He knew that the game was up, his confederates done for, and his own
chances of escape but small; and the situation stirred to their very
depths the worst elements of this lifelong criminal.
But one thought possessed him--that of revenge, that of destroying the
chief cause of his downfall--Nick Carter.
With this end in view, Kilgore tore like a madman through the blinding
rain of that tempestuous night, and shaped his course back to the
diamond plant.
CHAPTER XXI.
AN ONLY RESOURCE.
Despite the corner in which he had placed himself, a situation far more
desperate than he at first imagined, Nick Carter was congratulating
himself upon the success of his ruse by which he had so quickly located
the secret plant of the diamond swindlers, even at the sacrifice of his
personal freedom.
The fact that he now sat bound in a chair in the hidden stronghold of
the gang, watched only by Cervera, did not seriously disturb the
fearless detective.
Nick had been in many a worse corner than this, or in corners believed
to be worse, and he felt confident of pulling out of the scrape with a
whole skin, and with most of the gang in custody.
He had surveyed his surroundings with more than cursory interest,
therefore, while Kilgore and his confederates were binding his arms to
the rounds of the chair back, and his ankles to the legs of the same.
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