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CHAPTER Y. DISPOSING OF THE WOMAN. When Chick approached Adams’ resi- dence, after leaving Nick Carter at the _ basement door, there were no signs of life about the place. ia The chances were, he thought, that the inan he wanted was still in the other house. ' He passed through the vacant lot at the side of the building, and soon came to a position from wihch he could see, through the fast-gathering darkness, the rear of the opposite house. a! I .. ; hy —" “> Te Ae Fe t+ 2% i, af? \@ a ee ae . s % t 7 >i Y Prk “nr . ofr bout fallen naa " , ) Tyee) ie x Shad a Jt woian’s voice came to his ears from the basement door, i an | re? Fe J a ay * | Pa, “)3 4 77 ud 5! ‘“ « @* « ¥ by Nick and recorded in the last chapter. Chick made a circle around the place, _and, reaching the end of the porch oppo- _ site the basement door, secreted himself jn the exact hiding place from which _ Adains had previously watched the move- ments of the two detectives. _ ‘The young detective, of course, was not aware that the place had been so recently - eae oe. the man he was there to . a - a9 . =, ry & yy; L \ rar. had ; = ’ » =| ' r a. a) | : a es ‘ s a : | ~~, a, ~ | Sy ‘3 . a 9, = 5 te > A Ad Set’ ma) : so a ¥ some. one “ tl saiebas owes or timt ers 2S mes about, followed. se Bie coarse voices of the men as they laughed and joked about abl; ¢ position in which they 5 _ 7 ‘ Dey fe « a —" * Lia - | .. ‘4 rr, - re." te, | Sed z= b. " ‘ fd u : | " . _ | 2 | ; an . i ®. wo ' ~ << * ; > 7 —— e ia > i = - "he "7 i ’ c P - a , , , » # a” ey , = 7 . | 4 ; a | ; y ” i i. -—s . - “- = 4 + — . = . 4 = & me or _ “ - ~ *- ] ' ial 7 ‘ ss = . ¥ i ZA ah Pi ; MW - i NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. Just then the loud and angry tones of a. The conversation was the same as heard . He could hardly believe it. | And yet, these men could be talking of no one else. “If we have finished Nick Carter we. ought to have a pension.”’ There was no longer-any doubt then. Chick’s first impulse was to draw his! weapon and rush upon the two men who} stood there so coolly talking of the mur-} der of his friend. Then he remembered that Nick? s im-| perative orders were that he should never abandon the main purpose of a search,) even when he considered it necessary to. do so in order to assist his companions. His duty, then under the light of these instructions, plainly was to remain out of sight in erder that he mi gut trace the: conspirators wherever they should go. Besides, he was not qitite sure that Nick had not made his way out of ne basement. In this case the talk about his being in] . deadly peril was probably intended to just what he had come very near doing— to reveal the presence of any-of N ick’s | men who migift be about the place. And so Nick was left alone in the deadly atmosphere of the little room at the front end of the basement. \ After arriving at the above conclusion, ¢ Chick crouthed closer to the earth and listened intently. The two men were still s sancene in th 1 Speen 3 door, but he could ‘not hear 4 word of their conversation. , Where was the eats man ? sacs question was satisfactory manner, ai — + y ia = he heard a Stes salthy tl oaied = ™ 4 7 as . a . “- - : | ——_ | —— —_ > ss : : toe —- * =. -- eal - ~ = ~~ 7 ~~ - : ad s i * . | . . - a ‘ - i . - .