Old Specie, the Treasury Detective; or, The Harbor Lights of New York — page 197: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

— oe eee ee” OLD SPECIE. 189 main with him, for the tragic events connected with that adventurer’s downfall come into his mind at times when he is in a reflective mood. When his thoughts turn to Jack and Amy he finds more pleasure in his day dreams, for there fate has crowned his work with true love, and the world has - become brighter in two pairs of eyes since they met. We can only sincerely trust that the future holds much that is pleasant for the brave detective, who never yet hesitated to meet peril when duty called, and to whom the honest citizen owes much for the confidence with which he handles the paper money now in circulation, for without such watch-dogs of tLe treasury the country would long since have been flooded by spurious notes, printed by such cunning men as August Delmar, the counterfeiter. [THE END. | “DETECTIVE BOB BRIDGER,” by R. M. TAYLOR, will be published in the next number (34) of THE SECRET SERVICE SERIES. gS) (Elo) =| Gomi1eboo