Old Specie, the Treasury Detective; or, The Harbor Lights of New York — page 118: what you’re looking at

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110 OLD SPECIE. CHAPTER XV. A SEARCH FOR THE FORGED WILL. When the detective left .the scene of his opera- tions, his first act was to send his list, written out, to the treasury official with whom he had Sitpady. had intercourse. That official of the government would know just what to do with it. Karly in the morning agents would be in waiting at the various depots. Where it was more convenient, the parties might be saved immediate arrest, but a telegram ahead would have an officer in waiting to receive them warmly. — Having accomplished this good work, the old de- tective breathed easier. It was only a respite. Presently he would be at work again, striving with might and main to accomplish more. He knew Delmar must visit the place where the cold certificates were made. If he could only get on his track. Passing the Fifth avenue mansion in the early afternoon, he had not been at all surprised to see crape hanging from the bell-knob. Upon asking at the corner who was dead, he had been told Miss Amy Caldwell, a wealthy young lady, who had died suddenly of heart trouble, and was found lying on the floor of her room in the morning. Of course, the detective thought, and this villain- (E(0) Eomicbooks e