The chief laughed heartily for a moment, and then his face grew grave.
“We are having a great deal of trouble with burglars lately,” he said, “and I am often at a loss what to do.”
“And nearly all recent burglaries are unusually daring and successful, are they not?”
“They are all daring, and I am sorry to say that nearly all are successful.”
“You’ll have to send to New York for Nick Carter.”
“I can’t always get Nick Carter.”
“Well, we ought to have a few men like Nick on the Chicago detective force.”
The chief smiled.
“There is only one Nick Carter,” he said.
The banker gave a few additional details regarding the burglary at his residence, and went away.