Toying with fate; or, Nick Carter's narrow shave

BY NICHOLAS CARTER
Author of the celebrated stories of Nick Carter’s adventures, which are published exclusively in the New Magnet Library, conceded to be among the best detective tales ever written.
NEW YORK STREET & SMITH, Publishers 79-89 Seventh Avenue
Copyright, 1903 By STREET & SMITH Toying With Fate All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian.
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