New Nick Carter Weekly #18 — page 28: what you’re looking at

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After this remark Warren was silent almost all of the way to his house. He was evidently thinking of the seri-— ous business he was about to undertake. | | Trim was not sorry for this for he had — sea to ehink: zh too Ane he did not | one horse up at my RNa that is so ack that he couldn’t walk toa post. . — **So??? asked Warren with an expres- -__- sion of surprise. ‘ Bit vey 1s the matter : hes smiths: a ape of tees sasnidens Senin was wissiag + _ thing wrong with his feed, I suppose. ’’ When at length they started down West | * Sica ie “What horse is that?” asked Warren | Sixty-first Street Trim said: | fa ith assumed indifference. -. “Say, Mr. Warren, I hain’t treated ye > ‘Bantry,’ replied O’Brien. ‘‘He ain’t| Yt much of a horse SO I don’t care: but it’s} ‘‘Hain’t it about time that I should do = a rather funny thing that he looks ex-| so??? eal _ ly BS er like Mephisto. ” “Well, ”y responded Warren: a Warren was so staggered by this re-| WO" t be ready for an hour pie I sup- i mark that he opened his mouth and. pose a, a little whisky wouldn’t do me any arm, ———-—s« stared at O’Brien without being able to -. make a reply. rao) O’Brien laughed and went on. | o was standing near, overheard this conversation. - *Confound O’Brien,’’ he said to him-| “geil, ‘‘what did he want to give that shot | They went into a saloon where for half fan hour Warren drank rather freely. had| it looked to Trim as if the bookmaker 'were trying to induce the old fares t to get full. | ‘““T don’t believe that’s a part of his ‘regular game,’’ thought Trim, ‘*but per- ‘haps he thinks it will make it easier for |him in this case.’’ The detective had little difficulty in ‘avoiding trouble on this account, though he pretended to drink every time | ‘that Warren did, he really took pains to. ‘merely touch the liquor to his lips and © -cted that | Aor unseen empty the glass upon the | “Tt may make Warren suspicious. ”’ t was perfectly clear that Warren teal. ized the mistake he had made, for he) serena turned to Beck and said in French: Fon Be, _ “Done, by thunder, done completely!’ | ae Field you: plug the wrong horse??’ 2 . ie Yes. I wouldn’t have susp i ee O’Brien was so sharp. gi ‘tees cat did not look as Be Warren | suspected | 2 Ss quite dark when ty" last they y ee hat the ais farmer who had given him | climbed ns rraasdipador rab pcpibsbionse ise; oY sie beck be There they were met by a woman whom | beut Mephisto’s queer EXEICISE, | Sit awbae iarieth gli tatatans any h mg in the trick. "a Mn eabanaasenaston Saher «Bs oH She was not a good-looking woman oi ae Reyes ~ ee telt that, he was in | and Trim promptly decided that if there — aes “He stil io ate jay,” "Ihave a pr alnp since ieee ¢ would Ey mtd bet a s a tougher customer thz : | # her bead. »? was his silent remark. Beet), ah 2 ee Gm we N ‘ Warren had little to, pay but pase oy an'tg et tout of it all 1 ght. ‘ Ib aa reparing supper jf VBS SBE , Warren, either. b because ing m nd V Ve rren n went to ) New w York ‘the influence of liquor or ‘because he leet any ae ine it was _the best policy to do so, — "| talked all the time and appa poe did his | if I < %: +: — ; | est to sae the old farmer feel at home. | 4 . | - ae as p ee a "t th sh place in sn e most yl ish p | >> a oe | ! }- et 7 a ¥ al = -*, | : | bi a ey <2 . — a a = ~ . 7 oe le + Senn “e ia: 4, bt oy », ‘ by > er an PD! hte s ae eo" a4 - ome + | fi | |