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<p class="no-indent center bold xlarge p2">CONTENTS</p>
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<td class="tdr tdt"><span class="smaller">CHAPTER</span></td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr"> </td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><span class="smaller">PAGE</span></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">I.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">A DOUBTFULL CLIENT</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_5">5</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">II.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">MR. SNELL IN TROUBLE</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_15">15</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">III.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">A GAME OF WATCHING</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_26">26</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">IV.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">PATSY’S DANCING LESSON</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_42">42</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">V.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">CAUGHT IN THE HILLS</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_53">53</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">VI.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">PATSY IS FORCED TO SLEEP</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_62">62</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">VII.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">THE MYSTERY OF GEORGE SNELL</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_76">76</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">VIII.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">THE RANSOM</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_91">91</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">IX.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">A CALL TO COLORADO</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_104">104</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">X.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">WAITING FOR NICK CARTER</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_118">118</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">XI.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">A SUSPECT AND AN ALIBI</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_132">132</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">XII.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">THE JOURNEY TO HANK LOW’S</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_146">146</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">XIII.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">AN ARREST</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_156">156</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">XIV.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">SNAPPED</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_172">172</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">XV.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">DADDY DREW’S DIVE</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_183">183</SPAN></td>
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<td class="tdr tdt">XVI.</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">HANK LOW’S LUCK</td>
<td class="tdr tdb"><SPAN href="#Page_194">194</SPAN></td>
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<p class="no-indent bold center large p2">NICK CARTER STORIES</p>
<p class="no-indent bold center xxlarge">New Magnet Library</p>
<p class="no-indent bold center"><em>Not a Dull Book in This List</em></p>
<p class="no-indent bold center large p1">ALL BY NICHOLAS CARTER</p>
<p class="p2">Nick Carter stands for an interesting detective story. The fact
that the books in this line are so uniformly good is entirely due to
the work of a specialist. The man who wrote these stories produced
no other type of fiction. His mind was concentrated upon the creation
of new plots and situations in which his hero emerged triumphantly
from all sorts of troubles and landed the criminal just where
he should be—behind the bars.</p>
<p>The author of these stories knew more about writing detective stories
than any other single person.</p>
<p>Following is a list of the best Nick Carter stories. They have been
selected with extreme care, and we unhesitatingly recommend each of
them as being fully as interesting as any detective story between cloth
covers which sells at ten times the price.</p>
<p>If you do not know Nick Carter, buy a copy of any of the New
Magnet Library books, and get acquainted. He will surprise and delight
you.</p>
<table summary="Nick Carter Stories">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tdc"><em>ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT</em></td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">850—Wanted: A Clew</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">851—A Tangled Skein</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">852—The Bullion Mystery</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">853—The Man of Riddles</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">854—A Miscarriage of Justice</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">855—The Gloved Hand</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">856—Spoilers and the Spoils</td>
<td class="tdl tdt ">857—The Deeper Game</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">858—Bolts from Blue Skies</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">859—Unseen Foes</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">860—Knaves in High Places</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">861—The Microbe of Crime</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">862—In the Toils of Fear</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">863—A Heritage of Trouble</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">864—Called to Account</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">865—The Just and the Unjust</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">866—Instinct at Fault</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">867—A Rogue Worth Trapping</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">868—A Rope of Slender Threads</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">869—The Last Call</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">870—The Spoils of Chance</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">871—A Struggle with Destiny</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">872—The Slave of Crime</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">873—The Crook’s Blind</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">874—A Rascal of Quality</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">875—With Shackles of Fire</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">876—The Man Who Changed Faces</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">877—The Fixed Alibi</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">878—Out with the Tide</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">879—The Soul Destroyers</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">880—The Wages of Rascality</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">881—Birds of Prey</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">882—When Destruction Threatens</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">883—The Keeper of Black Hounds</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">884—The Door of Doubt</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">885—The Wolf Within</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">886—A Perilous Parole</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">887—The Trail of the Finger