Nick Carter Weekly: The Little Glass Vial — page 66: what you’re looking at

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——— —"! c.Ctrrr _— The ornamentations on the key-hole, inside as well as on the hall side, prevented his hearing through that channel. Looking upward, he noticed that the old-fashioned transom could easily be opened, and he was soon standing upon a hall chair with a good view of the interior of the room. Sam Rogers was seated at a desk, and Moreno standing beside him. The latter was speaking in a commanding manner; but his voice was so low that Nick could not detect his words. He now proceeded to open the transom as cautiously and noiselessly as possible. After a few moments he succeeded in opening it a few inches, and he then heard distinctly the conversation of Moreno and Rogers. "It is utterly useless to go any further," said Rogers. "I will not swear an information against Dr. Lord." "Was it Nick Carter advised you to make this decision?" "No, sir. Mr. Carter does not know anything about this affair." "Why did you engage him?" "Anita told me to engage a detective." "She told you to engage a private detective in Boston, to whom you were to point out the top of the hypodermic syringe, and suggest to him that it might belong to Dr. Lord. If you did that, Lord would have been at once arrested on 66 comicboolk CO