“I guess not.”

As Carter said this, he pulled off his disguise.

Lena uttered a scream, and sank down into a chair.

“Nick Carter!” she gasped, and the pistol fell from her grasp into her lap.

“You recognize me now?” the detective said, with a smile, as he sat down.

From this it will be seen that he and the woman had met before.

After a pause, Carter remarked:

“Let me see, Lena, it is several years since we have had the pleasure of meeting. You haven’t changed any since I last saw you.”

“No,” Lena stammered.

“At that time you were singing at the Empire, on the Bowery, if my memory does not play me false.”