A Sharper's Downfall; Or, Into the Net

by Nicholas Carter

A Sharper’s Downfall

OR,
INTO THE NET
BY
NICHOLAS CARTER
Author of the celebrated stories of Nick Carter’s adventures,
which are published exclusively in the New Magnet Library,
conceded to be among the best detective tales ever written.

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Copyright, 1903
By STREET & SMITH
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A Sharper’s Downfall

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A SHARPER’S DOWNFALL.

CHAPTER I.
A SUCCESSFUL BURGLARY.

In Thirty-fifth Street, east of Fifth Avenue, there is a house conspicuous among its neighbors in that it differs in construction by being of the variety known as the English basement style.