New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 40 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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2“ Issued weekly. STREET & SMITH, Publishers. « - ' ’ | , CHAPTER I. a ahs THEORY OF TREASURE HUNTERS. ee , et ‘This was sdditaied by a middle-aged, peer looking man to a boy who -was ae << sheath eee in headache a bag in a yain, Dan.”’ The b aa fists landed with loud wi acks against a bag and his feet kept a a s = Pet ering on the es as he answered : eye “Tm going to—(whack)—Mr. Carter Se vhack)—as long as I can stand up,”’ Nick Carter, for it was the great detec- tae . eparelt, smiled pleasantly. - Bis kee eyes took in) the Aye s ‘ithe = an “ “ j a f « ~ : ae a na! | ' r ba a. 2 2 ae " 4 he r " — CX a a“; an : PM , ’ i a . =’ ! a > % — F ' 4 doing his best to ording fo Act of setae in the year 1897 by Street d Smith, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. Entered as second class Matter at the New York, N. ¥., Post Office. Subscription price, $2.50 per year. NEW YORK. October 2, 1897, 5 Cents 29 Rose St., N. Y. By the Author of ‘‘NICK CARTER.” There was everything there that could be useful in the development of muscle g It was a new idea of Nick’s. =. Having been in the detective business a great many years, and having observed the methods employed by others, he come to the conclusion that there could be a good deal of improvement in the investigation of crime. He had, therefore, decided to start a kind of training school for detectives, and his reputation was so great that he found himself overwhelmed with applicants. © As Nick had m ade too much money in his professional career to be in need of ‘students’ fees, he had carefully chasen the students in the hope of selecting only those who had capacity for ne good detectives. , This boy, Dan Lewis, who was now unish a bag, was one of them. | | N re" oer from eX] erience ramet a a de-