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ol away the entire board, he thrust his - fingers in, and, after feeling a moment, _- withdrew an invelope from which he took a sheet of paper. ‘Inthe mirror this looked like a piece of ordinary letter paper with a message on it. _ Big-nose sat on the floor and read what ‘was written there, from beginning to end. ‘Then he drew another long breath, and this time it seemed as if it were one of satisfaction. | ‘The paper had been folded twice when * -? he — 1 out, and he now cocina At. to do this without o. but ce Re it pretty well on | the Moot and a his ‘ - = a. ; - = a = ‘ — ~ — ca = 3 ag MD 2 —_ « - - ‘ ee, — ~ = i = —_ .. & » ie ‘ dl * J a * i 4 t ¥ > fq - © : a ‘ “ = ee - Whe’ « te * \ P - _ * 1 Dan ha iden the line of the light. ¢ detective promptly put aside his. hie , cl cada the = side of his lantern, | down the br ea mas fo oR NICK CARTER WEEKLY. i that it was only by using the greatest care that the man could get down. ae seemed to know his way, and this fact made it all the more certain to Dan that the treasure-hunter was tlie man who had set the fire. The investigation by the fire depart- ment had shown that the flames started in the back of the house, and it was this fact that had caused the servant’s stair- way to be so badly damaged. Dan himself had examined this back stairway carefully, and had made up his mind that nobody who knew the place at all would try to use it. He saw his mistake when he. aeane- Big-nose going slowly and sefély.dow and he realized that he had lost ate by the adventure that took him to the police-station, It was plain enough that the treasure hunter had entered Ure house from the rear. The young jeieaiee felt very doubtful as to whether he could get down the back stairs in the dark without making a fatal misstep. He had no fear of getting hurt by any such accident, but he Was exceec ingly anxious not : that, he was bei treasure ical oul make shee way gis f the: eae ing es the: pac entrance Nevertheless, Dan wank; not risk going ken back stairs in the dark. as RO as rhe could a with “fronts stairs and ‘around thn . ugh ey er mpty