Excerpt.....On the shady veranda of an old-fashioned Southern house, on the outskirts of St. Louis, two men in the prime of life were enjoying their cigars one fine morning.
One, the younger, with a fair, full face and honest, gray eyes, after a long period of silence, said:
"To-morrow will decide her fate, Nick. You have worked up a strong case against her, but I am afraid of the jury."
"The jury is all right. We have seen to that, John. Conviction is certain. It has been an easy case for me."
The woman to whose trial reference had been made had killed her husband, but the deed had not been witnessed, and it was due to Nick Carter's efforts that a complete case for the prosecution had been made out.....
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