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No. 11. NEW YORK, November 23, 1912. Price Five Cents.
NICK CARTER STRIKES OIL;
Or UNCOVERING MORE THAN A MURDER.
Edited by CHICKERING CARTER.
CHAPTER I.
THE CLERGYMAN.
“It ain’t right! It’s swindling, and you can’t make it anything else!”
These words, uttered in a loud, angry voice, were followed by a fierce oath, and the man to whom they were addressed raised his hand, and there was a look of pain on his pale face.
“I wish you wouldn’t swear,” he said gently. “Be calm, and tell me just what you mean.”