Penny Dreadfuls, 1897 · page 33 of 36
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eee ee . ae if P ; | NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. 31 7.9 , a ¢ ly aay though it was now so dark that nothing but he himself, as he thought it all over, ieee be seen excepting the lights of the was glad enough to realize that he had city far away in the distance. escaped with his life. ‘Hehad no more than turned his head With the death of Henley there ended in the direction of the window than Hen- all possibility of any further trouble from _ Jey started up, and with a great bound the organization of = he had been leaped, to the car door. the remarkable head. It was all done like a flash. | ‘Trim was as highly thought of by the The trainman who had opened the door authorities of Sydney as if he had suc- to hand in the telegram had neglected to ceeded in bringing his highness to the, lock it. | punishment that the law would have With one wrench Henley had the door given him. open, and before Trim had more than’ The last trace of the Tigers was wiped begun to stir he had leaped out. Hand- | out when, shortly after the death of Hen- cuffed as he was to his prisoner, Trim |lev, a steamer that had been chartered by followed him. — them to carry the convicts to an island Over the edge of the trestle they went was captured by a government cruiser. whirling in the air, bound for certain de-| The officers and crew were innocent of “struction, it Sah ed: ‘any direct connection with the gang, but =e As they went whizzing toward the bot- ‘the steamer was in charge of a " rlotorious on ee this thought Bashed across Trim’s Criminal who had ieeii banished from ed Australia. z “So this is the Way the chief of the! This was Trim’s last work in Sydney, = Tigers intends to chéat the gallows!’ pand when he had done ali that was re- < If Trim had turned his head a half sec- | (uited of him in the way of giving evi- ‘ond sooner there would have been noth- dence against the many prisoners that had _ ing more to tell about him, for then ‘the mae taken through him he started for pair would have fallen upon the rocky mee side of the gulch and their lives would ae have been dashed out.- _ - ‘That difference of a ‘fraction of a second ~<_ earried them just so much further over * the chasm so that when they landed they 2 fell upon the soft mud upon the edge of the river and fate was kind to the'daring -_- young detective. mo Henley struck first, tem falling then y are is body. Booey A man who was paddling about. “+he river - spearing” for eels caught just a impse of the flying g bodies as they came He went by way of Cape Town, Africa, thinking to take advantage of the situa- os |tion to see a part of the w orld with which he was not familiar. . This led to his taking part in an in- 3 vestigation that had a most important effect upon his career as a detective. An account of it may be found in ‘Trim in Cape Town; or, The Man With a otraige Limp,” in No. 9. ‘ [THE END.] 4 AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY. Many people imagine that a photographer's camera is a difficult machine to handle, and thag the work is dirty and disagreeable. All this isa mistake. Photography is a clean, light, and pleasant ac- complishment, within the reach of all. The camera will prove a friend, reporter, and helper. With a very inexpensive camera any boy or girl can now learn not only to take good pictures, but ee that there is everywhere a demand for at remmnerative prices ee Buide to this fascinating art, entitied AMaTeEUR MANUAL stipes will be sent on receipt often cents, Address MAN UAL LIBRARY, 25 Rose street, New York. | TRIC KS WITH CARDS. Among thé: various Genhoben of the conjurer's 1 \ cen ete ol dire a Ship b boat at once to the spot y fell. Hefound there one man eave ) ai sei Be mug ee. the