Prints</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">888—Dodging the Law</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">889—A Crime in Paradise</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">890—On the Ragged Edge</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">891—The Red God of Tragedy</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">892—The Man Who Paid</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">893—The Blind Man’s Daughter</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">894—One Object in Life</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">895—As a Crook Sows</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">896—In Record Time</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">897—Held in Suspense</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">898—The $100,000 Kiss</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">899—Just One Slip</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">900—On a Million-dollar Trail</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">901—A Weird Treasure</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">902—The Middle Link</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">903—To the Ends of the Earth</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">904—When Honors Pall</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">905—The Yellow Brand</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">906—A New Serpent in Eden</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">907—When Brave Men Tremble</td>
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<td class="tdl tdt tdh">908—A Test of Courage</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">909—Where Peril Beckons</td>
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<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">910—The Garoni Girdle</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">911—Rascals & Co.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">912—Too Late to Talk</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">913—Satan’s Apt Pupil</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">914—The Girl Prisoner</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">915—The Danger of Folly</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">916—One Shipwreck Too Many</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">917—Scourged by Fear</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">918—The Red Plague</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">919—Scoundrels Rampant</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">920—From Clew to Clew</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">921—When Rogues Conspire</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">922—Twelve in a Grave</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">923—The Great Opium Case</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">924—A Conspiracy of Rumors</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">925—A Klondike Claim</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">926—The Evil Formula</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">927—The Man of Many Faces</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">928—The Great Enigma</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">929—The Burden of Proof</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">930—The Stolen Brain</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">931—A Titled Counterfeiter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">932—The Magic Necklace</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">933—’Round the World for a Quarter</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">934—Over the Edge of the World</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">935—In the Grip of Fate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">936—The Case of Many Clews</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">937—The Sealed Door</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">938—Nick Carter and the Green Goods Men</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">939—The Man Without a Will</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">940—Tracked Across the Atlantic</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">941—A Clew from the Unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">942—The Crime of a Countess</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">943—A Mixed up Mess</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">944—The Great Money-order Swindle</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">945—The Adder’s Brood</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">946—A Wall Street Haul</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">947—For a Pawned Crown</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">948—Sealed Orders</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">949—The Hate that Kills</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">950—The American Marquis</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">951—The Needy Nine</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">952—Fighting Against Millions</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">953—Outlaws of the Blue</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">954—The Old Detective’s Pupil</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">955—Found in the Jungle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">956—The Mysterious Mail Robbery</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">957—Broken Bars</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">958—A Fair Criminal</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">959—Won by Magic</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">960—The Piano Box Mystery</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">961—The Man They Held Back</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">962—A Millionaire Partner</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">963—A Pressing Peril</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">964—An Australian Klondike</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">965—The Sultan’s Pearls</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">966—The Double Shuffle Club</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">967—Paying the Price</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">968—A Woman’s Hand</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">969—A Network of Crime</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">970—At Thompson’s Ranch</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">971—The Crossed Needles</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">972—The Diamond Mine Case</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">973—Blood Will Tell</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">974—An Accidental Password</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">975—The Crook’s Double</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">976—Two Plus Two</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">977—The Yellow Label</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">978—The Clever Celestial</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">979—The Amphitheater Plot</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">980—Gideon Drexel’s Millions</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">981—Death in Life</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">982—A Stolen Identity</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">983—Evidence by Telephone</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">984—The Twelve Tin Boxes</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">985—Clew Against Clew</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">986—Lady Velvet</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">987—Playing a Bold