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SYNOPSIS.
C1JAPTER I.?In a New York jewelrj
store Philip Severn, United States con
Sular agent, notices a small box whicl
attracts him. He purchases it. Later h<
discovers in a secret compartment a writ
ing giving a clew to a revolutionary move
ment in this country seeking to over
throw the Chilean government. The writ
ing mentions a rendezvous, and Seven
decides to investigate.
CHAPTER II.?Finding the place men
tioned 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.
V
CHAPTER III.?At the rendezvous Severn
is accepted as one of the conspirators
and admitted. He meets a strange]
/ who appears to recognize him
, v;nAjrrEK IV.?The stranger addresses
Severn as Harry Daly. The incident playi
into Severn's hands and he accepts it
His new acquaintance Is a notorioui
thief, "Gentleman George" Harris. Concealed,
Severn hears the girl he had followed
address the conspirators. She urge!
them to hasten the work of revolution.
CHAPTER V.?Leaving the crowd tc
discuss the message she had brought, the
girl discovers Severn listening. She accepts
his explanation of his presence and
makes an appointment to meet him next
day. He tells her his name is Daly. Harris
informs him of a scheme he has tc
secure a sum amounting to $1,000,000, thi
revolutionary fund, and offers to "split"
with him. Severn accepts the proposition
fev .
CHAPTER VL?Severn learns it was
his new friend and a "Captain Alva" whc
had lost the box which started him or
the trail. Harris tells him the woman ii
Marie Gessler. He arranges to meel
Severn next day at Tom Costigan's saloon.
Leaving the building, Severn notice!
' a stalled automobile a few blocks away.
Investigating, he finds the body of Captain
Alva, stabbed to death with a hatpir
dagger. Securing it, he remembers havinj
seen it, or one like it, in Marie Gessler*!
bat
CHAPTER V11.?Believing Marie lefl
V the foundry with Alva, Severn is forced
to believe she is the slayer. He takes
the dagger with him, leaving the bodj
to be discovered later. At the address
Marie had given him he finds she is
unknown. He visits Costigan's and learns
that Harris has disappeared. Costigan
apparently has no doubt that Severn Is
really "Daly," and gives him his full
- confidence.
y CHAPTER Vm.?At his hotel Severn
finds a message asking him to 'phone the
Hotel McAlpin. He does so and is invited
to call. At the McAlpin he meets Maris
Gessler. She refuses fully to explain her
. position, and he is unable to make up
his mind as h> whether she is guilty 01
innocent of Alva's murder. The presump,
tion, however, is all against her, and
Severn, on whom she has made a deep
'mpresslon, is in a quandary.
"1 "knew that would he your firsi
question. The answer is extremely
simple. Did you wonder why 1 die
not denounce you to those men in the
other room? Oh, you did! Yot
knew you were there surreptitiously
in disguise, under a false name, mas
querading as a friend of that fellow
Horner. Yon knew it?well, so did I.r
"But how could you know that!
What gave you such a suspicion? And
knowing it, why should you desire tc
protect me?'
"I'll waive your last question; thai
can.wait its own answer." She leaned
toward me and l.er extended hanc
touched a ring I wore.
"Because men who wear a Yale
signet of 1S99 are not going to be connected
with that kind of a gang," she
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"But," I exclaimed, bewildered, "how
. did you recognize the signet?"
"My brother wears one."
"Your brother! In my class? Tot:
will not tell me his name?"
"Xo, Mr. Severn. I have reason tc
believe you know him very well, or di'ti
a few years ago. However, that was
why I trusted you so suddenly. 1
pinned my faith on the honor of old
Yale. That is why I kept silent and
asked you to call at 247 Le Corapte
street"
"I did call," rather indignantly
"Ajqd was informed there was no 'Miss
Conrad' residing in the house."
"I suspected you might make somt
such discovery. Yet your coming was
appreciated; it afforded me the oppor
tunity I sought to discover where yot
were stopping and under \?hat nam<
you registered. To confess the truth
this was my sole object in the sudder
Invention of Miss Conrad."
"Then there is no such person?"
