New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 33

About this issue

This issue of New Nick Carter Weekly (No. 33, August 1897) contains a single serial installment by the author of Nick Carter tales. "Trim Turns Professor and Teaches a Lesson to a Queer Pupil" follows Trim, the detective's associate, as he travels from New York to Old Orchard Beach, Maine, after receiving a telegram requesting assistance. En route, Trim reads newspaper accounts of a recent beach incident: a student named Edward Mead was rescued by his professor from drowning while attempting a long-distance swim from a catboat. Upon arrival at the station, Trim witnesses a pickpocketing and apprehends the thief himself, only to have an incompetent local policeman bungle the arrest. The narrative combines detective mystery elements with descriptions of seaside leisure activities and emphasizes Trim's quick thinking and physical prowess.