“Never mind him at present,” cried Badger, with terrific impatience. “What have you learned?”
“Nick Carter has an assistant here on this case,” replied Hyde.
“Not Chick Carter!”
“Yes.”
“Have you seen him?”
“Sure! He was at headquarters about five o’clock.”
“For what?”
“He was trying to locate Nick.”
“We’ve got Nick, all right,” sneered Badger, with a chuckle of derision. “But this other, this Chick Carter, of whom I have frequently heard, I don’t know him by sight.”
“Nor do I,” put in Conley, frowning near-by.