New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 39 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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torn Nie York: — Renew my sul bscription hicl 3 ‘means I'l] meet you at the depot, ‘Bliza- _ beth, New Jersey.)’?’ 3 - © (Renew my subscription for 1892 q (which means that the place of meeting shall be Bridgeport, Conn. )’’ ’ _ **And so forth. _ ‘**The swindle was consummated at ‘ hese meetings, and Lafarge said that he : _and the men working under him. had mad 1ousand dollars in ow} 1en ihe had’ finished his ex plana- tion I could hardly contain myself from san and indignation. 4 “The expression of my face must have told | him something, for when he left the " office that afternoon he said he was afraid ™ ope not like the business after all. ges made no reply to this, for I had de up my mind to inform the first po- man I met of the character of the windle I had been innocently engaged a | SW cs ‘Te closed up the shop, and was ‘putting the key in my pocket, a man “3 ste] = ed up tome, said he was a detec- , and had been directed by Inspector B By nes to make an investigation of La- if a arg Bee's < office. e was my OF portunity. dthe shop, and when the ive ha ad entered I told him all I had 2 ra. i eT = ee = " oy -j oe | eC iy i if f * ™ - ' be ~ 4 - r4 ; ; re: = is » ‘ a J . 2 - ” " od ; - > * . -. tJ - ¥ | ' i : a. " . @ - eas , - _ = - ] ' 7 | ; _ * fe al _ | 7 , i | L 4 a } 4 ™ ei if " ; im , - t = “ - * = * 2 i” . “4 - ' E ’ gl : * et - ’ e. —_ : ._ «<= - a 5 iva oe += | Sa an — > ne . , : — | * a - ¢ ss * _ * e) } b - - ' ~ . = - 7 _ . am ; = Py eal a _ 6} = ~ ’ a a — pe , ’ “ ° — ; r — - . 7 . < . = = t ~ = Ng s : : , +. —— vo Bs > - Tt: >* ‘ if 4 a é 7 4 . ‘ re « . 7 * - ca - ‘ a > » - - * 2 = * | = | : | = _ a = = ¢ ; ‘ én . F ' a ] ” * — We = te t ' ~~ : | i , «9 ul a: | ~ . = a / 4 i 4 | di " , = ~ j sf j * “ - aa _ i * “4 ~4 x * the detective, was he? Pharis green-goods man, partner of Latarge, eh ?”? caught in a neat trap. But then it wa: not much of a trick to deceive an n ignor- ant, inexperienced girl. | 21 on, ‘that neither I nor the Connecticut police know the man except by descrip- tion. He will get out on habeas corpus, and leave us in the lurch if somebody does not go down by the next train to identify him.’ "I did not think this statement at all curlous or improbable, and so when he suggested that 1 was the proper person to furnish the identification I had no objec- tion to make. ‘The next train for Bridgeport saw me as one of the passengers. The detective, for I considered him so, occupied the seat with me and paid my fare. ‘‘Artived at our destination he called a cab, and we were driven to this house. ‘‘Not until I entered the front room up stairs did I suspect treachery. “There, by the table, sat Lafarge, and his side was Duke Abbey, the man who had acted as his agent. ‘‘And not an officer or any other person “in sight. ‘‘But it was not so much their presence out of custody which led me to suspect that I had been the victim ofa vile plot as.the expression of the arch-villain when he caught sight of me. “Tt was that of malignant triumph. ‘‘T turned tomy guide, the supposed detective, to ask an explanation, ‘A look in his face as he turned it toward me made my suspicions so many certainties. “<Did you have much Fogg ?” asked Lafarge of the man.”’ ““Rogg!’’ ejaculated Nick. gg!’ the ‘“Yes, he was the man. I had been = No,’ par fhe: to Laf re trouble, **He Was a bee) ft a = . ay '— Oa - ws — : ‘ : | «= iVx +s. > a 6 §*4 Ff ‘ i . = oP - on 7 _—— | <a "a 6 = «* > =o a. 4 — . Fe " 4. ! 4," ile Sh’ ear nia.