"I would hardly go as far as that
undoubtedly there is; In facta I know
a very estimable stenographer by tha'
name, but she does not reside on 1a
t Compte street."
"But how could my inquiry then
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have brought you tne inrormation ue
sired? I was not asked my name."
"A boy got into the' ear with yot
at the corner, did he not?a Jewisl
boy?- You paid no attention to hiu
after that; you had no conception tha
he got off also where you did and waf
not far behind you when you enterec
the hotel. He did not remain long
merely long enough to assure himsel.
that you were given a key from th<
box and went upstairs. That prove(
vcm tQ ..he. a registered. guest Tei
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minutes later he met me "Tmtsiae and
i told me what he had learned. Then
r j I paid him and he went away. Not
- at all complicated, you see."
I j "No, but even then your information
- I'was incomplete."
- | "Yet I found it quite easy to fill in
[ : the details. Do you recall your class
j | picture, with the names printed below?
I copied those names?it was
quite a task?and, in a way, memorized
them. With these in mind I ran
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"Why, Yes. He Did Make Such a Sug'
gestion, But I Never Liked the
Man."
| back over the hotel register until I
r came to 'Philip Severn, Washington,
' D. C., G-145.' Then I knew I had
j found you." She laughed sofUy.
i "Then you did not return to Wash'
ington?"
"There was really no need. Besides,
circumstances compelled me to
, change my plans." .
I The answer instantly brought back
| to my mind what those circumstance
, might be. Tier immediate presence
* her ease of ncmor r.r.v. iir * ... !
' of speech ha* f?*r -:,A .' /
, ated the ?!ar\ c.:...
was asso: ia: > ?.
t "You km. v. c." l
r sume?" I asked, endeavoring to put
I the question carelessly.
> Her lips were grave again, but her
i cltar eyes met mine frankly.
*T read what the papers said. It
""" T.QTW. forrililfl Whrt /In T7A11 CT1TV.
nao * n j x iuiv* t? uv j v%?
r pose did it?"
' "The police seem to have no clew,"
f I answered, astounded by her calm,
ness. "I wondered if you knew any>
thing? He asked you to ride down
with him, did he not?"
"Why, yes, he did make such a sugl
gestion^ but I never liked the man.
I Of course, I only met him that night?
you remember in the saloon, but he
> was very disagreeable even during the
. short time we were together. I would
f not have ridden alope with him at that
\ hour for Worlds. Mr. Krantz and I
' came downtown together on. a street
car?he was the old man, you may
1 remember. I asked him to escort me."
i ! "I am very glad to hear you say
| that."
, { "Glad! Why, what do you mean?"
I ! her eyes widened, with sudden appre.
: hension. "You did not suppose I was
[ 1 with Alva wh^n he was murdered, did
j you?"
i "Yet is it so strange,' after all?"
I defended, rather indignantly. "In a
j way it seemed impossible enough to
j connect you even indirectly with such
a crime. But I have only known you
as an associate with these men. In
; truth, I know very little more regard|
ing you, even now. You meet them
| secretly, bearing credentials and or'
ders from high junta conspirators,
' who are plotting against the very life
j of their country. You know the'r
. plans and are aiding them. Why, unj
der such conditions should I make an
' exception in .your case?merely bei
cause y<*i are a woman?"
i "So you actually believed me capai
ble of that atrocity? Perhaps you are
i justified, if you think me a Chilean."
"Are you not?"
"No. I am not a Chilean, Mr. Severn.
I am an American girl, as loyal t? my
country as my ancestors. Will you
accept my word for this?"
"I certainly do, more gladly than
j you dream."
"Then let us talk no more about
i it" shp danced at her wrist watch.
? "You have a story to tell me?how
j you came to he present last night?"
' l "A mere accident put me in possession
of certain information that a co"
terie of South American conspirators
j in this country were receiving a large
1 sum., of. money. fimm --friends . in _Lpn/
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Jon,"Texplained hrfefly. "rTThis~money
was to be expended either in the purchase
of arms or the killing of certain
Chilean officials, leading to an overthrow
of government. My knowledge
was extremely vague?not sufficient,
you understand, to warrant my making
any report to the United States authorities.
