OUT OF PERIL—CONCLUSION.
Crash! jangle! crash!
The window was shattered in a moment, and a boy came leaping through the
opening, and landed in the room amid a shower of falling glass.
Durant had whirled like a cat, his revolver ready for use.
He saw the face of the boy that came through the window, and it filled
him with astonishment and fear.
“Zat dev-val boy!” he gasped. “Hees not dead!”
“Not yet!” returned Frank. “I am rather lively for a dead boy.”
“Zis time you die!”
Durant flung up the hand that held the revolver, a spot of smoke and
fire leaped from the muzzle, and the boy went down.
“Ha! ha! ha!” laughed the little anarchist, in a manner that showed he
was half a madman. “Zat time he be feexed!”
“Not quite!”
Frank had dropped in time to avoid the bullet, and now he came up,
grasping the back of a chair. This weapon he swung about his head and
hurled at Durant.
The Frenchman put up his hand, but he was not in time to ward off the
chair, and it knocked him down.
One glance Frank gave the fellow, and he saw that Durant lay as if
stunned.
Then the boy turned his attention to the trapped detective and the man
with the deadly hands.
The captive’s eyes were starting from their sockets, and his face was
turning purple. Already he was too far gone to make more than a feeble
resistance.
Frank saw that he must do something instantly, or Luptus would finish
the unfortunate wretch in his grasp.
Frank caught the table, tipped it on its side, placed a foot on one leg,
grasped another, and then gave a wrench.
The leg was torn away, and the boy held a terrible weapon in his hand.
With this he whirled toward the two men, lifted it, and brought it down
on Luptus’ head.
That blow was enough.
The mute dropped to the floor, and Frank caught the detective’s swaying
form in his arms, keeping him from falling also.
“Brace up, Irons, if that’s your right name!” panted Frank. “It’s our
only show. We must get out of here before the other two return with more
of their kind.”
The man caught his breath with a fierce gasping sound, rolled his eyes
toward the boy, and then fell over limply.
“It’s no use,” muttered Frank. “He’s done up. I’ll have to get him out.
Can I do it?”
He could try, and this he was ready enough to do.
He dragged the helpless man toward the door. As he was about to turn the
key in the lock, a thought came to him.
What if Linton and Glanworth were waiting outside? What if they were to
see him coming out bearing the limp body of the detective?
“The chances are they would riddle us with bullets,” thought the boy.
Then he went back to where the lamp sat on a bracket against the wall,
and extinguished it.
Once more he found the door, still bearing the detective, turned the
key, carried the man outside, and closed the door behind him.
At the head of a flight of stairs he paused to listen.
Was it possible Linton and Glanworth had been alarmed by the racket of
the struggle and had taken to flight?
The thought gave the lad renewed hope, and he was about to descend the
stairs when he heard a sound in the room behind him.
There was a stir, as if one or both of the men were reviving. He could
hear them moving, and then, of a sudden, there were sounds of a
struggle.
Astounded, Frank listened yet a little longer.
“As I live, I believe they are fighting in there!” he muttered. “Both
have recovered, and they are having it out in the dark. God have mercy
on Emile Durant if those deadly hands find his throat!”
Then he bore the detective down the stairs.
* * * * *
That night a body of officers, headed by Orson Irons and Frank
Merriwell, returned to that place.
They found two dead men in that room.
Durant had finished Luptus with a knife, but the icy hands, now cold and
rigid in death, were fastened on the throat of the little anarchist.
“It is a suitable end for such a wretch as Emile Durant,” said Orson
Irons. “‘The grip of doom’ ended his life, but it will harm no others.”
Several arrests were made that night, Miles Linton being taken.
Kennington Glanworth, however, had disappeared completely, nor did the
London police ever place their hands on him. He had concealed himself,
and he managed to make his escape from the city in some way.
When Professor Scotch heard the story of Frank’s adventures, he was so
furious that he almost tore his hair.
“Went to the East End without my permission, did you?” roared the little
man, prancing up and down before Frank, who was quietly seated in a
chair. “I knew you had gone somewhere you ought not to when you failed
to return at the proper time. Oh, you are a splendid boy to heed the
wishes of your guardian! It’s a wonder you were not brought home in a
coffin!”