Game</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">988—A Dead Man’s Grip</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">989—Snarled Identities</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">990—A Deposit Vault Puzzle</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">991—The Crescent Brotherhood</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">992—The Stolen Pay Train</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">993—The Sea Fox</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">994—Wanted by Two Clients</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">995—The Van Alstine Case</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">996—Check No. 777</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">997—Partners in Peril</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">998—Nick Carter’s Clever Protégé</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">999—The Sign of the Crossed Knives</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1000—The Man Who Vanished</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1001—A Battle for the Right</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1002—A Game of Craft</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1003—Nick Carter’s Retainer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1004—Caught in the Toils</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1005—A Broken Bond</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1006—The Crime of the French Café</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1007—The Man Who Stole Millions</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1008—The Twelve Wise Men</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1009—Hidden Foes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1010—A Gamblers’ Syndicate</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1011—A Chance Discovery</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1012—Among the Counterfeiters</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1013—A Threefold Disappearance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1014—At Odds with Scotland Yard</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1015—A Princess of Crime</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1016—Found on the Beach</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1017—A Spinner of Death</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1018—The Detective’s Pretty Neighbor</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1019—A Bogus Clew</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1020—The Puzzle of Five Pistols</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1021—The Secret of the Marble Mantle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1022—A Bite of an Apple</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1023—A Triple Crime</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1024—The Stolen Race Horse</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1025—Wildfire</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1026—A <em>Herald</em> Personal</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1027—The Finger of Suspicion</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1028—The Crimson Clew</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1029—Nick Carter Down East</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1030—The Chain of Clews</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1031—A Victim of Circumstances</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1032—Brought to Bay</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1033—The Dynamite Trap</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1034—A Scrap of Black Lace</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1035—The Woman of Evil</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1036—A Legacy of Hate</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1037—A Trusted Rogue</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1038—Man Against Man</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1039—The Demons of the Night</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1040—The Brotherhood of Death</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1041—At the Knife’s Point</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1042—A Cry for Help</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1043—A Stroke of Policy</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1044—Hounded to Death</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1045—A Bargain in Crime</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1046—The Fatal Prescription</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1047—The Man of Iron</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1048—An Amazing Scoundrel</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1049—The Chain of Evidence</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1050—Paid with Death</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1051—A Fight for a Throne</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1052—The Woman of Steel</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1053—The Seal of Death</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1054—The Human Fiend</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1055—A Desperate Chance</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1056—A Chase in the Dark</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1057—The Snare and the Game</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1058—The Murray Hill Mystery</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1059—Nick Carter’s Close Call</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1060—The Missing Cotton King</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1061—A Game of Plots</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1062—The Prince of Liars</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1063—The Man at the Window</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1064—The Red League</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1065—The Price of a Secret</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1066—The Worst Case on Record</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1067—From Peril to Peril</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1068—The Seal of Silence</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1069—Nick Carter’s Chinese Puzzle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1070—A Blackmailer’s Bluff</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1071—Heard in the Dark</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1072—A Checkmated Scoundrel</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1073—The Cashier’s Secret</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1074—Behind a Mask</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1075—The Cloak of Guilt</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1076—Two Villains in One</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1077—The Hot Air Clew</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1078—Run to Earth</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1079—The Certified Check</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1080—Weaving the Web</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1081—Beyond Pursuit</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1082—The Claws of the Tiger</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1083—Driven from Cover</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1084—A Deal in Diamonds</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1085—The Wizard of the Cue</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1086—A Race for Ten Thousand</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1087—The Criminal Link</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1088—The Red