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WEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. — | 25 dagger to the pavement and ran back at{ A passing policeman was prom ptly full speed. summoned. Trim did not send a bullet after him} In his presence, Trim opened the as he might have done easily enough, pocketbook and showed a quantity of for the mechanism with which he worked/| Nanigo labels ready for use; then he his hidden revolvers was in perfect order. | briefly told the officer about the assault He wanted to capture his man unin-/upon him in the street. jured if possible, so he leaped over the} The landlord was put under arrest body that had fallen in front of him and and sent to the station with another po- gave chase. liceman who had come up to see what the The fugitive ran like an athlete and excitement was about, while the first until they reached the end of the block, | went back with Trim to the place where wept his lead upon the detective. "| the assault had occurred. There he turned quickly to one side} When they arrived there they found and when ‘Trim, a_ second later reached ihalf a dozen people on the spot looking the street corner his man was not to be/ata little pool ‘of blood on the sidewalk seen. and discussing the strange event that had ‘Trim was a little disappointed in this! occurred. but he kept on running nevertheless, tak-| _ Neither of the wounded Nanigos was % 7 me as short a cut as he could think of to-| there. © Rigi _ ward his hotel. 2 The bystanders ‘told Trim and the po- ) He arrived there about a minute Jater|liceman that they had been attracted to "and SEBS into the office vaulted over | the spot by the sound of firing and that = the ‘desk and burst open the door) just before they arrived they saw -of t ¢ landlord’s private office at the back. |four men assisting two others tececet = ey ere, just as he had expected, he| away. fou +2 the landlord reeking with perspira-| Before morning the police located the tion and puffing like a steam engine. | wounded men and put them under arrest = - The landlord was hurriedly putting on|as well as two or three who were sus- his boots. pected of having been their accomplices. . ae At h All were held to await further exam- At sight of Trim he dropped his boots, | a5 a sprang to his feet and seized a heavy Seika | Ination when Trim should have coin pleted cet) f rom his desk with which we tried to| his labors. Se the ay Bei at low: He still maintained his character as mA ‘hed sales y; caught the la ‘Warren Parmenter, but when the Mexi- ifted arm _and with a ssid can authorities saw that 2 he was deter- ) SP iwerench i fotenty 0 turned the ruler aside! mined to break up the Society of Na- =e bu it Ciaped the landlord and eitew him | 11go0s, they did not hesitate to comply a _ | with his request to hold the men until he =a he Cc vily to tk is floor. oe eh As he went down the landlord curse _ Savagely in apetien and giving up all at-| ~s = npts to resist Trim, began to take ar-| Sasa Bice VII. =. I Ici le s out t of his j ‘eae . & had _be er startled ~ by Trim’s mittee. It was not antil two aes te that ne v came Sremniitg to the door to see, ) Etim and Parmenter started for ee ae ve ai they looked in n they sa saw te detect- see whether the » Naniges would 1 1 a q|should have had time to visit Jalisco. + to witness?” “rim cried i isk = Phere-ee na sign « of then t this cle was: in 1 the} clude d that tela 1€ “had: c capt : : tl . = a ~ € _ ‘ tf * '” / ' | —- ; ! ¥ ee] ct? WHO OPCTALCe ant he capit tai city ” | “ a 3 } “ aa ° - oo r . a | = . _- =F all ada ' - i, q - = ) tT i a ie sd = / : q . a ; F J e 7 i ra * "i , r *~. ts <