“I am here all right,” said the boy, smilingly. “I should advise you to
bind some cracked ice on your head, professor. It may cool you off
somewhat.”
“You are determined to be killed!”
“If I am killed, it will not be any of your funeral, as they say out
West in the United States.”
When the London papers came out and told how the life of Orson Irons,
the Scotland Yard detective, was saved by the bravery of the same
American youth who discovered the infernal machine in the Houses of
Parliament, Professor Scotch read the account with great satisfaction
and pride.
“It’s just like him,” muttered the little man, with no small
satisfaction. “He is a reckless rascal, but he is a representative
American boy, true blue and pure grit all through.”
It was some time before Inza Burrage knew the black truth about
Kennington Glanworth, her cousin. Frank did not tell her, but she found
it all out at last.
Frank and Inza were much together during their stay in London, and the
Yankee boy found no more foes to trouble him.
Orson Irons had warned Frank of his peril at the Derby, and he it was
who had been appointed at headquarters to shadow the boy.
It had been learned at Scotland Yard that Frank had an enemy among the
anarchists, and it was believed that it might be worth while to keep a
strict guard over the lad.
Irons had been instructed to be sure to see every one Frank knew, and
that was the reason why the detective had forced his way into the rooms
occupied by Mr. Burrage and Inza.
The detective was proud to acknowledge that Frank had saved his life,
and before the boy left London, Irons gave him a handsome scarfpin as a
remembrance token.
“You know I picked one from your scarf at the Derby,” laughed the man
from Scotland Yard. “I was bound to have some excuse for calling on you
again, and the pin came handy. This is to show that my intentions were
‘strictly honorable.’”
“You’re all right,” said Frank. “But the next time we meet, you had
better trust me.”
“I will—and I’ll tell you what I am after,” said the detective, with a
laugh.
“I trust you have no more such frightful adventures,” said Inza, when
she and Frank talked the affair over.
“It’s not likely,” said Frank. “I’ve changed my mind about traveling any
more for the present.”
“And what will you do next?”
“I am going to try for Yale, Inza.”
“College?”
“Yes.”
“Good for you. I know you will cut as much of a dash there as you did at
Fardale.”
Frank’s determination pleased Professor Scotch very much.
“That’s right,” he said. “Let us leave Europe before I have to carry you
away in a coffin.”
A week later the pair left, and what Frank’s future adventures were will
be related in another story of this series, entitled “Frank Merriwell at
Yale.”
Frank’s parting with Inza was very friendly. They promised to write to
each other constantly.
And here we will leave our hero, saying, as the professor says:
“A wonderful boy—truly a wonderful boy! An up-and-down, manly American
boy!”
THE END.
No. 9 of the BURT L. STANDISH LIBRARY, entitled “Frank Merriwell at
Yale,” is a rattling good college story that will delight every boy who
reads it, for it is full of punch and jollity from the first page to the
last.
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NICK CARTER STORIES
New Magnet Library
_Not a Dull Book in This List_
ALL BY NICHOLAS CARTER
Nick Carter stands for an interesting detective story. The fact that the
books in this line are so uniformly good is entirely due to the work of
a specialist. The man who wrote these stories produced no other type of
fiction. His mind was concentrated upon the creation of new plots and
situations in which his hero emerged triumphantly from all sorts of
troubles and landed the criminal just where he should be—behind the
bars.
The author of these stories knew more about writing detective stories
than any other single person.
Following is a list of the best Nick Carter stories. They have been
selected with extreme care, and we unhesitatingly recommend each of them
as being fully as interesting as any detective story between cloth
covers which sells at ten times the price.
If you do not know Nick Carter, buy a copy of any of the New Magnet
Library books, and get acquainted. He will surprise and delight you.
_ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT_
901—A Weird Treasure
902—The Middle Link
903—To the Ends of the Earth
904—When Honors Pall
905—The Yellow Brand
906—A New Serpent in Eden
907—When Brave Men Tremble
908—A Test of Courage
909—Where Peril Beckons
910—The Gargoni Girdle
911—Rascals & Co.
