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25 the corner as he came | watching us, and not the basement.’” _ to it, and fixed his eyes on the spot where Pratiy. to : swlint I say. Those ‘men are Chick crowded 4 i eet looks like it.’ he knew the basement door to be. He j atea® “J am sure of it. They suspect ‘nothing stood there some moments before ad- s wrong at the basement, so you see that vancing. } _ things are in fine shape, after all.”’ He did not need to follow the two men ag “What can we do with that fellow with his eves, for aa knew perfectly well where they were going, so he waited. - % ef course. ”’ In fact, he had started for the base- : = ee nates 3 ment, after hearing the talk in the saloon = _ “Just before we reach the house there room regarding Nick Carter. i 1s ‘a vacant lot, through which we will He was very uneasy about his chief, ‘pa . When we come to the corner of the and, although he had every confidence in ~ fence i get your billy ready and drop the great detective’s ability to take care down there in the darkness. ”? | of _ himself, he now understood that § ebere: has been murder ara done Adams had laid a desperate trap for him. | mean—at Besides he knew now what he had sus- pected before, that the stolen money was = re es — seared ee =e are hurt. hidden in the basement. a i will go on alone in the shadow of the The bartender had told no fairy tale r ce, a he will think we are still to- about the attitude of the supposed tramp = x rg : he had seen at the door of the room. | - “What then’ aes 2s Chick was about to rush in and arrest = ea Wen he comes up, trip him with both men, when the timely arrival of the | yo ut foot, and give. him a crack on the bartender had brought him to the remem- he 2 at Gelote ean help himself. Just strike brance of his positive orders from Nick. pee ard d enough to stun him. Wecangetour The men were out of the place alomst “wo! a before he knows what str iraek as soon as he couldegain the street, and | so he decided to follow on behind them. As he stood by the corner looking in the direction of the house, the firm ground seemed to sway | beneath his feet. on. a A distant street lamp AUset a3 od igs an’t afford to” e too Satie < wis him. 3 of jagged flame. “Oh, PIT stop obi for an hour or two. The roaring as of a stormy sea ae ght sounded in his ears. Tn 1 the brief instant that Navikd before he lost onécionstiess he ueatd the base- CHAPTER VII, A RAT HOLE. As Nick Carter fell to the floor « ch es room in the basement -