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COPYRIGHT. BY irfT^r ? | SYNOPSIS. : ? ! CHAPTER I.?In a New York jewelry store Philip Severn, United States con- I sular agent, notices a small box which ; attracts him. He purchases it. Later he discovers in a secret compartment a writ- j ing giving a clew to a revolutionary move- j ment in this country seeking to over- j throw the Chilean government. The writ- j ing mentions a rendezvous, and Severn decides to investigate. CHAPTER II. A Man and a Woman. It was late in the afternoon, the day dark, with a chilly wind blowing off ' *he river, when I reached Jersey City. ? The first policeman encountered gave me all necessary directions, so that 1 alighted from a street car within a block of my destination. A saloon on the upper corner of the block furnished me the necessary clew, and, using it as a marker, I succeeded in tracing back until satisfied I had thus safely located "876." It was an abandoned factory, built of brick, two stories high, evidently extending over considerable ground at the rear, but with a frontage not to exceed forty feet. The lower windows were boarded up, a number of those in the second story broken, and the main entrance, large enough for the passage of a motor truck, was tightly secured by an immense iron bar. A smaller door to the right alone offered any possibility of entrance, although it was tightly closed. To all outward appearances the place had been unoccupied for months, and perhaps years. From the sidewalk it was impossible to gain any glimpse within. Only one discovery served to convince me that I might be on the right track?that I had not been entirely deceived. A small sign, so covered with dust and dirt as to be almost unreadable, was nailed over the smaller door. In the' growing dusk I was obliged to study it intently to decipher the words, but finally made them out letter by letter: "OFFICE ALVA MALLEABLE IRON COMPANY." I V Here was a strange coincident, if nothing more, for Gustave Alva had been one of the names signed on the hotel register. Beyond doubt this old, abandoned iron foundry was his property, and what better spot could be selected in which to meet and concoct a scheme of crime? What a place to hide arms for shipment. Whatever doubt I may have felt regarding my venture vanished in the presence of that unusual name. This was unquestionably the place named in the letter as a rendezvous; here was where the recipient of that letter was to go and receive instructions; where he was to use the mysterious raps, and the countersign "Cervantes," in order to gain admittance. The knowledge that 1 was actually upon the threshold of such a discovery brought with it a determination not to lose the advantage. But what could I do? What further steps might be safely taken alone? The night was dark, a slight drizzle in the air, no one abroad except from necessity. No sign of life was visible for the full extent of the block, until the saloon on the further corner came \ into view, its gleaming hospitality invited me, and I strolled along the opposite walk, my coat collar turned up to shut out the drizzle, and finally crossed over to where I could peer in 1 Could Peer In Through the Dingy Window. through the dingy windows. The man behind *he bar was unmistakably Polish. and of no high type, and at first Ijsaw no other occupants of the place !OR OF # 'MtiB CASE of CAVEND . * Illustrations oi/> A \ VTV T T /1'WLIL RANDALL PARRISH | except two roughly dressed men at a table just inside, who were playing cards silently. The room was clean enough, and quiet, yet I felt no inclination to enter. Those were not fellows it would be safe to question, and I would have turned away, but at that instant I perceived the indistinct figure of a young woman in the further corner, sitting beside a table alone. Her presence stimulated my curiosity. She appeared to be young, not badly dressed, and her being in such , a place unattended rendered her of some interest. It surely could do no harm if I dropped in for a sandwich and a glass of beer. I crossed to the bar, furtively watchful, but no one except the proprietor apparently paid the slightest attention to my entrance. The two men never glanced up from ; their cards, and the girl?for sffe was scarcely more?merely turned her head and stared at me without interest I spoke to the barman in English. We exchanged a few words?his own speech , very broken?while he prepared the ! sandwich, and the only thing unusual ? T ""in 4-V.sn rvnt-cnrrn /vf o cllcrht x llulujfljl w llicr v/jl u, u"e-? signal between him and the woman across the room. I could not be sure even as to that, but gained the impression that he shook his head negatively, as though to some mute question. Unless it might be the intense brunette blackness of hair and an extremely clear complexion, there was nothing typically Spanish in her appearance. Indeed she impressed me as thoroughly American in features, dross and manner, somewhere in the twenties I should judge, with brown eyes, and a face decidedly pleasant to look upon, although with a firmness to it, expressed by mouth and chin, not to be mistaken. I noted these things hurriedly, never venturing to stare at her, though she apparently gave me no attention whatever. Somehow the girl seemed strangely out of place in that dingy saloon?she did not in any sense belong. She was evidently not there seeking company, nor was she drinking; and yet there must surely j be some meaning to her presence. The proprietor approached me, leaning one hand on the table. "There is nothing more?" he asked. ' "No, this will answer very well." He lingered, tempted to question me. "You have not been in before? Per- j haps you do not live near?" i - "I do not," I replied frankly. "1 ! travel out of Boston, and sell lumber. J I have been doing some business with the yard down below." "I see. You are not from New York, I make it?" ; "No; Boston has always been my < home." , "Once I live there, too; when I first come north from Rio. What you think about this war? We lick Germany? hey?" "Oh, 1 don't know; she seems to be more than holding her own." "Ach, yes. But now this country go in; what then?" 1 looked up quickly into his face, j with, a swift desire to test his real sentiment. ( "This country! Why should it go in? There are Germans enough over here to stop that." "Not Germans?no. But Internationals, revolutionaries. They are more than you think. 'Tis time for them to strike a great blow." "You are Polish, are you not?" "Yah, from Warsaw. I come over six years." "Naturalized?" "1 have first papers?why you ask?" suspiciously. "I merely questioned from curiosity." My eyes wandered once more to the girl across the room, and he noticed the glance. "You wonder what she do in here?" he asked. "I tell you. She was my niece, an' sit here to wait for a friend to walk home with her. It is not a good neighborhood, this, for a woman alone in the dark." "Her home is some distance?" "Five?six blocks. It is a dark, bad WAV." * * He moved back toward the bar, apparently satisfied with his examination of me, as well as his explanation. I wondered grimly why he had taken the trouble to tell me all this, and ordered another glass of beer as an excuse to linger there a while longer. What was the party like who was to call for the girl? I did not have to linger long to gratify my curiosity. The side door opened silently, and a man stepped briskly inside, shaking the raindrops from his coat as he greeted the barman cheerily. "A dirty night, Jans," he said, glancing swiftly about, his eyes sweeping over me sharply. "Business not very good, 1 suirpose?" "Dead. It's no good now any more, with all the factories closing up because of the war. Just some salesman drops in for a beer. That makes me Winthrop College SCHOLARSHIP AM) EXTKAXCE EXAMIXATIOX The examination for the award ol \ icant Scholarships in WinthroE College and for admission of ne B'udents will he held at the Countj Court House on Friday, July 1, at fj a. in. Applicants must not be less han sixteen years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after Julv 3 they will be awarded to those Diak'ing the' highest average at this xamination, provided they meet ae conditions governing the award, Applicants for Scholarships shonh write to Preside*'* Tohnson before the examination for Scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 14th, 1921. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. I). 15. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. NOTICE TO ( REDITOKS. All persons having claims against the estate of Mrs. Hibernia J. 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