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SS ser s between the joists upon which all his fo = Be worker was oheagiahh , — =F =. rce, wrenched it away from the wall. The nails which held it gave way so suddenly that he sat back on the floor with considerable force. This apparently alarmed him, for he lay over quickly on his side, BAS ae for the dark lantern, which sat on the floor near him, and closed the slide. Then for a moment there was absolute silence in the ruined house. The wo ker had cscs ite taken alarm hear his movements. Dan lowered the m scm at that that when the as Sag opened the slide of his lantern again he would look in that direction and then see the shining sur- face of the mirror. _ That, of course, would have caused him to be suspicious, and he might have made an investigation that would have blocked Dan’s plans completely. W new irror from the tran- 1er the man did look up at the ansom when he reop ened his lantern out Bites a moment Ir secusnat to show that the m4 went the mirror wane, and Dan w the worker rut smite his hand into the ‘“« a. = —_ moment, thinking it possible | it instantly. that at that point ious with the scent ees apered: that th NICK CARTER WEEK ae into all the openings until he had gone the entire emg that had been covered by the mopboard; then he drew a long breath, exidextly.. to express his disap- poiitment, and looked around the room. It was plain enough that he had not found what he was looking for and that he would have to begin again. Presently he took his lantern in his hand and began to go around the sides of the room on his hands and knees, look- ing at the edge of the mopboard . as he went. Dan was able to follow his movements perfectly by tilting his miurror a little to one side or the other. In the course of this journey the man brought his face into view. It seemed to be a familiar face to Dan, and yet he could not place it. This fact bothered the young detective badly, for the worker had such a very large nose that 1t seemed to Dan that if he had once seen it he ought to recognize He could not for the life of him thimk of anybody he had ever seen with that kind of a nose, and yet he was certain iat somewhere he had met this man. After a time Big-nose halted and put his fin gers alor the edge of the mop- beard where it ran beneath the wigsew. The reflection in the mi t] little loose. The haste with which Big-nose set hi: 1 on the floor and began to work