CHAPTER XVI.
HANK LOW’S LUCK.
Claymore was not in his boarding house when Nick and Patsy arrived there.
He had come in and gone out shortly afterward.
Where he had gone, or in what direction, nobody could say.
Possibly to Daddy Drew’s to meet the desperadoes he had hired to commit murder; but Nick didn’t believe it.
“That long work in his office this evening means something else,” said Nick. “He’s got another plot up his sleeve. I’ll go to Daddy Drew’s and get those men.”
Accordingly, he had turned his face into a copy of Claymore’s and had been admitted easily.
Nat had said he would put up a stiff fight if he should meet Carter, and he kept his word.
Probably he reckoned that the detective would wish to take him alive, for he did not surrender when he saw the revolver pointed at his heart.
Instead, he made a quick rush at Nick, trying to knock up both his arms.