“She is worthy of Prince Marcos, who saved his country,” added Nick Carter. “And that’s praise enough for any young woman.”
“Oh, come off!” rejoined Patsy. “What are you giving us, chief? Marcos is all right, of course. But the man who really saved Joyalita was a gentleman by the name of Nicholas Carter, and you know it.”
“My two assistants gave me good help or it never could have been done,” was Nick Carter’s modest response.
THE END.
“The Pressing Peril; or, Nick Carter and the Star Looters,” will be the title of the long complete story which you will find in the next issue, No. 139, of the Nick Carter Stories, out May 8th. In this narrative will be found some of the most interesting adventures of the famous detective. There will be the usual serial and other items of interest.
Dared for Los Angeles.
By ROLAND ASHFORD PHILLIPS.
(This interesting story was commenced in No. 134 of Nick Carter Stories. Back numbers can always be obtained from your news dealer or the publishers.)
CHAPTER XIX.
TWENTY PRECIOUS MINUTES.
It seemed to Nash that an eternity passed before he finally brought himself together, groped for the candles, found and lighted them. By this time Miss Breen had come back to the world again, and when he spoke to her she moved, and afterward drew herself erect, leaning against the damp chamber wall.