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(MAPTETYXXI. A Patket of Papers. Jim saki nothing at first about blt adventure to.Jones, whom he met lialfl an hour \Ht$r W "Wes it necessary to .keep that in visible letterjr" J?e aBked. "No," eald'Jou>s. "Would it haye jflven our affairs serious turn if lt had'fallon into alten! batftsr ? "Decidedly." , answered Jones. "It| would -uean fii'ght for tho Black Hun dred or a Ion.? time under cover, if our' friend Brain? learned that Rus sia was now; taking un active interB est In the d?wa wi the Black Huudred.r And eventually all our,'work would! bavt to be done over again." **Ahr "You loo ka blt .mussed up. Any-I thing happened?" asked the keen eyed! butler. I "Nothing much. I made a cigarette! out of the letter and smoked it." Jenes chuckled. "1- see that yoi have hsd an adventure of some sort; but lt can walt/' "It can." "Because I want , you to pack off to| Washington." "Washington:?" . "Yes. I-etifar/ you tb interyleiw those officials whd arc most familiar with the extradition laws." "A new higjc?" "What I wW'to. learn ls this: Can a man, formerly uriderairablo, take out naturalisation paptfr abd hold to the prot?cUd^of^the United SUtes government?. sTbnt. ls to say, a poi's oner, me^?jAgy^nerla, becomes an American citliea;, Ho is abducted and carried back :fo?;Rna*?A. Could he look to tbts'tgo^Rnmpnt' for protec tion! That lard?t .1 wabt to find out." ^jAijt +Wti?^y.; ..When shall I ^J'^i^ao^^l^fc y0Ur , Shuntedtittil ; meats notiof-. extra jtrip .& Vrc?a, ?ld> twRcfc?i . Pta golnf U&wFt, him. It would nattery mo mire i&tMl anything I know, to eliminate this P'et?oas-trio in Russian fashion. It's thorough; ?ad once accomplished, good-day to the Black Hundred . in Amer&a. The organisation In Rus sia has f?ll some political slgaifiV cane*, mtt on tbi.7 side of the water I?-l?' soere?y .an aggregation of mer ciless thuga" "Ill take the first train out. But yoe will tell Florence?*' , "rarely. "And lake care of your own heels, Yon wer* watched at the hotel." "I know it; but the watcher contd learn nptaing. Henri pervan as s nam) yCg. s?gftajl hot Man Yiw tho fool knsw .that he waa trying to* peek throkgh the keyhole. That hotel, you ans*?:,atilt retains tho old fashioned er." '.' " ' Tbs two shook hands and Jim BVK] Med otC The butler-watched him til ll By Harold he disappeared dova tho subway. "He's a good lad," he* mormurad, "aod a brave lad;'and mopey ls only aa incident, in human affairs after an. I'll b'e a good angel and let the two' be happy, since they jove each other and have proved lt In a? thousand ways." % .? '*. .'.'> . '.V .-' Fer a long time the; leather oo*"? across which was inscribed. "Stanley) Hargreave" lay in peace und'aturbed. ' A busy - spider hid woven-, a trap ] across/, tho handle to the quaint lock. The box was still bady stained from iU^mmersion In' the salt water. At ?a certain tim? it was qukHly withdrawn from its hiding place. :'It was stealth ily opened', A band'reached in .and ! when it withdrew a packet of papers was also withdrawn. jtbe box was j again locked and lowered; and pres ently 'the apider, retarh'od??0 And that ! his cupning trap bsd been totally de stroyed. 'With the infinito patience of I hig kind he began the weaving of an other trap. Perhaps this would bel more successful, than its predecessor. Later Henri Servan received a tel: epkone call. He was informed that j his purpose in America would be real ized by his presence at'such' and Buch a box that nigh* at the opera. Fur ther information could not be given j over the telephone. Servan seemed ] tweak* c?erW.driap if his bof tickets (or thu opera had arri vi i. He.'was informed that '-the^jsad: HMftatty . the spy, who had dared to linger abda* tM^determb^d^o neufy* Braiue at; one?. And. at1 the sanio ?tim?; Ndrton,, ? ip disguise, ? 'de^raiiaed 'note to Ieee , ?ight of 'this:nr$n whom hk\had set himself to Watch< ? ; The, spy left' by one etttrejawfjfly i Jim by another. Jim tad -.learned ? ^hat' he desired: : .that the ^sel?n-: agent would?^'felfcWed.?*U? opera I, worJ^ah fndj*f? / ' 'ictiiC^^?wavcr; who took- the* news to Brattle: IpMb^Kave succeeded." -t"' tl ? "Ooedl" said B raine. "He will' go io th* opera. H? will . have a box'. Doubtless they havs ar ranged to deliver the papers there." j "Attu -the next thing ls to get the number of his box." This Brain? had | ? no dHhcolty In d?tn?.1 "So that's all i axed. He calls himself Servan and i registers from Paris. Ill show the , 'fool that he has no Moajik to deal i with this time." ,'"And what are these inenments?" i r.sked Oise. i "Ab. that*? what we are so anxious j ts fhrd out Sosne papers are going 1 to be exchanged between tots FxiS- \ sion spy end Jones or bte. ageists, 4 H&efct these papers concern .?a vitally I oin certain. That la why I am go ins: tc get them if there has to be a ? murder at the opera tonight-' Norton has boen to Ws*Ufngte^ He Was seen i ni? andbwar this means." j a?