912—Too Late to Talk
913—Satan’s Apt Pupil
914—The Girl Prisoner
915—The Danger of Folly
916—One Shipwreck Too Many
917—Scourged by Fear
918—The Red Plague
919—Scoundrels Rampant
920—From Clew to Clew
921—When Rogues Conspire
922—Twelve in a Grave
923—The Great Opium Case
924—A Conspiracy of Rumors
925—A Klondike Claim
926—The Evil Formula
927—The Man of Many Faces
928—The Great Enigma
929—The Burden of Proof
930—The Stolen Brain
932—The Magic Necklace
933—’Round the World for a Quarter
934—Over the Edge of the World
935—In the Grip of Fate
936—The Case of Many Clews
937—The Sealed Door
939—The Man Without a Will
941—A Clew from the Unknown
943—A Mixed-up Mess
945—The Adder’s Brood
947—For a Pawned Crown
949—The Hate that Kills
951—The Needy Nine
953—Outlaws of the Blue
955—Found in the Jungle
957—Broken Bars
958—A Fair Criminal
959—Won by Magic
960—The Piano Box Mystery
961—The Man They Held Back
962—A Millionaire Partner
963—A Pressing Peril
964—An Australian Klondike
965—The Sultan’s Pearls
966—The Double Shuffle Club
967—Paying the Price
968—A Woman’s Hand
969—A Network of Crime
970—At Thompson’s Ranch
971—The Crossed Needles
972—The Diamond Mine Case
973—Blood Will Tell
974—An Accidental Password
975—The Crook’s Double
976—Two Plus Two
977—The Yellow Label
978—The Clever Celestial
979—The Amphitheater Plot
981—Death in Life
982—A Stolen Identity
983—Evidence by Telephone
984—The Twelve Tin Boxes
985—Clew Against Clew
987—Playing a Bold Game
988—A Dead Man’s Grip
989—Snarled Identities
990—A Deposit Vault Puzzle
991—The Crescent Brotherhood
992—The Stolen Pay Train
993—The Sea Fox
994—Wanted by Two Clients
995—The Van Alstine Case
996—Check No. 777
997—Partners in Peril
998—Nick Carter’s Clever Protégé
999—The Sign of the Crossed Knives
1000—The Man Who Vanished
1001—A Battle for the Right
1002—A Game of Craft
1003—Nick Carter’s Retainer
1004—Caught in the Toils
1005—A Broken Bond
1006—The Crime of the French Café
1007—The Man Who Stole Millions
1008—The Twelve Wise Men
1009—Hidden Foes
1010—A Gamblers’ Syndicate
1011—A Chance Discovery
1013—A Threefold Disappearance
1014—At Odds with Scotland Yard
1015—A Princess of Crime
1016—Found on the Beach
1017—A Spinner of Death
1018—The Detective’s Pretty Neighbor
1019—A Bogus Clew
1020—The Puzzle of Five Pistols
1021—The Secret of the Marble Mantel
1022—A Bite of an Apple
1023—A Triple Crime
1024—The Stolen Race Horse
1025—Wildfire
1026—A _Herald_ Personal
1027—The Finger of Suspicion
1028—The Crimson Clew
1029—Nick Carter Down East
1030—The Chain of Clews
1031—A Victim of Circumstances
1032—Brought to Bay
1033—The Dynamite Trap
1034—A Scrap of Black Lace
1035—The Woman of Evil
1036—A Legacy of Hate
1037—A Trusted Rogue
1038—Man Against Man
1039—The Demons of the Night
1040—The Brotherhood of Death
1041—At the Knife’s Point
1042—A Cry for Help
1043—A Stroke of Policy
1044—Hounded to Death
1045—A Bargain in Crime
1046—The Fatal Prescription
1047—The Man of Iron
1048—An Amazing Scoundrel
1049—The Chain of Evidence
1050—Paid with Death
1051—A Fight for a Throne
1052—The Woman of Steel
1053—The Seal of Death
1054—The Human Fiend
1055—A Desperate Chance
1056—A Chase in the Dark
1057—The Snare and the Game
1059—Nick Carter’s Close Call
1060—The Missing Cotton King
1061—A Game of Plots
1062—The Prince of Liars
