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along in the shadow of the buildings op- posite in order not to attract attention if es The street appeared to be entirely de- _serted. When he came opposite the Johnson house and halted for a moment in a dark doorway froin which he could + Jook up and down in both directions, there was not even a policeman in sight. After he was satisfied with this he ran _ lightly across the road and noiselessly en- tered the open door. _He was about to return to the corner where he had passed the first part of the evening when he heard something that sounded like a | footfall u —— the floor overhead. He stepped into the shadow of a door- way to one of the rooms and listened intently. ss Another sound ca 1e ‘to biti It was a light shuffling noise as if somebody was ing be over the floor. Dan’s heart but his Asae was Soaks it - re « “~~ a e. -. e he heard the noi oS step by st “p made his way Sette | Stas. mn es: eer to use the utmost care r ith dust ang to poets whatever it ro? 4 ’ i b, . | : ' a rs . ie ' —) a - > y CHAPTER III. THE MAN WITH THE BIG NOSE. “Then I felt dead sore on my luck,”’ said Dan, at a later time when he was re- porting the matter to Nick Carter. The trouble was that the man at work in the upper room had entered the build- ing, doubtless, while Dan was on his way to the police station with his prisoners. He had thought at first that it was a very good thing to have that extra ad- venture, but now he saw that it inter- fered seriously with his main scheme. If he had been able to stay quietly in the lower room he could have seen the man enter who was now at work on the second floor; then it struck Dan that per- haps this man had entered by a rear door- way, 1n which case the detective would have been no better off than he was now. In any case the next step was to get a sight of the man and see what he was doing. | Dan put his eyes close to the edge of the floor and looked across at the line of light betrieath the door. He could see nothing more than when There was just enough space between the door and the threshold to allow for ne t ine of light to pass through, but | going on not ies to see what was en a simple matter, of eC ‘eniin have b course, for the young detective to creep up to the door, throw it open pareenas and caten the man in the mid Is he ou If his Pet: was correct, t come: ‘to abe house at night to search for didn’t have to spen : . tO see ‘shat: 1S ° nan had a a Peg be a a eis | hy U ect > rn, . ' . ‘ 1 . , a “4 7 ,aa ' le . * , F o & oe ; y he ae a >» i! i