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SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I.?In a New York Jewelry store Philip Severn, United States consular agent, notices a small box which attracts him. He purchases it. Later he discovers in a secret compartment a writing giving a clew to a revolutionary movement in this country seeking to overthrow the Chilean government The writing mentions a rendezvous, and Severn decides to investigate. c. CHAPTER IL?Finding the place mentioned in the writing apparently deserted, Severn visits a saloon in the vicinity. A woman in the place is met by a man, seemingly by appointment and Severn, his suspicions aroused, follows them. They go to the designated meeting place, an abandoned iron foundry. CHAPTER IIL?At the rendezvous Severn is accepted as one of the conspirators and admitted. He meets a stranger who appears to recognize him. viQArTEK IV.?The stranger addresses Severn as Harry Daly. The incident plays into Severn's hands and he accepts it His new acquaintance is a notorious thief, "Gentleman George" Harria Concealed, Severn hears the girl he had followed address the conspirators. She urges them to hasten the work of revolution. CHAPTER V.?Leaving the crowd to discuss the message she had brought, the girl discovers Severn listening. She acutv-N+o kU V* la nrooonoo anri UiO CA^/?CbliaV4VU VI UiO |/t VWM W ?***U , makes an appointment to meet him next day. He tells her his name is Daly. Harris informs him of a scheme he has to secure a sum amounting to $1,000,000, the revolutionary fund, and offers to "split" with him. Severn accepts the proposition. pv CHAPTER VL?Severn learns it was his new friend and a "Captain Alva" who had lost the box which started him on the trail Harris tells him the woman is Marie Gessler. He arranges to meet Severn next day at Tom Costigan's sa loon. Leaving the building, Severn notices a stalled automobile a few blocks away. Investigating, he finds the body of Captain Alva, stabbed to death with a hatpin dagger. Securing it, he remembers having seen it, or one like it, In Marie Gessler*s hat I must have covered four or flvi blocks immersed in such thought, al most forgetful of my surroundings my head bent low before the rain, feet carelessly slushing through the / water in pools on the sidewalk. I met no one, heard no sound to arouse me; all about was dark, desolate, forlorn Then suddenly I became conscious ol some unusual obstruction just ahead At first I took it for a wrecked wagoc lying against the curb, but anothei step forward revealed the truth?a de -1 x ii.. i seriea touring cur, ius reu ia.^-ugui . plastered with mud, and barely visible, I approached with a feeling of relief; It was not wrecked^ no sign of accident was to be noticed. Even in that dim light I could see the machine was no common car, a sedan, its glass brilliant in spite of the rain spatters, and its paint gleaming brightly. I stared about wonderingly, but could perceive nothing to account for the presence of such a car, or its apparent desertion. Up and down both streets not a figure moved; not a sound reached me but the slough ol the wind, and the patter of rain. I shivered with the loneliness of it all, as curiosity led me to cross the muddy parkway to assure myself as to what this strange desertion meant. There was no one In the car. 1 could look straight through the dimmed windows, against the glare of a street lamp a block away. One of the rear doers stood half open, and, , tempted by it, I bent over and felt within. My hand touched some object on the floor, and I instantly straightened up ^with the thing It Was a Long, Thln-Bladed Dagger. gripped in my fingers. It was a long thin-bladed dagger?an ornameni rather than a weapon?with an odd fanciful hilt. There were stains upoi the polished steel; and the moment ] saw it, I knew where it had attracted TERvll F THE jSMvWv IMCLP^TSH PHOR 07 ? HANffS CASE CAVENDISH . - Illustrations' *sr v*WEIL I YRANDALL PARR15H _ | ( my attention before?a | rie Gessler's hat CHAPTER VII. I i I I Seek Miss Conrad?The Threads Become Tangled. I grasped the thing in my hand, holding it up incredulously into whati ever faint light I could And. There was no Question as to its identity; I could not doubt This was the same T KoH tViof ptHJUiiiH Ui uameu U x uau uuon .vu w<ui. evening in the girl's hat, or else its exact mate. I recalled the quaint shape of the miniature hilt too clearly to be mistaken. Then this car was the one in which she had departed with Gustave Alva two hours before. What had occurred in the meanwhile? Something serious evidently. The dagger on