Excerpt.....“Both the face and name of a crook, Stuart Floyd, I always remember,” said Nick. “I make it a point never to forget them.”
Floyd’s thin lips curled again with intense scorn and bitterness.
“That epithet again,” said he between his teeth. “I have you to thank for it—and repay.”
“Ah! I see now why you stopped me,” said Nick. “You wanted to threaten me.”
They had met in Madison Avenue; in fact, the detective having left his residence only a few moments before. It was about ten o’clock in the morning.
“Threaten you!” exclaimed Floyd, with ominous quietude. “There has been no day or night for two years that I have not threatened you.”.....
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