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Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1900 by Street & Smith, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress,Washington, D. C.
Entered as second class Matter at the New York, N. Y., Post Office.
Issued weekly. Subscription price, $2.50 per year. July 21, 1900.
No. 186. Street & Smith, Publishers. NEW YORK. 238 William St., N. Y. 5 Cents.
Nick Carter Rescues a Daughter;
OR,
THE JUNIOR PARTNER’S STRANGE BEHAVIOR.
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By the Author of “NICK CARTER.”
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CHAPTER I.
THE DEAD GIRL.
Nick Carter glanced at his watch as he entered the street door of theBorden Building, New York City.
It was exactly half-past five o’clock in the afternoon.
“I am just on time,” mused the great detective, as he hurried toward theelevator.
Neatly folded and stowed away in one of his inside pockets was a note,which he had received by a messenger on the forenoon of that day. Thenote, written on a typewriter, was not signed, and ran as follows:
“Nicholas Carter, New York City. Dear Sir: Please call at room 59,Borden Building, at half-past five o’clock this afternoon on importantbusiness. Do not fail.”
There was such an air of mystery about the message that Nick concludedhe would respond, and promptly to the minute he was at the place namedin the note.
The Borden Building is one of those struc{3}tures in lower New York Citywhich are used almost exclusively as offices.
It was Saturday afternoon, and when Nick found that the elevator was notrunning he was not surprised.
Evidently most of the offices in the building closed on Saturdays beforethis late hour.
A young man neatly, almost foppishly, dressed, had entered the buildingten seconds ahead of Nick and was near the first landing on the stairswalking up when Nick placed his foot on the first step ready to follow.
Just then there came ringing through the building th