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NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY, 19 The next instant the intrudet had_ dis- They struck a light and speedily made appeared through the window. out how the intruder had got into the. Dobbin, still] paralyzed with fear and room. astonishment, made oue halting step to-| The pieces of mortar in the.fireplace, ward Trim. as well as tracks of dirt from that part of ‘After him!” oe boy gasped, faiutly. ‘Dobbin’ s room toward Trim’s, _ told the The sailor accordingly ran to the win- StoTy. 3 I was ready to Sow and fo, ‘It wasn’t until just as Jn, Se geal, arte ea turn in,’ said Trim, ‘‘that it struck me ure of a man ra diy oing down the *side | of the house Bide as if ee were a fly and ee hoe se just as well to be pre- ab] ared for trou st ocdsblebe ta rarer old ag : “JT knew Dobbin Was worrying about bin, ‘Sit must be the old Harry himself!’ the Malays, and I thought my self it-was Bee _ Then an idea came into his rather slow | | possible that they might try to put up é thoughts, and he seized the first thing his, some job on mej; so I put the Seige * | hand touched upon the bureau near the) my bed under the coverings. Then , ae window and threw it after the would-be! a stout cord to the door buffer on the wa murderer. and attached the Pigs end to that heavy | = chair. . ‘This made it certain that if any body should come secretly in from Dobbin’s room he would stumble and awake us mi by meant for both. I a bed and went and. darted away. ase ee crawled under the Tt was eeriior: cet that Trim, reeling effects the bl his fore- pe ~ “the window nea chair fell over, and I knew it could not be ioe ‘crockery. cup; i — and — bags har a ans cae other. a poepacet in his one: . takes more than that to kill me,”’ ;“*but I'd give a good wes cow him, 1 think, if would have had im, humbly. oy 6 are. “Don’t you fret » vottieelt »* retorted) «*] don’t he any ‘mortal could have a: it is perfectly clear that this! solemnly’. er ao os an exceptional man. I never “ST ther not?” ras ny body SO we and awe. in Me ior, ‘I fan y he was one. He went - oe? AS utd 20 y down a ladder.’? rd as went to the ainda and Sat. aaee ss <3 ny ‘*T was broad awake the minute the o Dobbins who hadcome into my Toom, om | ee: eae cried “Dobbin, “if ye're! I heard him jump from his chair in the not dead, ain’t ye dyin’ ?”” | = pg teat Trim laughed, but there was disap the es d praia Lagi ed out and caught hold of a pair of legs. Jt gave. them a big yank and the fellow fell over. e age. hing rod, Veale Racer ar cid fault, é said rome ’ | quicker, but I I couldn’t, and there you Pee liffere ‘““you couldn’t have done any caught that icllow, spices retra a | aes re a bit excited, Songs ie "ae aes ik ater had Agee Ow fr’