I had no proof beyond a I
rather vague suspicion. In truth,
about all fhe clew I actually possessed
was that these fellows met secretly
at a certain number on Gnns street.
I was half a day in learning that
Gans street was located in Jersey
City and I went over there that evening
to seek blindly for further information."
"You knew the names of ttoose involved
?"
"Only casuady. I had heard of
Alva; that the agent bringing the
Doodle from England was known as '
Horner and that the actual money ex- '
change was to he made through Adolph
fvrantz. the banker."
"You had never seen any of these
men?"
"Only Krantz; I knew him by sight."
"Then it was my meeting with Alva
which led you to the factory?"
"Yes. I had dropped into the saloon
because it was the only place to get
out of the rain. When Alva arrived.
it was perfectly piain to oe seen you
two had never met before. You went
out together and I could not help but
connect the whole affair together. The
mud enabled me to trail you down
the alley and good luck enabled me
to gain entrance to the factory without
detection. That is about the whole
story."
She sat motionless, with hands
clasped in her lap and eyes fastened
upon me. The depth of her interest
in my recital was very apparent.
"Then you were not really a friend
of that Horner? You told me you
were."
I laughed, the absurdity of the recollection
coming suddenly home with
full force.
"I had to account in some way for
my presence; that was the only inspiration
which came to mind. It happened
that Horner had adopted me and
even given me a rechristening, which
I was compelled to accept."
"Harry Daly, the name you gave
me?"
"Yes. He ran across me prowling
about in the dark and flashed an electric
light in my face. Before I could
move the fellow thought he recognized
me and jumped at once to the con"
11?T a oovnn
C4US10I1 inai J. WU? luwe uu uic oatu^
job he was."
"What was that?" .
"Robbery.*
"The?the English money which was
to be paid over?"
"Of course?3t looked easy; all cash
and no one would dare go after it by
| law."
"And Horner was in it?the agent?
Whv didn't he help himself before ?"
* f
"How could he? It was a mere letter
of credit to be cashed in this country.
He had to wait until ft was
transmitted into currency. Besides,
this fellow was not the real Horner;
he is an American thief who has been
operating in London. The real Horner
has been put out of the way."
"Good heavens! I am beginning to
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see a ray ?n iijiii'. ^ 10 mvr
mac?'
"George Harris? : <-:T: Goorge
they call him."
"Ana he actually mistook you for
one of his kind?"
"He certainly did; extremely flattering,
wasn't it? I am supposed, to be
one of the fraternity*in good standing
?Harry Daly, whoever he may b?.
Unfortunately I am not up in criminal
biography."
Her glance left my face and swept
the room; then sought her watch
again.
"I am so glad you told me all this,"
she said gravely. "It is going to be
a wonderful help when I have time to
think. You are still willing to go |
where I ask, without questioning?" I
"I am even pleased to he asked?
and trusted."
"Then we will go now. Perhaps it
will be better if you depart first and j
wait for me outside at the entraoce." I
She arose when I did. turning ;
slightly so that the back of her broad*
brimmed hat became visible for the j
first time. There, bravely displayed, j
was the ornamental dagger hilt I had |
believed hidden in my valise at the j
hotel. The sight of it there vanquished !
i my last suspicion.
CHAPTER IX.
Perond's Cafe.
A thousand questions were upon my j
lips as I waited just outside the door, |
yet when she appeared, wrapped from j
head to foot in a raincoat. I asked J
nothing. The pressure of her hand I
on my arm guided me across Broad- j
way, into the quieter streets beyond.
It was a dark, cool night, cloudy but j
without rain, and we walked rapidly, i
entering a region with which I was j
unfamiliar. Here was a strange sit- j
nation indeed, acting as esport to a
woman about whom I knew next to ;
nothing; voluntarily accompanying j
! her on a mission of peril, with no con- ;
j ception of its nature, or the purpose j
she had in view. I glanced aside at j
her profile revealed by the gleam of j
' a street lamp, but she appeared,in
| different to ray presence, intent orny j
j upon whatever object she had in mind. J
! We were in the gloom of the de- j
j sertety block beyond, when she spoke j
| abruptly, startling me with the in- !
