A Broken Bond; Or, The Man Without Morals

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CHAPTER I. A SHOT FROM AMBUSH.

CHAPTER II. THE WITNESS MAKES CONDITIONS.

CHAPTER III. AN UNFORTUNATE LETTER.

CHAPTER IV. CRAWFORD IS TROUBLED.

CHAPTER V. ANOTHER MURDEROUS ATTACK.

CHAPTER VI. THE LOVE OF COMRADES.

CHAPTER VII. FOLLANSBEE HITS THE NAIL.

CHAPTER VIII. "NAME YOUR PRICE."

CHAPTER IX. A "FAIR" OFFER.

CHAPTER X. THE RAISED CHECK.

CHAPTER XI. A DISTINGUISHED SCOUNDREL.

CHAPTER XII. THE DEADLY TUBE.

CHAPTER XIII. CHICK SIGHTS THE "BUZZARD."

CHAPTER XIV. NICK'S ASSISTANT DECAMPS.

CHAPTER XV. A BAD COMBINATION.

CHAPTER XVI. A BIRD OF ILL OMEN.

CHAPTER XVII. NICK CARTER MISCALCULATES.

CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE FIRE ESCAPE.

CHAPTER XIX. A FIENDISH PLOT.

CHAPTER XX. QUICK WORK IS NECESSARY.

CHAPTER XXI. IN NEED OF EVIDENCE.

CHAPTER XXII. HELP FROM THE HOUSE DETECTIVE.

CHAPTER XXIII. THE HYPODERMIC.

CHAPTER XXIV. THE PLUNGER REACHES HOME.

CHAPTER XXV. THE MADMAN'S GET-AWAY.

CHAPTER XXVI. THE AWAKENING OF REMORSE.

CHAPTER XXVII. AN ASTOUNDING STATEMENT.

CHAPTER XXVIII. "YOU'VE SAVED ME FROM MYSELF!"

CHAPTER XXIX. A STRANGE DEVELOPMENT.

CHAPTER XXX. AN UNLUCKY MORNING.

CHAPTER XXXI. NICK HAS A HUNCH.

CHAPTER XXXII. "THE MAN WHO NEVER LETS GO."

CHAPTER XXXIII. WILL HE SCORE?

CHAPTER XXXIV. A VISIT TO THE BANK.

CHAPTER XXXV. THE DOCTOR GETS A SURPRISE.

CHAPTER XXXVI. SOME PLAIN TRUTHS.

CHAPTER XXXVII. FOLLANSBEE REACHES THE LIMIT.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. NICK IS BALKED.

CHAPTER XXXIX. PATSY TRACES THE AMBULANCE.

CHAPTER XL. THE PRIVATE HOSPITAL.

CHAPTER XLI. NICK HAS A PLAN.

CHAPTER XLII. THE DETECTIVE ACQUIRES A WIFE.

CHAPTER XLIII. THE HYPNOTIC SPELL.

CHAPTER XLIV. CHICK COMES TO GRIEF.

CHAPTER XLV. "HEAVEN HELP ME."

CHAPTER XLVI. THE BOND IS MENDED.

Transcriber’s Notes:

The original spelling, hyphenation, and punctuation have been retained, with the exception of apparent typographical errors which have been corrected.

For convenience, a table of contents, which is not present in the original, has been included.


