Chapter 3

CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI.A SHOT FROM AMBUSH.5II.THE WITNESS MAKES CONDITIONS.10III.AN UNFORTUNATE LETTER.16IV.CRAWFORD IS TROUBLED.22V.ANOTHER MURDEROUS ATTACK.29VI.THE LOVE OF COMRADES.34VII.FOLLANSBEE HITS THE NAIL.38VIII.“NAME YOUR PRICE.”44IX.A “FAIR” OFFER.49X.THE RAISED CHECK.53XI.A DISTINGUISHED SCOUNDREL.57XII.THE DEADLY TUBE.63XIII.CHICK SIGHTS THE “BUZZARD.”67XIV.NICK’S ASSISTANT DECAMPS.72XV.A BAD COMBINATION.77XVI.A BIRD OF ILL OMEN.80XVII.NICK CARTER MISCALCULATES.84XVIII.ON THE FIRE ESCAPE.88XIX.A FIENDISH PLOT.94XX.QUICK WORK IS NECESSARY.98XXI.IN NEED OF EVIDENCE.103XXII.HELP FROM THE HOUSE DETECTIVE.107XXIII.THE HYPODERMIC.112XXIV.THE PLUNGER REACHES HOME.116XXV.THE MADMAN’S GET-AWAY.120XXVI.THE AWAKENING OF REMORSE.125XXVII.AN ASTOUNDING STATEMENT.128XXVIII.“YOU’VE SAVED ME FROM MYSELF!”132XXIX.A STRANGE DEVELOPMENT.136XXX.AN UNLUCKY MORNING.141XXXI.NICK HAS A HUNCH.146XXXII.“THE MAN WHO NEVER LETS GO.”152XXXIII.WILL HE SCORE?157XXXIV.A VISIT TO THE BANK.161XXXV.THE DOCTOR GETS A SURPRISE.166XXXVI.SOME PLAIN TRUTHS.173XXXVII.FOLLANSBEE REACHES THE LIMIT.177XXXVIII.NICK IS BALKED.182XXXIX.PATSY TRACES THE AMBULANCE.188XL.THE PRIVATE HOSPITAL.192XLI.NICK HAS A PLAN.198XLII.THE DETECTIVE ACQUIRES A WIFE.203XLIII.THE HYPNOTIC SPELL.208XLIV.CHICK COMES TO GRIEF.212XLV.“HEAVEN HELP ME.”217XLVI.THE BOND IS MENDED.220

CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI.A SHOT FROM AMBUSH.5II.THE WITNESS MAKES CONDITIONS.10III.AN UNFORTUNATE LETTER.16IV.CRAWFORD IS TROUBLED.22V.ANOTHER MURDEROUS ATTACK.29VI.THE LOVE OF COMRADES.34VII.FOLLANSBEE HITS THE NAIL.38VIII.“NAME YOUR PRICE.”44IX.A “FAIR” OFFER.49X.THE RAISED CHECK.53XI.A DISTINGUISHED SCOUNDREL.57XII.THE DEADLY TUBE.63XIII.CHICK SIGHTS THE “BUZZARD.”67XIV.NICK’S ASSISTANT DECAMPS.72XV.A BAD COMBINATION.77XVI.A BIRD OF ILL OMEN.80XVII.NICK CARTER MISCALCULATES.84XVIII.ON THE FIRE ESCAPE.88XIX.A FIENDISH PLOT.94XX.QUICK WORK IS NECESSARY.98XXI.IN NEED OF EVIDENCE.103XXII.HELP FROM THE HOUSE DETECTIVE.107XXIII.THE HYPODERMIC.112XXIV.THE PLUNGER REACHES HOME.116XXV.THE MADMAN’S GET-AWAY.120XXVI.THE AWAKENING OF REMORSE.125XXVII.AN ASTOUNDING STATEMENT.128XXVIII.“YOU’VE SAVED ME FROM MYSELF!”132XXIX.A STRANGE DEVELOPMENT.136XXX.AN UNLUCKY MORNING.141XXXI.NICK HAS A HUNCH.146XXXII.“THE MAN WHO NEVER LETS GO.”152XXXIII.WILL HE SCORE?157XXXIV.A VISIT TO THE BANK.161XXXV.THE DOCTOR GETS A SURPRISE.166XXXVI.SOME PLAIN TRUTHS.173XXXVII.FOLLANSBEE REACHES THE LIMIT.177XXXVIII.NICK IS BALKED.182XXXIX.PATSY TRACES THE AMBULANCE.188XL.THE PRIVATE HOSPITAL.192XLI.NICK HAS A PLAN.198XLII.THE DETECTIVE ACQUIRES A WIFE.203XLIII.THE HYPNOTIC SPELL.208XLIV.CHICK COMES TO GRIEF.212XLV.“HEAVEN HELP ME.”217XLVI.THE BOND IS MENDED.220

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