Old Specie, the Treasury Detective; or, The Harbor Lights of New York — page 116: what you’re looking at

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108 OLD SPECIE. ““T will. No trouble at all working ’em off.’ So it went on. Nine men in all were called up. One was to work Philadelphia, another Washing- ton,a third Richmond, the next Wimington, Del., and so on, Brooklyn and New York coming last. The scheme was already well developed. — They did not. believe the government had the shehtest warning, for only a few of the wonderful notes had been circulated as yet. It had been by the merest accident in the world that discovery had been made—one that might not occur again in a hundred times. Meanwhile, packages would probably be gotten ready for sending out West to Cincinnati, Chicago, New Orleans, Omaha, Kansas City, and even far away San Francisco. The country would be flooded with the spurious notes in three months. Alarm would ensue. Indeed, a panic might follow, and the baffled gov- ernment withdraw the note in question absolutely from circulation. Thanks to Old Specie, this would never come to pass. Already he had the nine agents booked—name, description, destination, and even the train most of them were to take. Arrest would speedily follow. Kach affair would be kept strictly secret, so that the newspapers might not get hold of it and destroy the whole business. In their eagerness for news, reporters have many a time ruined well laid plans of detectives. The latter fight shy of them. EComicboo cS Go aS