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CONTENTS

CHAPTER   PAGE
I. A SHOT FROM AMBUSH. 5
II. THE WITNESS MAKES CONDITIONS. 10
III. AN UNFORTUNATE LETTER. 16
IV. CRAWFORD IS TROUBLED. 22
V. ANOTHER MURDEROUS ATTACK. 29
VI. THE LOVE OF COMRADES. 34
VII. FOLLANSBEE HITS THE NAIL. 38
VIII. “NAME YOUR PRICE.” 44
IX. A “FAIR” OFFER. 49
X. THE RAISED CHECK. 53
XI. A DISTINGUISHED SCOUNDREL. 57
XII. THE DEADLY TUBE. 63
XIII. CHICK SIGHTS THE “BUZZARD.” 67
XIV. NICK’S ASSISTANT DECAMPS. 72
XV. A BAD COMBINATION. 77
XVI. A BIRD OF ILL OMEN. 80
XVII. NICK CARTER MISCALCULATES. 84
XVIII. ON THE FIRE ESCAPE. 88
XIX. A FIENDISH PLOT. 94
XX. QUICK WORK IS NECESSARY. 98
XXI. IN NEED OF EVIDENCE. 103
XXII. HELP FROM THE HOUSE DETECTIVE. 107
XXIII. THE HYPODERMIC. 112
XXIV. THE PLUNGER REACHES HOME. 116
XXV. THE MADMAN’S GET-AWAY. 120
XXVI. THE AWAKENING OF REMORSE. 125
XXVII. AN ASTOUNDING STATEMENT. 128
XXVIII. “YOU’VE SAVED ME FROM MYSELF!” 132
XXIX. A STRANGE DEVELOPMENT. 136
XXX. AN UNLUCKY MORNING. 141
XXXI. NICK HAS A HUNCH. 146
XXXII. “THE MAN WHO NEVER LETS GO.” 152
XXXIII. WILL HE SCORE? 157
XXXIV. A VISIT TO THE BANK. 161
XXXV. THE DOCTOR GETS A SURPRISE. 166
XXXVI. SOME PLAIN TRUTHS. 173
XXXVII. FOLLANSBEE REACHES THE LIMIT. 177
XXXVIII. NICK IS BALKED. 182
XXXIX. PATSY TRACES THE AMBULANCE. 188
XL. THE PRIVATE HOSPITAL. 192
XLI. NICK HAS A PLAN. 198
XLII. THE DETECTIVE ACQUIRES A WIFE. 203
XLIII. THE HYPNOTIC SPELL. 208
XLIV. CHICK COMES TO GRIEF. 212
XLV. “HEAVEN HELP ME.” 217
XLVI. THE BOND IS MENDED. 220

NICK CARTER STORIES

New Magnet Library

Not a Dull Book in This List

Nick Carter stands for an interesting detective story. The fact that the books in this line are so uniformly good is entirely due to the work of a specialist. The man who wrote these stories produced no other type of fiction. His mind was concentrated upon the creation of new plots and situations in which his hero emerged triumphantly from all sorts of troubles and landed the criminal just where he should be—behind the bars.

The author of these stories knew more about writing detective stories than any other single person.

Following is a list of the best Nick Carter stories. They have been selected with extreme care, and we unhesitatingly recommend each of them as being fully as interesting as any detective story between cloth covers which sells at ten times the price.

If you do not know Nick Carter, buy a copy of any of the New Magnet Library books, and get acquainted. He will surprise and delight you.

