Nick Carter Weekly: The Little Glass Vial — page 35: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

——t- "Any letters or telegrams for Gonzales?" inquired the Cuban. "Yes, sir. One telegram," said the clerk, who handed it to him. He tore open the envelope and began to read the dispatch. Nick was watching him intently, although he was apparently studying a time-table. The Cuban seemed to be puzzled about something in that telegram. He looked around uneasily, still holding the message in his hand. Finally his eyes rested on the clergyman, and he approached him. "Excuse me, sir," he said, with a pronounced foreign accent. "T am a stranger. I have just received this telegram." Here he handed the dispatch to Nick and added: "What is the meaning of Bay State, Worcester?" Nick Carter looked up from the telegram and replied, in a well-disguised voice: "There is a hotel in Worcester called the Bay State; but this message tells you to ask somebody named Rogers about it." The Cuban laughed and said: "No, no! You no understand. But I thank you for explain hotel." 35 comicbooe S CO