New Nick Carter Weekly, No. 37 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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in’, I think,’’ said the woman, with oat lewhy, » ‘said Nick, “I saw a lady “Friend of mine come here last evening—a _ Mrs. Reed. She bought a pair of brace- lets of ine not long ago, and now the boys are going torun Johnny for Alderman. She’s in the building somewhere—just ee ae pad her! The jewelry put the light of ver in her eves, and she can now carry a caucus with a wave of her hand. Do you know her? Call her out, and ask her if she knows Harry Jenkins, the ladies’ mascot, ’”’ _ “‘It’s an auctioneer ye ought to be wid = ‘th: at tongue of yours,”’ said the woman. i “There's no Mistress Reed here. Be off | wid ye now!”’ Nick repeated his reference to Mrs. _ Reed 1 in every flat in the building, but all : the people declared that they know noth- ae oP ce cata all said that no woman pee called there the orevVious evening. _ As Nick stepped into the lower hall on “his way out, he walked to the rear end and Fase the door. Ns Beaopened on a wide — back y: reais ok the houses facing - on the two street joined without even a “fence between them. A narrow footpath led from house to pause, indicating that the occupants of t es : be uldings were at least neighborly. Es At t the rear of the house facing the op- _ posite street the path branched off through at ot sue ended at the sidewalk. a 1 fool, ’» Nick thought, ‘‘to that a woman told me the a Vy iz Ca n f —~ a - 4 1 . ter '- ie * °+< ; mi i 1 a = Fee J | ‘ea*®* se. oe — — i iia F Lf Fet * » = -_ ee . “ . ba J i * ca | ‘ ~ : % * a «< _ > F ; ‘ is : = at, hn OF der 40. Rin =) : ‘NEW NICK CARTER WEEK - aaa gave me this st LY. 7 15 moment looking at the house where Adams lived, which was only a few feet away. In a moment he saw Adams walk hastily along the footpath in the direction of the other house, and finally disappear under the broad back porch. Looking a little closer, Nick saw that he had entered the open door.of a base- ment, just under the porch. ~ All thoughts of the woman were driven from his mind by the occurrence. ‘He has made rather good time,’’ thought Nick. ‘‘I wonder what he wants under there, and I wonder where my cabman is?”? Nick watched about the place for some ime, and finally saw Adams pass up the steps to the long hall above. Just then another figure attracted the detective’s attention. A fellow who looked like a tramp rose from the edge of the walk, where he had been sitting unnoticed for some moments, and moved rapidly toward the front of the house Adams had entered. Nick smiled as he took in the general make-up of the fellow. **] wonder what he has done with his cab and his red wig?’ he thought. Anyway, he is attending to business all right enough. ”’ Nick moved along tramp was standing. | ‘“We can’t walk back yards,’’ he said, ‘ without the folks suspecting techink we do afte ag Jack- toward where the up. ond goes these Ye Sa ° * a 7 | \ a . . - 7 : a ‘ - . iil 77 ~ Lt , ‘ -_— : 4 —— \ " ts ' . - ° ‘ = oe ‘ 4 * a t | ae : & 4A . : : — , , - y ‘ ° , 4 ‘ ' * + . &