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these walls are thin, and there is quite
a bunch around tonight There's plenty
for the two of us, if we play the cards
right, and we'll let Waldron hold the
hair. What do you say. Daly?"
mv name was "Daly." Well, that '
was interesting at least, although it
arave me no new light. However, nothing
remained for me to do except agree
io his blind pro]iosition.
"That's mighty handsome of you.
What's the figure?"
"A million!" enthusiastically. "Wait
until I get a chance to explain the
plan; it looks like Providence had just
handed tis out the money."
"Why not explain the scheme to
me."
"Not now; there ain't time." He
glanced at his watch, "and besides, for
all I know, some guy might he listening
in to what we say. You see there
is a hunch o' hcll-cats in there waiting
for me to give them a song and dance.
T'm t-Tir* ?,i?r riifht naw lilit T ?"nt
JL 4i-l I * A X k ' 1 V i A il'MI , I'VAV A * V- J- ^ ' v
to sin;: low until I'm sure what word
these guys hare got from Washington.
After 111 ar I'll know how to trim sail.
You wait until I come hack, I>aiy, and
then we'll plan this thing out. You
think I'm aiming to play fair, don't
you t
I looked at him doubtfully.
"Well, of course, I've got to think
so," I admitted, hoping to gain further
enlightenment, "but you leave me
pretty well in the dark. What do 1
really know? Nothing. You talk
glibly about a million you propose going
fifty-fifty with me on. That naturally
sounds good, but it would sound
better if I even knew who I was dealing
with. I never saw you before in
walls. Witn no errort or my own,
purely by blind chance, I had been
given a new name and identity, and as
instantly inducted into a revolutionary
criminal plot as fascinating as it undoubtedly
was dangerous. Who Harry
Daly might be I had not the slightest
conception, yet there was no escape
from the conviction that Harris believed
blindly in my identity. He was
not acting, for he would have no possible
object in such pretense. I was
to his mind Harry Daly, a well-known
criminal, an international thief, a man
after his own heart, to be warmly welcomed
into partnership as a most valuable
ally.
What should I do under these
peculiar circumstances? Seek to escape
during his absence, and thus
frighten the covy, or remain, and trust
fortune to show me a way to both expose
their villainy and save myself? I
was young, adventurous, and I chose
the latter, thinking less of the danger,
I admit, than of the mystery of the
case, and?yes, the girl.
Harris had spoken confidently of
gaining possession of a large sum?a
''million dollars, surely a stake worth
daring much for?but how, by what
means, did he expect to get his hands
on such a fortune?
My mind reverted to ttie fragment
of letter which had sent me on this
mad chase, to its mention of a letter
of credit to be dei>osited with the
banker. Krantz, to the credit of the
recipient. The writer had stated that
the sum would be found ample for all
needs. But a million dollars! Could
it be possible that so large an amount
would be thus advanced? If so, then
the result hoped for must he proportionately
important. To whom had j
this letter been sent?Alva, who ap- !
parently was the active leader here in j
V/-,,,. V/?rL- or the revnlntiunnrv renre- :
sentative in Washington. seemingly
known as Mendez? Whichever it was, j
that man evidently had the disposition 1
of this vast sum entirely at his disposal;
either it was already in his !
hands or so deposited as to he quickly |
available. In my Judgment the fellow
would be Aha. for sundry reasons
; first, he had been one of the men
registered at the hotel when the lae
my life."
"H?1. that's so," he grinned cheerfully,
"I forgot 1 wasn't talking to an
eld pal. Just to be sure you're Harry
Daly was enough to make me cough
up, but that don't help you out. doe*
it? Ever hear of 'Gentleman George'
in your travels?"
"George Harris!" the name leaped
to my lips in inspiration; only the day
before I had chanced to read a magazine
account of a famous criminal ex1
ploit. His eyes gleamed in genial appreciation.
"I thought maybe that would fetch
you," he said exultantly. "There ain't
piany of the old boys but have my
number, and they all know I play
square. How is it? Will we shake
hands, and call it a deal? I've got to
get back in with that bunch."
I took the extended hand cordially,
feeling the iron grip of his fingers. I
do not believe I was ever more frightened
in my life, although outwardly
cool enough, and my brain perfectly
clear. There was no retreat possible.
I must go on, acting out the strangecharacter
in this drama to which I had
been assigned.
"But you are not known by that
name here?" I verttured.
