Nick Carter Weekly: The Little Glass Vial — page 17: what you’re looking at

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a + oy 1. A few minutes afterward Nick Carter was ushered into the reception-room of Mr. Rogers’ physician. Apparently the reception-room was also used as a kind of auxiliary surgery; for, upon a table, were a number of surgical instruments of various kinds. Nick noticed this with satisfaction, and he moved over toward the table in order to more closely inspect the contents. Just then the servant entered the room and announced that the doctor would be disengaged in a few minutes. "You’re in luck, Nick!" muttered the detective, as he forthwith proceeded to inspect the surgical instruments. There were forceps, and lancets, and clinical thermometers by the dozen; but what attracted Nick’s eye were four hypodermic syringe cases. He opened them one after another, and when he got to the last —which was smaller than the others—he held it in his hand only for a moment; then opening the case, he found a small syringe from which the pointer needle had been broken off at the base. Taking from his pocket the point which he had removed from Mr. Rogers’ wrist, he was not surprised to find that it fitted exactly. He quickly replaced the broken syringe in its case and resumed his seat. Shortly after a tall, dark, good-looking man entered the room. 1/ comicboolk CO