ALL TITLES ALWAYS IN PRINT
850—Wanted: A Clew By Nicholas Carter
851—A Tangled Skein By Nicholas Carter
852—The Bullion Mystery By Nicholas Carter
853—The Man of Riddles By Nicholas Carter
854—A Miscarriage of Justice By Nicholas Carter
855—The Gloved Hand By Nicholas Carter
856—Spoilers and the Spoils By Nicholas Carter
857—The Deeper Game By Nicholas Carter
858—Bolts from Blue Skies By Nicholas Carter
859—Unseen Foes By Nicholas Carter
860—Knaves in High Places By Nicholas Carter
861—The Microbe of Crime By Nicholas Carter
862—In the Toils of Fear By Nicholas Carter
863—A Heritage of Trouble By Nicholas Carter
864—Called to Account By Nicholas Carter
865—The Just and the Unjust By Nicholas Carter
866—Instinct at Fault By Nicholas Carter
867—A Rogue Worth Trapping By Nicholas Carter
868—A Rope of Slender Threads By Nicholas Carter
869—The Last Call By Nicholas Carter
870—The Spoils of Chance By Nicholas Carter
871—A Struggle With Destiny By Nicholas Carter
872—The Slave of Crime By Nicholas Carter
873—The Crook’s Blind By Nicholas Carter
874—A Rascal of Quality By Nicholas Carter
875—With Shackles of Fire By Nicholas Carter
876—The Man Who Changed Faces By Nicholas Carter
877—The Fixed Alibi By Nicholas Carter
878—Out With the Tide By Nicholas Carter
879—The Soul Destroyers By Nicholas Carter
880—The Wages of Rascality By Nicholas Carter
881—Birds of Prey By Nicholas Carter
882—When Destruction Threatens By Nicholas Carter
883—The Keeper of Black Hounds By Nicholas Carter
884—The Door of Doubt By Nicholas Carter
885—The Wolf Within By Nicholas Carter
886—A Perilous Parole By Nicholas Carter
887—The Trail of the Finger Prints By Nicholas Carter
888—Dodging the Law By Nicholas Carter
889—A Crime in Paradise By Nicholas Carter
890—On the Ragged Edge By Nicholas Carter
891—The Red God of Tragedy By Nicholas Carter
892—The Man Who Paid By Nicholas Carter
893—The Blind Man’s Daughter By Nicholas Carter
894—One Object in Life By Nicholas Carter
895—As a Crook Sows By Nicholas Carter
896—In Record Time By Nicholas Carter
897—Held in Suspense By Nicholas Carter
898—The $100,000 Kiss By Nicholas Carter
899—Just One Slip By Nicholas Carter
900—On a Million-dollar Trail By Nicholas Carter
901—A Weird Treasure By Nicholas Carter
902—The Middle Link By Nicholas Carter
903—To the Ends of the Earth By Nicholas Carter
904—When Honors Pall By Nicholas Carter
905—The Yellow Brand By Nicholas Carter
906—A New Serpent in Eden By Nicholas Carter
907—When Brave Men Tremble By Nicholas Carter
908—A Test of Courage By Nicholas Carter
909—Where Peril Beckons By Nicholas Carter
910—The Gargoni Girdle By Nicholas Carter
911—Rascals & Co. By Nicholas Carter
912—Too Late to Talk By Nicholas Carter
913—Satan’s Apt Pupil By Nicholas Carter
914—The Girl Prisoner By Nicholas Carter
915—The Danger of Folly By Nicholas Carter
916—One Shipwreck Too Many By Nicholas Carter
917—Scourged by Fear By Nicholas Carter
918—The Red Plague By Nicholas Carter
919—Scoundrels Rampant By Nicholas Carter
920—From Clew to Clew By Nicholas Carter
921—When Rogues Conspire By Nicholas Carter
922—Twelve in a Grave By Nicholas Carter
923—The Great Opium Case By Nicholas Carter
924—A Conspiracy of Rumors By Nicholas Carter
925—A Klondike Claim By Nicholas Carter
926—The Evil Formula By Nicholas Carter
927—The Man of Many Faces By Nicholas Carter
928—The Great Enigma By Nicholas Carter
929—The Burden of Proof By Nicholas Carter
930—The Stolen Brain By Nicholas Carter
931—A Titled Counterfeiter By Nicholas Carter
932—The Magic Necklace By Nicholas Carter
933—’Round the World for a Quarter By Nicholas Carter
934—Over the Edge of the World By Nicholas Carter
935—In the Grip of Fate By Nicholas Carter
936—The Case of Many Clews By Nicholas Carter
937—The Sealed Door By Nicholas Carter
938—Nick Carter and the Green Goods Men By Nicholas Carter
939—The Man Without a Will By Nicholas Carter
940—Tracked Across the Atlantic By Nicholas Carter
941—A Clew From the Unknown By Nicholas Carter
942—The Crime of a Countess By Nicholas Carter
943—A Mixed Up Mess By Nicholas Carter
944—The Great Money Order Swindle By Nicholas Carter
945—The Adder’s Brood By Nicholas Carter
946—A Wall Street Haul By Nicholas Carter
947—For a Pawned Crown By Nicholas Carter

Title Page

A BROKEN BOND

OR,

THE MAN WITHOUT MORALS

BY

NICHOLAS CARTER

Author of the celebrated stories of Nick Carter’s adventures, which are published exclusively in the New Magnet Library, conceded to be among the best detective tales ever written.

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A Broken Bond

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