NICK CARTER
STORIES
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| No. 137. | NEW YORK, April 24, 1915. | Price Five Cents. |
THE SEAL OF GIJON;
Or, NICK CARTER’S ICE-HOUSE FIGHT.
Edited by CHICKERING CARTER.
Contents
The Seal of Gijon
Dared for Los Angeles
A Pet for the Children
A Cat That Saved a Man's Life
Student Life in Russia
A Beautiful Swiss Custom
Undesirable Room
The News of All Nations
Advertisement: Tobacco Redeemer
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CHAPTER I.
SLIPPED AWAY.
“Look out! You’ll run us down!”
The response was a growling oath, as the heavy launchcame on, full speed, straight across the river.
Nick Carter, sitting at the wheel of another craft ofthe same type, saw the danger, even before his assistantshouted this warning.
“Keep quiet, Chick!” he ordered, in his calm tones. “I’llmake it!”
The famous detective had handled motor boats before,and he knew he could dodge the erratic craft cuttingacross his bows, unless the other man changed his courseat the crucial moment.
They were abreast of Yonkers, and at that point thelordly Hudson is swift, as well as wide.
The launch coming across the river had suddenly appearedfrom the shadow of the Palisades, apparen