Penny Dreadfuls, 1897 · page 12 of 36
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oe . Me ai é ‘ >» ‘s ~~ ~ a | _ . oo ‘ ‘ - a " é - — - NEW NICK CARTER WEEKLY. pe te “Dye been thinking that might give|would alarm the whole house eS : troubie,’? answered Avery, ‘‘but| would be a panic.’’ hello! there goes the professor and the | ‘If I’m here to investigate this case,”’ son now. I presume they’re going to take | answered Trim, sharply, ‘‘I’ve got to get a Stroll for a few minutes and this is your |in that room! p> opportunity.” He drew back to Junge with all his ‘Trim followed the direction of Avery’ s|force against the door when they heard Be eyes and saw through the window in the |the clicking of bolts as they were drawn _. door of the private.ofice an old man ac-| back and the next instant the door was eae companied by a younger one just coming |opened and the banker stood trembling og Jown the ena stairs th at led from: the! before them. --_ main off He glanced at them, recognized the landlord and then staggered feebly back to his bed. 7 Trim was already half way across the room going toward an open window. ‘‘He went out there!’’ gasped the banker, feebly. and there Ses "The ‘old. man he fe raetitens at once as ee 2 ages Spinner oma he had met SO | rival at ‘Old Orchard. _AS Trim had a ready had a good chance to observe him, x oe = 1e now directed his attention especially at the young man. Fs ee ae _ He watched the pair as they walked | = i ees 2 See Seo through the office out upon the CHAPTER IIL. veranda, and then started toward the : THE BANKER’S WILL. ___ plank walk to the “each. = seit ae ee Bh =e tahoe Matas dts tad ncwiitiel soe has happened now?’’ cried in > remarked Avery, “and a lot of peo- | ‘Phe same thing!” gasped the Banker. from all the hotels will er onions ‘““My son and Spinner had hardly got out ira tis of the room before he stepped in fron owd just | that window and threatened me in the s coe prea Eie that Mead j 1S resting quietly,| ‘Prim “heard as much as this while he Fe. and as it is still comparatively early in| was getting through the window to the an the ae he would have no objection | poof of the veranda ; 5 g left siege for a short time. 28 This roof was not less than twenty feet we go right up to his room?” |bhroad. It extended around three sides of . 7% it seems like a good chance!’’ |, stan eee then at the private building. From where he stood when he he got out could look the entire length of the st end. Nobody was in sight. oy Two or three paces brought him to the corner where he could look ——e - ee oe Aney were dj st in the Fa end epithe of en building. Nal _ ‘par the Meniiord he ¢ paniea by \ ent up to the|. second fh or, where eect turned into the the 2 91 ounds : ;in hehe of the hotel mad: the entire eueenh of veranda r n th south side as light as day. was nobody in view. As Pinar had been but a few | | between the time when the hea vurried Bsieisis® oS V = lone. the pre side val the hotel, it was Ries. ft: oe eae, perfectiy plain t a Gere had ae been id it locked time enou gh ‘or the inal » | 4 “ , it ‘& =) A * eS po a