the floor would indicate a struggle, or at least a hasty departure from the vehicle.4 I stood staring at it, slowly comprehending the probable meaning of those dark stains on the blade. Their nature could not be determined in so dim a light yet when I touched them with my finger it became discolored. My God! could It be blood? Blood! it was blood; then this had been a scene of tragedy, of awful crime perhaps. alotrnnoil mo hnt T hfld xue Uiscuvaj ouacuru uic) uu>. ?. to go on. I wrenched open the forward door and peered fearfully within. I could not but know instantly what I saw?a dim, huddled form leaning forward across the steeringwheel, one hand yet on the spokes, with head dangling helplessly, upheld onJy by contact with the windshield, j I knew the man was dead before I touched the cold hand; his very pos- j ture told that?and how he had died; Instantly, from a stab in the back. I could not see his features, the darkness hid them, but desperation drove me to pass my hand over the con-, cealed face;, the upturned mustache, | i the exDOsed teeth, grinning ironically | ( in death, left no doubt as to who he ! was?the Chilean soldier and attache, [ Captain Alva. The awful horror of it I paralyzed my very brain. She must have done this! That girl must have ' killed him! But why? for what rea son? for what purpos'e? Could it have 1 been in answer to insult? Had the man dared to press his advances once * they were alone? and had she re sisted? I would not question his in clination, yet this was not possible. ! The knife lay on the floor behind him, ' Just as plucked, blood-stained, from : the wound. The girl, then, was not 1 even riding beside him; she could not be to have dealt such a blow?she L must have been alone in the rear seat. There in the dark, unnoticed bv th-> : man i-i/ing, she had leaned nrd. and driven that sharp blade unrii:. ' ly home to the heart. . He.! ad *.:spected nothing in time to ral?o even ; ap arm in self-defense. Then} dazed, ; frightened by her terrible deed, for' getful even of the knife in her terror, 1 she had dashed it to the floor and fled into the darkness, leaving the rear door open behind her. That was the story; that must be the story. My mind pictured the scene 1 in all its horror. let what could act count for such an act? What cause could transform this woman, this smiling-faced girl, into a murderess? Her leaving that weapon behind ( nuuiu SCTTlll IV pi uuaiiu iuui. uik uvvv. | was done in haste, on the spur of the moment; that it had not been in any ! way premeditated and planned. Oth| erwise she would have guarded ! against such danger of discovery, i Why, that carelessness alone might i ruin every hope of escape, might bring her to the electric chair?it was j damning evidence. I dare not remain there in the | presence of this grisly spectacle. To i be found would fasten the hideous I crime upon me, while such a story as j I must tell would never be believed. I : did not know even who she really was, ; or where she might be. I cared nothincr fnr Aivn's ; horrible as it was, I was conscious of no regret, but j I must not be mixed up In the affair. The only thing for me to do was to disappear, and leave the police to make their own discovery. And the 'knife? the weapon which had done j the deed? What should I do with that? j I did not hesitate long. I would protect-her from distoverv if I could; at least until I was myself convinced 1 of her guilt. There was no longer i the slightest doubt in my mind but i what fhis was her act. Everything pointed straight toward her. Yet \ | there might be a reason, a worthy i ennse. and. in anv case, she had done | a service to the country. The world ; was better off with this conspirator 11 dead; nor would I denounce the one t j who had taken his life. I hid the knife in a pocket of my coat, and j hastened down the side street toward [ the nearest car line, my only desire I bein? to escape, that neighborhood as J swiftly as possible. | By a quarter of three I was safely I in my room at the hotel^ for the first | time feeling a sense of real security, i Yet it was not to sleep.