Signal</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1089—The Secret Panel</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1090—A Bonded Villain</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1091—A Move in the Dark</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1092—Against Desperate Odds</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1093—The Telltale Photographs</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1094—The Ruby Pin</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1095—The Queen of Diamonds</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1096—A Broken Trail</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1097—An Ingenious Stratagem</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1098—A Sharper’s Downfall</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1099—A Race Track Gamble</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1100—Without a Clew</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1101—The Council of Death</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1102—The Hole in the Vault</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1103—In Death’s Grip</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1104—A Great Conspiracy</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1105—The Guilty Governor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1106—A Ring of Rascals</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1107—A Masterpiece of Crime</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1108—A Blow for Vengeance</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1109—Tangled Threads</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1110—The Crime of the Camera</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1111—The Sign of the Dagger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1112—Nick Carter’s Promise</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1113—Marked for Death</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1114—The Limited Holdup</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1115—When the Trap Was Sprung</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1116—Through the Cellar Wall</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1117—Under the Tiger’s Claws</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1118—The Girl in the Case</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1119—Behind a Throne</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1120—The Lure of Gold</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1121—Hand to Hand</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1122—From a Prison Cell</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1123—Dr. Quartz, Magician</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1124—Into Nick Carter’s Web</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1125—The Mystic Diagram</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1126—The Hand that Won</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1127—Playing a Lone Hand</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1128—The Master Villain</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1129—The False Claimant</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1130—The Living Mask</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1131—The Crime and the Motive</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1132—A Mysterious Foe</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1133—A Missing Man</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1134—A Game Well Played</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1135—A Cigarette Clew</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1136—The Diamond Trail</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1137—The Silent Guardian</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1138—The Dead Stranger</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1140—The Doctor’s Stratagem</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1141—Following a Chance Clew</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1142—The Bank Draft Puzzle</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1143—The Price of Treachery</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1144—The Silent Partner</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1145—Ahead of the Game</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1146—A Trap of Tangled Wire</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1147—In the Gloom of Night</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1148—The Unaccountable Crook</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1149—A Bundle of Clews</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1150—The Great Diamond Syndicate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1151—The Death Circle</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1152—The Toss of a Penny</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1153—One Step Too Far</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1154—The Terrible Thirteen</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1155—A Detective’s Theory</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1156—Nick Carter’s Auto Trail</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1157—A Triple Identity</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1158—A Mysterious Graft</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1159—A Carnival of Crime</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1160—The Bloodstone Terror</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1161—Trapped in His Own Net</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1162—The Last Move in the Game</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1163—A Victim of Deceit</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1164—With Links of Steel</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1165—A Plaything of Fate</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1166—The Key Ring Clew</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1167—Playing for a Fortune</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1168—At Mystery’s Threshold</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1169—Trapped by a Woman</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1170—The Four Fingered Glove</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1171—Nabob and Knave</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1172—The Broadway Cross</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1173—The Man Without a Conscience</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1174—A Master of Deviltry</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1175—Nick Carter’s Double Catch</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1176—Doctor Quartz’s Quick Move</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1177—The Vial of Death</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1178—Nick Carter’s Star Pupils</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1179—Nick Carter’s Girl Detective</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1180—A Baffled Oath</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1181—A Royal Thief</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1182—Down and Out</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1183—A Syndicate of Rascals</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1184—Played to a Finish</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1185—A Tangled Case</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1186—In Letters of Fire</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1187—Crossed Wires</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1188—A Plot Uncovered</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1189—The Cab Driver’s Secret</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1190—Nick Carter’s Death Warrant</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1191—The