New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 39 — page 7: what you’re looking at

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- = - - o > + pum ~ —_ a, . _ 6 — a am — . e he * A. > - , . a - «= | > — an ~~ * . ' > a 2 - Gordon that she first met Jasper Orrant, punishing the man who had stolen her — z ee -young lawyer. away. Soa | It was a case of love at first sight. After he had gone Jasper discovered Three weeks after they were engaged. that the old man had had a second ob- The young man believed that his ject in leaving home, and that was to bet- ae sweetheart was as good as she was beauti-_ ter his financial condition by investing in 5 _ ful; New York greenbacks. After reveling in an atmosphere of One of the sham tariff circulars fell in- bliss for three months there came a sharp to the young man’s hands. and terrible awakening. He instantly saw through the trick of Viola left her home one day for the the green-goods men, as he had always ostensible purpose of visiting a neighbor been a constant reader of the papers, and _ some miles away. besides he had had considerable metro- — he never went to the place, and she politan experience. =a eee never returned to her home. Without saying anything to Mrs. La- ‘he next day when Jasper called to roche that might add to the poignancy of _ “see her, he found her father and mother her sorrow over the loss of Viola, Jasper wild with grief. told her that he intended to join the hus- A letter from Vidla, brought by a col- band and father in the search. i Be = .Gred boy that morning, told a story that Arriving at Elizabeth, he learned that - = 4 = turned tate SE: s eee and joy into bit- Laroche had been seen in the company of a notorious New York swindler. The result of his further investiga- — i ; tions is known to the reader. Sree ne ate 7 rieve eos me on acconint sal Any es sue departure. ta all fot the’. Hest. When Viola’s father made the positive ; = asper loves me no longer, and I cannot eclaration that Lafarge was the scoun- ie stay at the old place another day. Ihave drel who had been the CAUSE. of the a _ gone with one who has promised to aid young girl leaving her home, © Jasper 5" . ‘me in attaiming a position I have long stantly determined to find and oe ie id ae > « res I will write again when I am He also made up his mind that La-— - Mae pees. farge should refund the three hundred _ __ $he had never written again. dollars which he had-~ swindled the | old _ ‘The father had entertained a travelling Georgian out of. a as ent some days before, and inquiries From Laroche he obtained cctapieng z nade the nearest railway station descriptions of both Lafarge and the short __ ici cai the in formation that Viola and man who had acted as the villain’s con- — re hi ad est on the train for the federate. ea Then he said, curtly: 3 “Tl] settle your hotel bill, and you will “ d a a was caneitiee that the take the next train for eae, OP ty ans a aa = man ae Ra who had swindled him out. ‘‘‘What’ll I say ter ther ole ’oman Pe ee oie eee hundred dollars, was the villain ‘Tell her that I am on the trail] a oe o hac is daughter away. _ Viola’s abductor, and that ther per Orrant had tepisines i in ese need of your staying Sie >, ~~ — . £ = s 7