Old Specie, the Treasury Detective; or, The Harbor Lights of New York — page 99: what you’re looking at

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

OLD SPECIE. 91 “Tt was a gentleman of that name who came and kindly offered the use of a sepulcher in the ceme- tery until we decided where Florence should be buried.’’ ‘fA tall man?”’ ‘Yes, with a black mustache. He was built like an athlete, and very kind.’’ “Thatis her uncle. His arranging it that way was a part of the plot. I am getting a little deeper into it all the while.”’ | “What shall I do?’’ ‘‘Be guided by me. No disrespect is intended the dead. This man simply means to pass the body off for his niece. Probably he dared not poison her out- right, for fear lest traces of it might be discovered, so he resorted to this ingenious method of deceiving the worthy doctors.”’ “Could that man be so cruel—why, she would have died in the tomb.’’ ‘Not necessarily. I came to save her, but found you had been ahead of me.’’ ‘But he meant it.”’ ‘“No question about that. The man is eae to any evil deed.”’ The young man considered. “T will trust vou, sir, if you promise me that Flor- ~ ence will receive sacred care.’’ “T assure you it shall be so.”’ “What can I do for you now?” ‘““Answer some questions.”’ “T will.”’ ‘In the first place, you stood in what relation to the dead girl?”’ ‘Had she lived she would have been my wife in two months.” “EOomichboo Ss) (E(0 =|