“Nevertheless,” Nick continued, “you cannot be indifferent to the arrest of the assassin.”

Parks sprang to his feet.

“Has he been taken?” he cried.

“Not yet; but he will be in custody to-night.”

“Who is he?”

The question was asked in a voice that was like a groan. The man’s eyes blazed.

“I will not answer that question now,” said Nick, “but come with me and in an hour at the furthest I will set you face to face with the cowardly villain who struck that blow.

CHAPTER IX.
PARKS IN DISGUISE.

The two men left the house immediately.

A carriage was in waiting, and it conveyed them rapidly to the “fence” on Sixth Avenue.