Nicholas Carter.”
It was fate that influenced Nick’s reply, for he did not guess that in responding to the summons he was going to strike the trail of the man whom of all others he wished to capture—the missing swindler from the West who had come East with Ramsay. Ramsay was now under lock and key, and Nick’s journey to Vermont was to bring him in touch with Ramsay’s pal.
CHAPTER XVII.
“OLD HANDS.”
The bank robbery took place during the night of Monday and Tuesday.
On Wednesday morning, at seven o’clock, a neatly dressed man, wearing a pair of very respectable “Dundrearies,” made his appearance at the Memorial Hospital, in Latimer.
“What can I do for you, sir?” inquired the assistant superintendent, who was in charge at that early hour.
“Albert Gardner, the watchman who was shot during the bank robbery, was brought here, was he not?”
“Yes.”
“I would like to speak with him a moment.”
“I am very sorry, sir, but he died an hour ago.”