1063—The Man at the Window
1064—The Red League
1066—The Worst Case on Record
1067—From Peril to Peril
1068—The Seal of Silence
1069—Nick Carter’s Chinese Puzzle
1070—A Blackmailer’s Bluff
1071—Heard in the Dark
1072—A Checkmated Scoundrel
1073—The Cashier’s Secret
1074—Behind a Mask
1075—The Cloak of Guilt
1076—Two Villains in One
1077—The Hot Air Clew
1078—Run to Earth
1079—The Certified Check
1080—Weaving the Web
1081—Beyond Pursuit
1082—The Claws of the Tiger
1083—Driven from Cover
1084—A Deal in Diamonds
1085—The Wizard of the Cue
1086—A Race for Ten Thousand
1087—The Criminal Link
1088—The Red Signal
1089—The Secret Panel
1090—A Bonded Villain
1091—A Move in the Dark
1092—Against Desperate Odds
1093—The Telltale Photographs
1094—The Ruby Pin
1095—The Queen of Diamonds
1096—A Broken Trail
1097—An Ingenious Stratagem
1098—A Sharper’s Downfall
1099—A Race Track Gamble
1100—Without a Clew
1101—The Council of Death
1102—The Hole in the Vault
1103—In Death’s Grip
1104—A Great Conspiracy
1105—The Guilty Governor
1106—A Ring of Rascals
1107—A Masterpiece of Crime
1108—A Blow for Vengeance
1109—Tangled Threads
1110—The Crime of the Camera
1111—The Sign of the Dagger
1112—Nick Carter’s Promise
1113—Marked for Death
1114—The Limited Holdup
1115—When the Trap Was Sprung
1116—Through the Cellar Wall
1117—Under the Tiger’s Claws
1118—The Girl in the Case
1119—Behind a Throne
1120—The Lure of Gold
1121—Hand to Hand
1122—From a Prison Cell
1123—Dr. Quartz, Magician
1124—Into Nick Carter’s Web
1125—The Mystic Diagram
1126—The Hand that Won
1127—Playing a Lone Hand
1128—The Master Villain
1129—The False Claimant
1130—The Living Mask
1131—The Crime and the Motive
1132—A Mysterious Foe
1133—A Missing Man
1134—A Game Well Played
1135—A Cigarette Clew
1136—The Diamond Trail
1137—The Silent Guardian
1138—The Dead Stranger
1140—The Doctor’s Stratagem
1141—Following a Chance Clew
1142—The Bank Draft Puzzle
1143—The Price of Treachery
1144—The Silent Partner
1145—Ahead of the Game
1146—A Trap of Tangled Wire
1147—In the Gloom of Night
1148—The Unaccountable Crook
1149—A Bundle of Clews
1150—The Great Diamond Syndicate
1151—The Death Circle
1152—The Toss of a Penny
1153—One Step Too Far
1154—The Terrible Thirteen
1155—A Detective’s Theory
1156—Nick Carter’s Auto Trail
1157—A Triple Identity
1158—A Mysterious Graft
1159—A Carnival of Crime
1160—The Bloodstone Terror
1161—Trapped in His Own Net
1162—The Last Move in the Game
1163—A Victim of Deceit
1164—With Links of Steel
1165—A Plaything of Fate
1166—The Key Ring Clew
1167—Playing for a Fortune
1168—At Mystery’s Threshold
1169—Trapped by a Woman
1170—The Four Fingered Glove
1171—Nabob and Knave
1172—The Broadway Cross
1173—The Man Without a Conscience
1174—A Master of Deviltry
1175—Nick Carter’s Double Catch
1176—Doctor Quartz’s Quick Move
1177—The Vial of Death
1178—Nick Carter’s Star Pupils
1179—Nick Carter’s Girl Detective
1180—A Baffled Oath
1181—A Royal Thief
1182—Down and Out
1183—A Syndicate of Rascals
1184—Played to a Finish
1185—A Tangled Case
1186—In Letters of Fire
1187—Crossed Wires
1188—A Plot Uncovered
1189—The Cab Driver’s Secret
1190—Nick Carter’s Death Warrant
1191—The Plot that Failed
1192—Nick Carter’s Masterpiece
1193—A Prince of Rogues
1194—In the Lap of Danger
1195—The Man from London
1196—Circumstantial Evidence
