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No. 155. August 28, 1915. Price Five Cents.
THE GORDON ELOPEMENT;
Or, NICK CARTER’S THREE OF A KIND.
Edited by CHICKERING CARTER.
CHAPTER I.
AN OPEN QUESTION.
Nick Carter did not interrupt the sobbing girl. He listened patiently,grave and attentive, letting her run on in broken, desultory phrases,until her first paroxism of grief immediately following his arrivalshould abate sufficiently for her to tell him connectedly what hadoccurred.
“They may say what they will—what they will, Mr. Carter, but I cannotbelieve it, will not believe it,” she tearfully declared. “My faith inhim is unshaken. He is incapable of such deceit, such cruelty, suchterrible treachery. He is the victim of a plot, a hideous conspiracy, orsome terrible crime—oh, I am sure of it! He would not betray me in thisway, not for life itself! I know he would not. Arthur is above suchduplicity, such terrible——”
Nick now checked her with a gesture.
“I agree with you, Miss Strickland,” he said kindly. “Arthur Gordon is,in my opinion, a thoroughly honorable man. As you are so sure of it,too, and that he is the victim of a conspiracy, you best can serve himby subduing your agitation, and telling me precisely what has occurred.I can do nothing, nor form any opinion of the case, until I know all ofthe circumstances.”
“Mr. Carter is right, Wilhelmina,” said her elderly uncle, Mr. RudolphStrickland. “It is very kind of him to c