CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI.AN INQUISITIVE CLERK.5II.MODERN HIGHWAYMEN.14III.NICK CARTER HELD UP.24IV.THE ESCAPE.35V.THE HOUSE IN LAUREL ROAD.46VI.MADAME VICTORIA.62VII.THE DEEPER MYSTERY.76VIII.UNDER THE SURFACE.89IX.BODY AND LIMBS.103X.THE ANCHOR TO WINDWARD.116XI.THE INCENTIVE TO TREACHERY.126XII.THE ROAD TO CANTON.133XIII.CLOSE QUARTERS.147XIV.SHADOWS AND SHADOWED.158XV.ON NICK’S TRAIL.169XVI.A TERRIBLE PREDICAMENT.182XVII.A CRISIS.194XVIII.A LAST RESORT.205XIX.NICK CARTER’S ESCAPE.215
CONTENTSCHAPTERPAGEI.AN INQUISITIVE CLERK.5II.MODERN HIGHWAYMEN.14III.NICK CARTER HELD UP.24IV.THE ESCAPE.35V.THE HOUSE IN LAUREL ROAD.46VI.MADAME VICTORIA.62VII.THE DEEPER MYSTERY.76VIII.UNDER THE SURFACE.89IX.BODY AND LIMBS.103X.THE ANCHOR TO WINDWARD.116XI.THE INCENTIVE TO TREACHERY.126XII.THE ROAD TO CANTON.133XIII.CLOSE QUARTERS.147XIV.SHADOWS AND SHADOWED.158XV.ON NICK’S TRAIL.169XVI.A TERRIBLE PREDICAMENT.182XVII.A CRISIS.194XVIII.A LAST RESORT.205XIX.NICK CARTER’S ESCAPE.215
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