1197—The Pretty Stenographer Mystery
1198—A Villainous Scheme
1199—A Plot Within a Plot
1200—The Elevated Railroad Mystery
1201—The Blow of a Hammer
1202—The Twin Mystery
1203—The Bottle with the Black Label
1204—Under False Colors
1205—A Ring of Dust
1206—The Crown Diamond
1207—The Blood-red Badge
1208—The Barrel Mystery
1209—The Photographer’s Evidence
1210—Millions at Stake
1211—The Man and His Price
1212—A Double Handed Game
1213—A Strike for Freedom
1214—A Disciple of Satan
1215—The Marked Hand
1216—A Fight with a Fiend
1217—When the Wicked Prosper
1218—A Plunge into Crime
1219—An Artful Schemer
1220—Reaping the Whirlwind
1221—Out of Crime’s Depths
1222—A Woman at Bay
1223—The Temple of Vice
1224—Death at the Feast
1225—A Double Plot
1226—In Search of Himself
1227—A Hunter of Men
1228—The Boulevard Mutes
1229—Captain Sparkle, Pirate
1230—Nick Carter’s Fall
1231—Out of Death’s Shadow
1232—A Voice from the Past
1233—Accident or Murder?
1234—The Man Who Was Cursed
1235—Baffled, But Not Beaten
1236—A Case Without a Clew
1237—The Demon’s Eye
1238—A Blindfold Mystery
1239—Nick Carter’s Swim to Victory
1240—A Man to Be Feared
1241—Saved by a Ruse
1242—Nick Carter’s Wildest Chase
1243—A Nation’s Peril
1244—The Rajah’s Ruby
1245—The Trail of a Human Tiger
1246—The Disappearing Princess
1247—The Lost Chittendens
1248—The Crystal Mystery
1249—The King’s Prisoner
1250—Talika, the Geisha Girl
1251—The Doom of the Reds
1252—The Lady of Shadows
1253—The Mysterious Castle
1254—The Senator’s Plot
1255—A Submarine Trail
1256—A War of Brains
1257—Pauline—A Mystery
1258—The Confidence King
1259—A Chase for Millions
1260—Shown on the Screen
1261—The Streaked Peril
1262—The Room of Mirrors
1263—A Plot for an Empire
1264—A Call on the Phone
1265—Nick Carter’s Convict Client
1266—The House of the Yellow Door
1267—Nick Carter’s Round-up
1268—A Masterly Trick
1269—For a Madman’s Millions
1270—The Four Hoodoo Charms
1271—The Man in the Auto
1272—The Jeweled Mummy
1273—The Vanishing Emerald
1274—A Live Wire Clue
1275—The Vampire’s Trail
1276—The Crimson Flash
1277—The Vanishing Heiress
1278—The Red Triangle
1279—Nick Carter’s Subtle Foe
1280—Nick Carter’s Chance Clue
1281—A Master Criminal
1282—The Silver Hair Clue
1283—Written in Blood
1284—Bandits of the Air
1285—Nick Carter’s Last Card
1286—The Taxicab Riddle
1287—A Stolen Name
1288—A Play for Millions
1289—The House of Whispers
1290—The Woman in Black
In order that there may be no confusion, we desire to say that the books
listed below will be issued during the respective months in New York
City and vicinity. They may not reach the readers at a distance
promptly, on account of delays in transportation.
To be published in July, 1930.
1291—Nick Carter’s Egyptian Clue
1292—The Connecting Link
1293—A Woman of Mystery
To be published in August, 1930.
1294—The Dead Accomplice
1295—Nick Carter’s Counterplot
To be published in September, 1930.
1296—The Seven Schemers
1297—The Mysterious Cavern
To be published in October, 1930.
1298—The Crime of a Century
1299—The Man with a Crutch
To be published in November, 1930.
1300—Out for Vengeance
1301—The Poisons of Exili
To be published in December, 1930.
1302—A Double Identity
1303—The Babbington Case
1304—The Midnight Message
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