Plot that Failed</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1192—Nick Carter’s Masterpiece</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1193—A Prince of Rogues</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1194—In the Lap of Danger</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1195—The Man from London</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1196—Circumstantial Evidence</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1197—The Pretty Stenographer Mystery</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1198—A Villainous Scheme</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1199—A Plot Within a Plot</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1200—The Elevated Railroad Mystery</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1201—The Blow of a Hammer</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1202—The Twin Mystery</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1203—The Bottle with the Black Label</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1204—Under False Colors</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1205—A Ring of Dust</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1206—The Crown Diamond</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1207—The Blood-red Badge</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1208—The Barrel Mystery</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1209—The Photographer’s Evidence</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1210—Millions at Stake</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1211—The Man and his Price</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1212—A Double-Handed Game</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>In order that there may be no confusion, we desire to say that the
books listed below will be issued during the respective months in
New York City and vicinity. They may not reach the readers at a
distance promptly, on account of delays in transportation.</p>
<table summary="Nick Carter Stories in Press">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tdc">To be published in July, 1927.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">1213—A Strike for Freedom</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1214—A Disciple of Satan</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tdc tdpt">To be published in Aug., 1927.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">1215—The Marked Hand</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1216—A Fight with a Fiend</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">1217—When the Wicked Prosper</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh"> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tdc tdpt">To be published in Sept., 1927.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">1218—A Plunge into Crime</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1219—An Artful Schemer</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tdc tdpt">To be published in Oct., 1927.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">1220—Reaping the Whirlwind</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1221—Out of Crime’s Depths</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tdc tdpt">To be published in Nov., 1927.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">1222—A Woman at Bay</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1223—The Temple of Vice</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2" class="tdc tdpt">To be published in Dec., 1927.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="tdl tdt tdpr">1224—Death at the Feast</td>
<td class="tdl tdt tdh">1225—A Double Plot</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<h1>The Photographer’s Evidence</h1>
<p class="no-indent center">OR</p>
<p class="no-indent center xlarge p1">CLEVER BUT CROOKED</p>
<p class="no-indent center p2">BY</p>
<p class="no-indent center xlarge">NICHOLAS CARTER</p>
<p class="no-indent center">Author of “The Barrel Mystery,” “The Blood-red Badge,”
“The Crown Diamond,” etc.</p>
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<p class="no-indent center">The Photographer’s Evidence</p>
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All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign
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<p class="no-indent center">Printed in the U.S.A.</p>
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<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_5" id="Page_5">[5]</SPAN></span></p>
<p class="no-indent center bold xlarge p2">THE PHOTOGRAPHER’S EVIDENCE.</p>
<h2 class="no-break">CHAPTER I. <br/> <small>A DOUBTFUL CLIENT.</small></h2>
<p>“Mr. Carter, can I trust you?”</p>
<p>It was in the great detective’s own house that this
question was asked.</p>
<p>“Well,” was Nick’s quiet answer, “if you had any doubt
on that matter, why did you come to me?”</p>
<p>His caller looked nervously at the floor.</p>
<p>“There’s no use in talking to me,” Nick went on, “unless
you do trust me. A detective can do nothing for a
client who does not give him his confidence absolutely.”</p>
<p>“Of course,” the other assented; “I did not mean to
offend you.”</p>
<p>“You haven’t offended me.”</p>
<p>“I am so disturbed by it, you see. So much depends
on secrecy. It is so terribly important that I found it<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_6" id="Page_6">[6]</SPAN></span>
difficult to make up my mind to consult anybody on the
matter; and yet I know by your reputation that you are a
perfectly trustworthy man. There is nobody in the States
more so.”</p>
<p>While the man was speaking Nick was studying him.</p>
<p>In fact, the detective had been doing that from the
moment the man entered.</p>
<p>He was apparently about fifty years old; a well-dressed,
prosperous-looking man, who might be a merchant, or a
lawyer, or a banker.</p>
<p>Nick did no guessing. The man might be anything else.
He had given his name as George Snell, but he had not
sent in his card, and he had not said where he belonged.</p>
<p>Word had simply been taken to Nick by a servant that
a Mr. George Snell wanted to see him on “most important
business.”</p>
<p>“He isn’t an American,” was Nick’s only conclusion
from what had been said thus far. “An American would
not have spoken simply of ‘the States,’ as he did.”</p>
<p>There had been a pause after the caller’s last remarks.</p>
<p>“Well,” he exclaimed then, “I’m not coming more than
two-thirds of the way across the continent for nothing.
I set out to consult you, and I will do so.”</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_7" id="Page_7">[7]</SPAN></span></p>
<p>“That’s better,” said the detective; and, willing to help
him tell his story, he asked: “What kind of a case is it,
Mr. Snell?”</p>
<p>“I suppose you’d call it kidnaping; but there’s robbery
combined with it, and—and also—also blackmail.”</p>
<p>Mr. Snell hesitated and stammered a little at the end of
this speech.</p>
<p>Nick merely nodded.</p>
<p>“To begin with,” continued Mr. Snell, “I come from
Wenonah. You may not be aware that the Government
of England has made a large section of Western British
America into a province and called it Wenonah.”</p>
<p>“Yes,” said Nick, “I am aware of that.”</p>
<p>“You are a well-informed man. Few Americans would
know the fact, for the province is so young that it isn’t
down on the maps yet. You know, also, I suppose, that
the capital of the province is a town called Manchester?”</p>
<p>“Yes.”</p>
<p>“That is where the crime was committed. It happened
a month ago. The governor of the province, Bradley is
his name, gave a party at his house. All the prominent
families of the town and country around attended. There
was dancing till a late hour.</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_8" id="Page_8">[8]</SPAN></span></p>
<p>“Then, when the guests were going away, it was discovered
that the governor’s daughter, Estelle, was missing.