- I did not even undress, except to remove my I wet outer-garments before flinging myI self on the bed. My brain wouldn't | rest, and I lay there staring up at the ceiling, while my mind reviewed over and over again every incident of the ' night, and planned for the morning. ! How would the murder of Alva affect J the plot I had started to overcome? I Would It continue under some other ! leadership? Who? And the money? i what would become of that? What r\4 nlonc TTAlllH Ttflpris . icaujuaiuicin va (ituuo ?t Vutu ; consider necessary? Once I knew his conception of the situation, I could ! better regulate my own action. Mean; while the only safe course was to remain still, and profess Ignorance. I Then I had the engagement at 247 Le j Compte street?that might reveal I something of importance to help me % it 1.1 * soive tne proineuj. I got up, removed the dagger from my pocket, and examined It in the electric light It was a toy weapon, yet sufficiently dangerous, for all that | and I looked at it with a sense of horI ror. How could a woman have ever thrust even that keen blade with one ' Wow through to the heart? Yet the evidence was before me. Those dark ! stains were blood?human blood? dried now, but unmistakable in their 1 proof of crime. I washed the steel, ! leaving the blade bright and polished; J then wrapped it carefully, and hid it i away at the very bottom of my bag, 1 . * iL- i-ii? lr?_ I lOCKlIlg nie inner ugawsi puaaiuic i"! spection by a curious maid. I felt relieved once I had the weapon out of sight. The morning papers contained no reference to the tragedy?the body of the dead man had not been found in /time. There would be noise enough when it was, no doubt, for Alva must j have been widely known and ranked ! as {of some importance. Even if his identity was never established, if no suspicion was aroused as to his posi--* tion, and secret work in this country ^ yet the very mystery of the case would create a sensation. But perhaps he had papers on his person of value. I regretted not having searched his pockets. Then the conviction came ViArn mltrht ho tho tmp Ultlt ^USOlUlt0 UVl C UV ? solution of the murder?a desire to secure some documents the man carried. I went down to Costigan's place on foot, not being entirely certain of the exact location. It was an ordinary corner saloon, with a stairway leading to rooms above. In the morning hours the barroom was nearly deserted, but the man at the bar, looking me over cautiously, said that "Mr. Parker" had already gone out, and had left no word as to when he would return. I | was rather glad, yet I left a tele| phone number, with a request that I j be called whenever he came back. I waited impatiently for the call in my room, but none came. It dawned upon me that in all probability Harris was frantically endeavoring to find the whereabouts of Alva, as yet having no suspicion of his death. I telephoned Costigan's, but "Mr. Parker" had not returned. I sent out for a noon edition, eagerly scanning its columns, but fipiing nothing. Surely the deserted car, with its grim burden, must have been discovered before this. The police < must hate suppressed the news to enable them to work in secret; they might have found some evidence in J J tn fha r?Q Lilt; utau man s ui in uu^? recesses of the car, by which they still hopec" to capture the assassin. < I remember eating In a basement ' restaurant, where I was totally un? i knowDj and then departing for the rendezvous on Le Compte street. I approached the number given with serious misgivings. If the police were actually on the trail, some knowledge of this place might be in their possession, and I could not be too cautious. There was no outward sign of any surveillance as I turned into the block; indeed except for a grocery truck before one of the houses, and an organ-grinder at the farther corner, entertaining a group of children, the street was entirely deserted. Mustering my courage, and with a feeling of deep excitement, I advanced up the steps of the house numbered 247, ana, nnaing reiuge in me ouie* vestibule, rang the bell. I heard no distant tinkle, but within a moment <r two the door opened a crack, held L, ! "Well, What Is It?" She Snapped. | that position by a chain, and the face of ji middle-aged woman peered out ' at hie. "Well, what is it?" she snapped, i no encouraging tone. "I should like to see Miss Conrad," began apologetically. "I have an ai pointment with her." "Not here yer ain't, young man, fo tl&re ain't nobody by that name i this house." "Are you sure? This is 247^ is 1 not? That was the number given m< She was to be here at two o'clock." "This yere is 247 all right. I ain' denyin' that," the voice more aci than ever, "but there ain't no Mis Conrad yere; so that's all there i about it" "But there must be." "Must be nuthin'l I guess I kno^ I've been yere seventeen years, ai ther never was nobody of that nam ever in this house. Besides, I'm hous( cleanin' and can't stand yere talkir ail aay." "Do you know a man name Krantz?" I ilung at her desperately In a last effort to arouse some rt sponse, "Adolph Krantz." "No, I don't; ther ain't none o those