"I should ?ay not. I'm Horner, P.
c XI r\v*y-\ r\-p f QD'O T HPV)Q t'Q ..!
kj, HU1 HVTi VI JL-'11 VH, 1.7VV . 1.KU1 17 the
guy -who had the papers. He was
English all right but pretended to be
United States, and had a passport to
come through with this bunch. So
I've got the bull by the tail?for a cool
million, old man, a million. All Tm
afraid of is this d?d woman?they always
did get my goat."
"Keep still, and let he'r show her
cards." I suggested, feeling the necessity
of saying something.
"What I'm aiming to do. Well, so
long, Daly. I'll be back presently with
everything straight. Better turn out
the light, or some one might wander
in here."
I was alone again, in the dark, but
under vastly different circumstances
than when wandering blindly about
between those imprisoning factory
q tiered box was lest: n?i the
expenditure of this money was seem'i)irl>
intended to he made in and ahont
the port of New York?if I read the
ne.'^sn'.a riirht. in the purchase of arms
and r-njr'iior.s for shipment to South
America : perhaps the enlistment of a
hod.v of fighting men.
So far the matter was fairly ClearAlva
as the local revolutionary agent j
had been intrusted by the junta with !
this money to spend in a certain definite
way; but he must work under
strict orders coming from the headquarters
at Washington. He dare not
assume the initiative without the "9.
K." of the man higher up?Mendez.
Something had occurred t<> delay actioii:
that made no difference, but now
the time had come. Mendez, unable to
he present in person, and even fearful
to permit any of h* well-known .junta
representatives to appear in this connection.
had chosen to send a woman,
who would he unsuspected, to deliver
to the conspirators his definite plan of
action: All this seemed reasonable
enough, and in no way surprised me.
But the appearance of the woman
did. and also the close intimacy of this
man Harris. She was not criminal, not
even of the insurrectionary class to my
eyes, and I could not imagine what influence
had ever induced her to accept
such a commission. Something about
her personality, some undefined quality
of womanhood, had made a definite impression
upon my mind, not to he effaced.
Everything was against her?
tne saioon m wnicn sne waueu aione;
her coming there secretly in the night;
the meeting with an unknown man;
the accompanying him up that black
alley to this hidden rendezvous of conspiracy.
Every act stamped her as unworthy.
In spite of all this evidence as to the
truth of the matter, nothing harmonized.
She did not belong?the gulf
was too wide. Yet there wai no other
explanation possible?she was actually
here, in the den of conspiracy, alone
among all these men, unafraid, the
recognized representative of the
Chilean revolutionary junta, bringing
with her direct from Washington those
final instructions for which they waited?instructions,
no doubt, involving
unneutralitv, destruction, death, frightfulness,
the extinction of a friendly
government: all this that could be compassed
by the expenditure of a million
dollars in ruthless hands. It was unthinkable,
yet every evidence proved it
true.
There came to me an insane desire
to overhear what she had to say; to
watch her once more, when free to
study her unnoticed, and to see this
gang to whom she brought her message.
Almost without realizing my action
I crept in the dark out into the
narrow passage, and felt my way i
along the rough board walls. As I advanced
cautiously the full ingenuity
with which the place had been prepared
for just this foul purpose became
more apparent. The narrow '
passage I followed/my hands touching !
either wall, was not straight, buf
curved to the right, and it dawned
upon me that it skirted the main apartment,
-where, in all probability, the
conference was being held. This ac- |
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light was visible, and that, in anticipa- i
tion of their use, separate and small j
rooms had been constructed, connected j
together yet so isolated as to permit J
of the utmost privacy. One of these j
Harris had left me in, and now I j
found that the passage led me not direct
to the main apartment, but to an- j
other smaller room, whose door barred
my progress. This, I figured out, j
might be the same into which Wine j
had entered in search of Alva, when
he deserted me in the front hallway.
I listened intently, but heard no
sound within, tnd, satisfied the room
was without occupants, ventured final- j
ly to gain a glimpse inside. It was a ;
room not altogether unlike the one
I had just left, although smaller, I
and containing a chair or two in ad- j
dition to the writing table. I noted
these things quickly, my gaze straying
to a partially open door in the board
wall to the right, through which a
brighter glow of light streamed. My
ears caught the sound of voices, the
words indistinct. ;
Although convinced the small room ;
was without occupants, I was some j
moments screwing up my courage to
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Would Be Suicidal to Attempt Viewing
the Room Beyond.
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enter. Yet there was no other way in j
which I could learn the meaning of all
this, or be prepared to intelligently !
play my part later with Harris. To i
trap the fellow I must know his pur-'
pose. bo able to answer his iinjuJ)*Ios
and seem conversant with hi;j villainy.