' quiry. ,
"Do you know a Russian named |
| Waldron?"
"No. I have heard of him; that is, J
! if you refer to the agitator,- the so!
cialist. That was his wife, wasn't it, j
where you sent me this afternoon?" !
She turned toward me jn surprise.
Ulii 11
"How did you chance to TearnThat.
pray?"
"I stopped on the corner, at the
delicatessen store, and made some inquiries."
She laughed, one of her soft laughs,
with an odd suggestion of music in ?
the tone.
"Why, really, you are developing Ta
StC
wonderfully. I must give you credit. Co,
Well, then it may interest you to ?
know that I am going now to meet
Ivan Waldron. The place where I
holioro him to ho is not altogether
safe for a woman without an escort
Your mere presence will be sufficient <>f
protection, however; it is not necessary
that you encounter him. By the Qf
way, what has become of your friend
?Horner, alias Harris?" ?
"Dropped completely out of sight,"
I admitted, "since early this morning.
That chances to be why I feel some
interest in this man Waldron. It was
a note from him. left at Costigan's g|
saloon, which caused Harris to leave 18
so hurriedly." K
"Who brought the note?" she i S
stopped suddenly, and faced me in the j if
dim lamp light. H
"A Jewish boy, known as 'Sly 8
Levy.'" ;!
"It was from Caldron then, no 8
doubt. I'm glad you told me. The j K
chances are they will both he where j a
Eyed Us Curiously as He Went By.
we are going, unless they have already
quarreled * over# that bunch of
easy money you spoke about."
"But has that been paid over by
Krantz? Who has it?"
"The fellow who put a knife into j
Alva?whoever he may be.""And
you don't know who the assassin
was?"
"No. Only it must have been one
of certain men; perhaps two were in
the affair. At first I figured it out
to be Waldron alone; now I am not
so sure that Harris didn't have some
hand in it. They may have had the ?
affair all planned?the money was
passed over to Alva earry in the eve- 1
ning. 1 didn't know it then: I hnrned I
this later. Krantz told :-? when we |
were alone on the way ba^k to New I
York. Let's move along; there is a
policeman coming yonder."
The officer passed us slowly, swinging
his club, and eyed us curiously as
he went by; I did not turn my head,
yet felt certain he stopped and looked
back as though wondering what -our
business could be in that neighborhood.
We turned down a still darker
side street before exchanging further
speech.
"I believe I know what you are,"
I said at last in low tones close to her !
ear, "an agent of the Secret Service." jt
"Oh, no; the honor you offer me is
far too great. I have not attained
to any such official dignity." \
"I rather expected you to deny;
but you offer me no other explanation."
"And so you decide to believe that?
very wen, air. Severn, i suau lei you j
have it your own way. You deserve |
reward; only, pray, never suggest this
theory to any one else. Let it remain
our secret, will you?"
"Your mockery does not change my
mind."
"I had no expectation that it would; j
neither does it bring me a salary. But,
seriously, forget all this raillery tonight,
and remember only that yon =?
are with Marie Gessler. Whatever
her purpose may be, you are to-be I
loyal only to her." |
"I am, absolutely," I replied with a |
conviction my voice was unable to 1
disguise. She turned her face quick- |
ly, and in the dim light our eyes met |
"You said that very earnestly. You I
make me believe I judged you right, |
Philip Severn. Here is my hand." I
I clasped it tightly, the firm pres- 1
sure of the warm fingers sending an 1
instant thrill through every nerve of
my body. It was not withdrawn, and
we walked so closely together I could
feel the slight pressure of her form,
almost resting against mine. |
"Where are you taking me?" '
"To Perond's French cafe?have
you ever heard of it?"
"No, I think not."
"I have been there with slumming ;
parties once or twice, with a plain- !
clothes man along, of course, to show j
us the sights. It is not very respect- )
able, I believe, although really I nev- j I
er saw anything particularly dan- ! |
gerous. Interesting anrl unconven- j I
tional. of course, but I anticipate no j i
trouble, unless we care to make it I
ourselves. You see the cluster of I
(Continued on page 7, culomn 1.)
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