“The Girl Kidnapper; or, Nick Carter’s Up-to-date Clew,” is the title of the story that you will find in the next issue of this weekly, No. 124, out January 23d. It deals with the doings of some unusual criminals, and the remarkably clever manner in which Nick Carter got the upper hand of them.
RUBY LIGHT.
By BURKE JENKINS.
(This interesting story was commenced in No. 120 of Nick Carter Stories. Back numbers can always be obtained from your news dealer or the publishers.)
CHAPTER X.
“BUTTER FINGER.”
Stroth started to lead me toward another door at the forward end of the stateroom; then he caught the interest in my eyes, now that I had opportunity to turn attention to the room itself.
“It’s no Chinese puzzle to guess my hobby, is it?”
“Well, hardly!” I exclaimed, for there wasn’t a square inch of wall space that wasn’t actually papered with photographs of the oldest, most freakish type.
Every trick of overexposure, and underexposure, blending, “ghost prints,” compositions, moonlight—every weird effect of which I had ever heard was there—and done in a wonderful knowledge of the art.
“Superb!” I exclaimed.