The door opened toward nm. hat it
would ho suicidal to nttem- { v?.?
the room heyond through
only thing 1 dare von*'
gain soch survey as was possible by
means uf tlie narrow crack below the
hinge on which the door swung. This
afforded me the merest glimpse of one
side of the room, revealing four or live
men sitting motionless on a bench
a in sit tin* wmII evidontlv 1 is'or i?iLr ill
tently to wlmt was going on opposite
.hem. Wkli the exception of Wine,
who was third in the row, no face I
saw was in the least familiar?two
being pronouncedly Spanish, the others
not so easily recognized as to nationality.
I had no difficulty whatever
in overhearing tick* voices, and grasping
the sense of what they were saying.
As a general thing the words used
were Kngiish, although occasionally
sonic one requested an explanation in
Spanish, which was immediately given.
However, almost the first sentence
overheard convinced me that I had arrived
too late to learn directly the nature
of those instructions received
from Washington. Alva was asking a
question.
"Kut we are ready to act now," he
said impatiently, his foreign accent
faint, yet plainly perceptible, "have
been ready for a month past. What
necessity then is there for further delay?"
The woman, whom he evidently addressed,
must have been very close to
the door; her voice soft, but speaking
with clear enunciation, sounded almost
within reach of ray hand.
itm. ~ , ,
JLJ.it; itru.MiN a? ? aipaitusv, ?i
course," she said; "it is not Washington
at all. When you strike, the people
must he ready there. You say you are
prepared, senor. That is what I was
sent to learn, atid I find>( you are not
prepared."
"Not ready! We are organized and
sworn to service."
She seemed to lean forward, her
voice changing almost to a whisper.
"I see that, your eagerness, your devotion.
But that is not readiness for
such a duty. Who has been chosen for
the act itself?the post of danger? No
one. Until the man I need not name
dies, we can accomplish nothing. You
have taken no ballot. If the singly
word was flashed tonight, 'Go.' and it
may he, who among you is authorized
to execute the order?"
She paused, hut no voice spoke.
"Nor is that all; the money from
England yet lies untouched. Surely
your instructions were clear, and nothing
is being accomplished for the
cause while it rests in the vault. It
will require- all of thirty days to distribute
this into the proper hands,
here and in Chile, yet nothing has
been done. We supposed it was already
in circulation. What caused the
delay?"
One of the men on the bench spoke,
a heavily built fellow, with a long
gray mustache, and horn spectacles
shading his eyes.
"All I know iss et vait on der order
of Gustave Alva to be indorsed by
Senor Mendez. I hoi' ett so in trust,
from the agent. Ett was in a private
safe, a package of currency, only I
know where. The bank hav' nothings
to do with der deal."
"I understand. The agent gave you
personally the letter of credit, which
you immediately cashed, and you now
hold the currency subject to call?"
"Certainly; dat voshow ett vos. The
agent he tell me."
"The agent? Oh, you mean 108?
What about that arrangement, Mr.
Horner?"
I recognized Harris Id the reply, his
voice perfectly calm and confident. In
all probability he lied, but it was done
most convincingly.
"Those were my positive instructions
in London," he said coolly. "The
banking house there was not to be involved
in the slightest degree; no
trace of the transaction was to appear
on their books."
"But why has the money not been
drawn and used?"
"That is for Alva to say. I tried to
get him to act. but he refused without
another authorization from Mendez,
and special instructions."
"You never received these, Senor
Alva ?'*
"No. I asked by code: T supposed
he would answer by messenger."
There was a pause, a silence. I
imagined I could understand something
of what Harris was endeavoring
to accomplish in this delay, this getting
the entire sum transferred into
currency in private hands. It was one
more step in his intricate scheme of
robbery, but so cautiously concealed
as to arouse no suspicion/ What else
had he done to this end already? To
achieve delay, and thus gain opportunity,
had he intercepted, or even
changed, the code message sent by
Alva to Washington?
All this was possible enough, yet it
was evident that the woman accepted
the explanation as satisfactory.
"I do not know how true all this is."
she said at last, slowly. "I was told
the money was already being used. I
do not believe there is any necessity
of any further Indorsement, as Senor
Alva is working under direct commission
from the junta, with full authority
to act. However, I will verify this
.tomorrow. T am g< ing to retire now.
senors, and leave you alone to discuss
the matters I have presented. Above
all it is necessary that I should know
at once who you select for the important
work, and when we.may expect
results. This information I must positively
take back with me."
"When do you return?"
"On the midnight train. I have j
three hours yet."
(To be continued next week.)
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