 29 Rose St., N. Y. 5 Cer nts ~TEACE ES A LESSON 10 CARTER.’? =a" Bv the Author of ‘‘ NICK ‘(Well,’? responded Nick, ‘‘the tele- ‘gram suggests some things. According to the marks on it I see that it was filed at eight o’clock this niorning and it is not yet nine. It shows that the message was put through with a rush. See CHAPTER I. “LIVE. TIMES AT THE BEACH. ‘Old Orchard Beach, Maine, June, 189—. “Nick Carter, Esq. , New York— ‘*Come quick, or send Trim. ¥ Now, when a message 1s fled trom a i¢ ed r »? (Signed) et \hotel as early as that it suggests that _ "When the great detective had read this|something has happened in the night, os _dispz atch he handed it to Trim, remark-| doesn’t 1t?”’ r ‘Yes. and it also suggests that 1t was ‘ » how're as much in demand as I am. | something concerning one of the guests. é > my) el and you’d better get a move on.’ ‘How do you make that out, Trim?’ | ll right, ’ Trim auswered, **who’s “Why, if there was something wrong with the hotel itself, if the office safe had I’ve been robbed, for example, it’s likely that ‘the landlord would have known of it and he knows me so well that he wouldn’t | much earlier and the telegram, 1f sent, set ond oy tay me unless the matter was im-! would have been filed at seven, or even hs, ortant.’’ six o’clock. = ‘Is he an tel. keeper ?”’ “The fact that it is fled at eight must ee es Ue has a place in Florida which | mean that one of the guests has reported Ps. ge winter season, and 7 |something to the landlord at the breakfast ae | table.’”’ =e = | ‘That's good reasoning,’’ said Nick, | os of | the = leading houses ¢ there if “but, on the other hand, it’s fair to oy i. . = “ oa ‘Fy , a >. + : friend: of nine. ‘ oe e business or him two or three times, t > —_— — * ‘ jan inves i own efore de: .. AB ( AS suppose I ie to know a any | Fanective.. eed ae Tri m ‘remarked as he glanced at bak ae Ae he’s” acquainted with you he at 1 be ‘y y am OO soa very well tell | wouldn’t waste any time shows that.”’ 36" 7 ae ore for Saat tele- *’That’s ae. too, but oe: s no use of ae rt. Sap BER E {s yeculating about it. eds a | a tee to. ie .