The Man Without a Conscience; Or, From Rogue to Convict

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.	AN INQUISITIVE CLERK.	5
II.	MODERN HIGHWAYMEN.	14
III.	NICK CARTER HELD UP.	24
IV.	THE ESCAPE.	35
V.	THE HOUSE IN LAUREL ROAD.	46
VI.	MADAME VICTORIA.	62
VII.	THE DEEPER MYSTERY.	76
VIII.	UNDER THE SURFACE.	89
IX.	BODY AND LIMBS.	103
X.	THE ANCHOR TO WINDWARD.	116
XI.	THE INCENTIVE TO TREACHERY.	126
XII.	THE ROAD TO CANTON.	133
XIII.	CLOSE QUARTERS.	147
XIV.	SHADOWS AND SHADOWED.	158
XV.	ON NICK’S TRAIL.	169
XVI.	A TERRIBLE PREDICAMENT.	182
XVII.	A CRISIS.	194
XVIII.	A LAST RESORT.	205
XIX.	NICK CARTER’S ESCAPE.	215

NICK CARTER STORIES

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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.

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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.

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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 Tolls 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

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THE MAN WITHOUT A CONSCIENCE

OR,

FROM ROGUE TO CONVICT

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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