“I’ll go ashore later,” decided Jean.
Then he went to bed, regardless, in his still-dazed condition, of what had become of his employer.
“Are you going to take these fellows to the Tombs, chief?” asked Chick, as they transferred to the launch and went rushing down the river toward the city, with Nick Carter at the wheel. “Or is it a police station we want?”
“Police headquarters,” was Nick’s reply. “I think a little third degree will help matters materially.”
“You shall pay for this, Mr. Nicholas Carter!” hissed Don Solado.
“That’s what they all say,” returned the detective, with a shrug.
THE END.
“The Seal of Gijon; or, Nick Carter’s Ice-house Fight,” will be found in the next issue of the Nick Carter Stories, No. 137, out April 24th. The further adventures of the great detective with the potentates of Joyalita are given in the forthcoming number.