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“Is somewhat significant,” Nick Carter put in quietly. “I agree with you. In what have the two men been rivals?”
“For the hand of Edna Thurlow, by far the most beautiful and accomplished girl in Madison. She inherited half a million when her father died. Her mother, Mrs. Mortimer Thurlow, is also very wealthy and fashionable. She’s the acknowledged leader of the local smart set. The two men may have met here this morning. Possibly the fight of last night was resumed, resulting in——”
“Let it go at that,” the detective interrupted. “The physician has ended his examination.”
CHAPTER II.
NICK CARTER’S OPINION.
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Chief Gleason immediately turned and approached the rising physician, asking a bit brusquely:
“Well, Doctor Doyle, what do you make of it? The man is dead?”
“Yes, indeed, there is no question about that, Mr. Gleason.”
“What was the cause?”
“It appears to be a case of heart disease.”
“Are you sure of it?”
“One cannot be absolutely sure, Mr. Gleason, without performing an autopsy,” Doctor Doyle said blandly, while he wiped his fingers with his handkerchief. “I feel reasonably sure. There is no wound that I can discover, nor does there appear to be any indication of foul play. Yes, I feel reasonably sure of it,” he repeated.