Under His Thumb — page 220: what you’re looking at

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UNDER HIS THUMB. 211 used in the crime, was stolen from a police-station by Spider. It will be remembered that a policeman took it from Carl Brandon, previous to the tragedy, and that he had not seen it afterward. Spider had long been in the employ of Julian Blain, and his peculiar skill enabled the latter to se- cure this weapon which would throw suspicion upon the vagabond. [THE END. | GOMEE 100 KS (E(@)