people yere, I tell yer." The door slapped shut in my fact and I heard a bolt shot into placethe interview was ended. I stared a moment at the blank doo in bewilderment; then turned away and slowly retraced my steps to th street. So the young woman had de liberately lied'to me; had merely beei amusing herself at my expense; hai spnt me on this wild coose chase & that she might laugh over my sim plicity. But was this true? If sc how was I to account for the Strang coincident that both she and Harri had named the same number, am street? It could not have occurred merely through chance. Somethini must have happened in the mean while to overthrow all her plans, an* to cause this rabid housekeeper t even deny her very existence. And held the key of explanation?the mm der of Alva. Beyond all doubt here was botl cause and effect. The girl had intend ed to either see me herself, or b; prUiy Ui Lite lUlUJ ui Lino Miss Conrad. But what had sine occurred had compelled a suddej change in plans, a necessity for con cealing her escape. There was n way in which she could notify me, bu she might very easily have telephone* to her landlady. And, if the plae was what I susplcioned it to be, sh might have every confidence that he secret would be guarded. I glanced up at the front of th* house, searching the windowsj bu without results. The curtains wer closely drawn to keep out the sun and the place appeared forlorn am deserted. At the delicatessen shop 01 the corner I gained a gleam of light but merely enough to strengthen ga; ? >TKn lronnnr q flo? i.l>nilCI JUUglUCUl. AUb u uua en-haired Swede, was loquaciou enough, but had only been in busines: there a few weeks. "247 Le Compte, you ^ay. Yes, sh< takes roomers; some are men, an* some are women. They come in her* and buy, but I never ask the names; i was all cash, so why should I care Sometimes I hear them call names^sure; but never Conrad. The womai what keeps the house? Wait and : tell you; it is on the books; ah! yoi read as she wrote it for me?Mrs. Au gusta Waldron; maybe a widow' What you think? Bah, she never lik* onvthfnc T have to sell. I care noth -?o ? ? -[og for trade with her?a cat this Mrs Augusta Waldron." I left him with the familiar sounc of the came ringing In my ears?th< whole thing was traveling in a circle and the circle'was growing continual iy more coinpaet. Blindly, I wa; stumbling up against it here am there most unexpectedly. August) Waldron, beyond doubt, was Ivan Wal dron's wife. No wonder her hous' was designated the meeting place fo those people. I returned to the hotel. Only as Stood before the door did I realize that the newsboys were calling out "Extra! All about the murder!" felt that my face was white, and tha hy hand shook, yet I hastily bough copies of haif a dozen sheetsj shovini them into my pockets. The reports were, mostly alike, ex ceedingly brief and unsatisfactory, ex cept that they conveyed the impres sion that thus far the police possesse< no real clue as to the perpetrator o the crime. No one connected witJ the meeting the night before was men tioned in any article, nor was any sua plcion of such a meeting mentioned. ! read the last line with a distinct feel lng of relief, dropping the paper 01 the floor. They had discovered no clue, noth ing whatever to work upon. The in terior of the car had yielded no evi J ueiice UI lia IWUlCi utnil/au^ u^r vm. reference being to mud on tbe floor Outside all footprints had been ob literated by the falling rain. No on< in the neighborhood had heard i sound, or witnessed any movement The whole affair was shrouded in rnys tery. What, under these conditions, wai my duty? What could I either do, o say, to clarify this tragedy, and brin/ the guilty to justice? I sat there fo an hour thinking and smoking, en deavoring to answer these queries, could study out no clear way to an; confession, which would not directl; involve myself in the toils of the po lice, or else implicate Marie Gesslei so as to make any defense on her par almost impossible. No doubt she wa: guilty} yet I could not drive myself t< openly charge her with the crime There must be some extenuating cir cumstances, some unknown cause which had led to the acL I could_no (Continued on page 7, culomn 1. " THAT BAD BACK !' 1 ; > Do you hare a dull, steady ache In n small of the back?sharp, stab- | >. bing twinges when stooping or Hft i j. ing?distressing urinary disorders? ! > For bad back and weakened kidneys Bamberg residents recommend Doa.n's 't Kidney Pills. Read this Bamberg ! L d woman's statement. . \ th s Mrs. Nora Sanders, E. 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