NICK CARTER'S BOLD DEFIANCE.
"Would you mind telling me how you are going to do it?" asked the senator.
"Not at all, since there seems to be plenty of time."
"I confess that I am curious to hear."
"I thought of the plan last night before I started Chick off to come here in advance of me. I told him exactly what to do. He was to visit the electric company which supplies the light and power here, and get them to assist him, after which it was a mere question of his being able to secure help enough to do the wiring before the time set when all must be in readiness."
"Well?"
"He got the consent of the company, and he evidently found the men, for he has told me that everything is in readiness."
"So you know what has been done, the same as if you had seen to it all yourself, eh?"
"Precisely."
"What has been done?"