She has not been seen since.”</p>
<p>“How old is the child?” asked Nick.</p>
<p>“Child?” echoed Mr. Snell, in apparent astonishment.
Then he seemed to understand, and added: “It is natural
that you should use that word, but the girl is twenty.”</p>
<p>“Oh!”</p>
<p>“She’s the governor’s only daughter, and heiress, therefore,
to his property, which is very great.”</p>
<p>“Has nothing been heard from her?”</p>
<p>“Indirectly, yes. Her captors have offered to restore
her for a ransom.”</p>
<p>“Has there been any attempt to deal with her captors?”</p>
<p>“Yes, but nothing has come of it. There is doubt now
whether she is really in the hands of kidnapers.”</p>
<p>“Ah! what then?”</p>
<p>“I haven’t told you the whole story, Mr. Carter.”</p>
<p>“Go on, then.”</p>
<p>“The day after she disappeared it was found that a
considerable amount of jewelry had gone also.”</p>
<p>“Did she wear it at the ball?”</p>
<p>“Some of it, most of it, in fact. But that was not all.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_9" id="Page_9">[9]</SPAN></span>
There were also missing certain State papers and some
private documents belonging to the governor. These are
extremely important. They must be recovered at any
cost.”</p>
<p>“Are they more important than the recovery of Miss
Bradley, Mr. Snell?”</p>
<p>“No, I wouldn’t say that, but they complicate the case
badly. An offer has been made to restore them.”</p>
<p>“And the girl?”</p>
<p>“No. That is, there was one offer to restore the girl
and another to deal for the return of the papers and jewelry.
There seems to be a double gang of villains at
work.”</p>
<p>“Possibly. What about the blackmail you mentioned?”</p>
<p>“That,” answered Mr. Snell, hesitating, “has to do with
the stolen papers.”</p>
<p>“Something shady in the governor’s past?”</p>
<p>Mr. Snell looked at the floor.</p>
<p>“I wouldn’t like to say,” he replied. “Some people
might think so.”</p>
<p>“Evidently the robbers do think so, eh?”</p>
<p>“Yes, for they put a big price on the papers.”</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_10" id="Page_10">[10]</SPAN></span></p>
<p>“I suppose the matter has been investigated by the
police of Manchester?”</p>
<p>“No.”</p>
<p>“Then how did you communicate with the robbers?”</p>
<p>“I didn’t say that I had communicated with the robbers!”
