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“IT think we’ll find him. in Elizabeth ' ofr thereabout,’’ said Chick. _ **What makes you think so?”’ _ **Because when he left the brick house where he had consigned Viola Laroche he had no idea that we were onto him.”’ ‘*Any one at the house now ?’’ ¢ No. >? ’ ‘‘Where’s the brother: ?’’ ‘“We scared the wits out of him, and he’s left the country for his country’ s doctor, Lafarge’s sa Pel] me some about it.”’ ‘“Well,’’ began Chick, ‘‘I got to Eliza- beth in time to catch Jasper Orrant as he was boarding a train for New York. — ‘*He had followed Fogg and the veiled woman—who was Viola Laroche, and who had been drugged to make her come along all right—to the brick asylum where Dr. Lafarge holds forth, and upon discovering what kind of an establishment it was had hurried back to Elizabeth for ' . assistance. ‘Not finding either of us about, or ob- taining news of us at the telegraph or post-office, he had made up his mind to ~ go on-to New York. coe ek Ot onto him just in time, as I have said, and we started out yesterday ves afternoon to attack the asylum. _ **T obtained a pointer on the doctor be- _ fore we left Ehzabeth, and when we - tung the big bell at his door I knew I — could fetch him. _ ‘**We went.out without disguising our- selves, and when the doctor saw wus he . 3 guessed what we wanted. | 3on =“ y didn t waste any words on him. _ 3 roduce pabygeae Viola Laroche ee you will accom- i: ty us to Elizabeth te answer to a little __ charge of malpractice that has just been _ preferred against you,’ says I. = “¥ east was stretching the truth a little. ‘*A charge of that kind could have “ae be geen preferred with the likelihood of 3 38 end ing the doctor to prison, only the Pa : most interested had refirsed to prose- >on account of the unpleasant noto- tie that the case would give her. ee aS Bu t | Anew peerings of this, and he NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. beheld her, beautiful. tion that he might be prosecuted if he remained in that neighborhood, and be- fore I left this morning New York I heard that he had skipped the country.”’ afternoon and arrested Pharis Fogg. tion of Viola Laroche. years’ sentence. United States Court, vere sentences for their fraudulent use of Uncle Sam’s mails. Weekly wi tective School; or, The Young Reporter’s First Case.’ yyet we have issued No. 1 of Nick Car- ter’s Juarterly, containing Nos. 1 to 13 of the New Nick C in one volume, with all the original ored - Husteationaees splendid collection: . will your claim be satisfied and will you leave me unmolested ?” ‘‘T answered in the affirmative, and in less than two minutes he brought out the girl. “You should have seen Orrant when he pale and weak, but still ‘‘And you should have seen both of them during the next five minutes. ‘We left Dr. Lafarge with the intima- to come over to Nick and Chick went to Elizabeth that Fle was prosecuted for the abduc- and got a five Lafarge and his tools were tried in the and received se- | Jasper Orrant and Viola were married, with Nick and Chick as witnesses, on the day following Fogg’s arrest. They are now living happily in their Georgian home. The great detective and his able assist-_ ant were highly complimented by In- spector Byrnes and Postmaster-General Wanamaker for their clever work. [THE END. ] The next number of the Nick Carter il contain ‘‘Nick Carter’s De- | , — ae a Our readers will be lee : rter Weekly bound col- ; Ph ,e fA 2 ins 1 { & ’ e r 7 d - ‘3 : . a § r 2 : | | » | . r ’ . / : >i * * j x : 1 eataet : ie ey a Te ‘APS © eee “os : ie Sere ae oie!) sche EY Le? Ae 2 bean ee a . = 7 a4 , “ é | q 4 ‘) » * - oat : p ? al Ay i} » § 47 [a _« : a? i z q " a —— ss For sale > by. ae : i af we A 4 « * r r f i 7 ° —— ‘ - os - 4s ] EI } 4 ‘ ee. = é ; _ * * s a . a. » —— * = | a . . os 1 Bi - i a -= ‘ . ' ' 4 i. ' | ‘ x —s i Ps r } # | ] * 4 y | , =e ’ A ' i | 4 | | i . _ . : tr % “ * 4 / a # if * i a r r ' , >» | a # J F a > ie * a - - < m