exclaimed Mr. Snell, hastily.</p>
<p>“No, but I supposed it was you. Never mind that for a
moment. Tell me more about the disappearance of Miss
Bradley.”</p>
<p>“There isn’t much that I can tell. She must have left
the house soon after midnight, but she wasn’t missed till
three hours or more later.”</p>
<p>“Was she engaged to be married?”</p>
<p>Snell looked sharply at the detective.</p>
<p>“You’re a keen one,” he said. “No, she wasn’t engaged,
and that is another complication.</p>
<p>“Well, it is known that she was in love with a young
fellow who wasn’t liked by her father. Naturally he
wasn’t at the ball. It is thought possible that she eloped
with him, and that the offer of the robbers to restore her
was a bluff.”</p>
<p>“Was her lover a rich man?”</p>
<p>“Decidedly not.”</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_11" id="Page_11">[11]</SPAN></span></p>
<p>“Then you think she may have taken the jewelry to
sell for her own use.”</p>
<p>“It’s possible, yes. I’ve thought of it.”</p>
<p>“And that the robbery of the papers simply happened
to come at the same time.”</p>
<p>“That might be.”</p>
<p>“Has Miss Bradley’s lover been seen since she disappeared?”</p>
<p>“Yes.”</p>
<p>“What does he say?”</p>
<p>“Nothing.”</p>
<p>“Indeed! I should suppose he would say a good deal.”</p>
<p>“He goes about his business as usual, but he is under
constant watch. It’s plain enough that there is something
on his mind.”</p>
<p>“I should think there might be, in any case. What is
his name?”</p>
<p>“Cecil West.”</p>
<p>“And what is your relation to the affair, Mr. Snell?”</p>
<p>The visitor seemed startled.</p>
<p>“My relation to it?” he echoed.</p>
<p>“Certainly. Do you come here as the representative
of Governor Bradley?”</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_12" id="Page_12">[12]</SPAN></span></p>
<p>“Oh, no! not at all! the governor didn’t send me.”</p>
<p>“Who did, then?”</p>
<p>Snell looked uncomfortable.</p>
<p>“Do you need an answer to that?” he asked.</p>
<p>“Of course I do. I must know whom I am dealing
with.”</p>
<p>“But I gave my name——”</p>
<p>“It is not enough.”</p>
<p>The detective spoke rather sharply.</p>
<p>Mr. Snell hesitated and then said:</p>
<p>“Mr. Carter, I cannot see why I should be dragged into
the matter at all——”</p>
<p>“But,” interrupted Nick, coldly, “nobody has dragged
you that I am aware of. I certainly didn’t.”</p>
<p>“You are trying to do so now, Mr. Carter.”</p>
<p>Nick arose.</p>
<p>“There is no need that we should talk longer,” he said.</p>
<p>Snell also stood up, and he looked very much troubled.</p>
<p>“I see that I have offended you,” he said. “I didn’t
mean to. You see, Mr. Carter, a great scandal might
come of this. It is very important that there should be
none. The governor’s position might be lost——”</p>
<p>“At this moment,” said Nick, “I care nothing for the<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_13" id="Page_13">[13]</SPAN></span>
governor’s position. You have given me some facts in a
case that might be interesting, but I don’t propose to
tackle it unless I know what I am about.”</p>
<p>“We want you to look for the girl and the stolen
papers.”</p>
<p>“Who are we?”</p>
<p>Snell hung his head.</p>
<p>“Excuse me a moment,” said Nick; then: “I think I
heard the telephone ring. When I return I hope you will
have made up your mind to trust me. If you haven’t we
can’t do business.”</p>
<p>He bowed and left the room, but he did not go to the
telephone.</p>
<p>Instead he went to a room where Patsy, one of his assistants,
was reading and gave him a few rapid instructions.</p>
<p>Then he wrote a telegram and sent it to the nearest
office by a servant.</p>
<p>Patsy got his hat and went downstairs.</p>
<p>“Now, Mr. Snell,” said Nick, when he returned, “are
you ready to tell me what I want to know?”</p>
<p>“I can only say that I want you to act in behalf of the
governor.”</p>
<p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_14" id="Page_14">[14]</SPAN></span></p>
<p>“Does he know that you came to New York to ask
this?”</p>
<p>Snell did not answer.</p>
<p>“We are wasting each other’s time,” said Nick.</p>
<p>Snell made a last appeal.</p>
<p>“I may be doing wrong,” he said, “but I beg you to look
into this matter. You can’t help seeing how important it
is.”</p>
<p>“Well,” replied Nick, “usually I have nothing to do
with a case where any facts are concealed from me——”</p>
<p>“I am concealing no facts.”</p>
<p>“Pardon me, you refuse to answer one of the first
questions a detective would ask. I was going to say, Mr.
Snell, give me a few hours to think it over and come
again. Will you call to-morrow morning?”</p>
<p>“I will.”</p>
<p>“Very well, till then.”</p>
<p>The detective went with his visitor to the door.</p>
<p>Mr. Snell said “good-evening,” politely, and started
down the street.</p>
<p>A short distance behind him went Patsy.</p>
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