-has COOM! \hdacGrath ! for us to fly," said Olga.* "We have failed. I har? warnad you. We have still plenty of mono yleft. It ta time we folded our tents and stale, away quietly. I tell you I feel it in my bones that there is a pit before - UB somewhere; and if you force lasues we shall all fall into it." ' VThe whit- feather, ray dear?" "There la altogether some difference between the white teethe rand'com mon sense caution." "I. shall never give up. - You are free to pack up and go if you wish. As Xor me. I'm going to fight' this out the the bitter'end.'" j "And take my word for'jit, the end will' be. bitter." "Welir - "O. I shall stay. You know that I my future la bound up in yours. In| the. old days my advice generally ap pealed to you aa sound; sad when you followed it you wejre successful; From the first I advised you not j to j puraue Hargreave. See what baa hap pened!". ''Enough of thia chatter. I've got I to die, some time;'lt will be with; my face toward this man I hate with all my soul. You trust to me; I pull but j bf this all -right. You Just fix your self up stunningly fdr tne opera to night and leave the rest to me." Olga shrugged. She was something j tiifCXr ?FJL, 'THCrJll? tft^uwtallst. ; This', min.- of : her.- had ?UiMenly gone; mad; and one didi hot reason-with mad people. r . . j'Wjiat shall I sf esrV'. sha .??kodj Ids; they're your good hick stories. You- wUl gp td th& box be fore i do. I've got to spend ?orno tune rur?> to bc *ait> taai't-llls Bor un arrives. And ' it ; i?V?.?ft? arnie that our ^flea?, Jones will lc later. If not- Jones, .then Nbr I waa nVfi>s)t$ftOt t&?sh^\mm k-hen I had ?be ians: o*rs??d?l*/ ,mjKy. But;i ^HTCatJkjUK tn V: ? fcrinar, w?h?t?i? ?tHko7.qu>ck. it ?aaTOiir^rPwkJ?; write notes or send any phone: mea Bages. Be warry of any trap Ilka! that to 'get you outside. Mow, I'm" oh\" Jones approached . Florence immed iately after dinner. "I have important business tn the? 5lty(topigh?, Under no circumstances leard the, house. . I shall probably be followed. And, our enemies will have aced-et vou far mote tonight than at any previous time. I shall not send vdu phone or written message. Youl Have your revolver. Shoot any strange j man who enters. We'll ma?to Inquir ies after." f/^ff? are near the enar* whispered florence .?Wy ?ear the end." "And 1 ?hall ?ce my., father?" .?d'. "If we sue "There ia danger*" thinking .of her .fkere . Is always danger when I naalB?ila home.. So lie good," the 1er. added with a andie. . "And JuaP* . , Ii . -HO" aaa -proved that he can .take \ care of himself." 'Tell him to be very careful.' 'I'll do BO, but il wiil not be -neces sary," and with thia Jones sot forth upon what be considered the culmi nating adventure. The usual brilliant crowd beean to pour Into Ute opera, Bral?e took bia stand by the entrance. He watted a long time, but bia patience waa re warded. ' -A. limousine drove up sud out of thevdoor came his man, who looked'about wl*h casual Interest He dismissed the limousine, which wheel ed slowly/round vtbe" corner, where lt could be conveniently parked. Then Servan' en ter d the opera. . * Braino hurried round to 'the lim ousine. The'lights, save' those de manded . by trafile regulations, - were out The chauffeur was'huddled* in hissest. "My man." said Bralue. "would you like to mkke some money?" "How much?" listlessly. The voice waa muffled. '"Twerity.** '.. "Good night .slr." "Fifty." "Good night and good morning!" 'A hundred!" "Now? ypnwe got me interested What kind of a Joy ride do you want?' "No. Joy ride. Instep." Briefly the conspirator outlined his needs, and "finally the chauffeur nodd- fl led. five teweuties were, pressed IntrJI Inls hand and he curled un* in his seat I t. Bervun entered his box.- in thn.hko Kistt.-toH&is sat a handsbmelv. gown f young wo?ijic. Hfc.-threw-her an Ifl?- glance, which was repaid in kind, bater,\Braine came in and Bat down beside.?lg?. . ? "Everything Hook- like' plain' aall-, lng." ho -wbt$>cred. . *^y Kr^i J j : ^1^k^^^^^^^^?^j^: at the-b?ifMung o: tuc BecoTfd act. i "^^ern are yen golngr? -?abed Ol ga narvossly- , f ""Tb see Otto." A bold attempt was >made to rob kirwin white in the box; but thc time y arrival of Jim frustrated this plan. So Braino was forced to rely on tbe chauffeur of the limousine! As tfarrart last thrilling note died awav Br?ne, and Olga rose. "ft* co*?!?!. A*d come to. tke apartments Just ss soon as yon can.*' "lil be careful." Bralne declared sasily. "Von can watch the play if jovk wish:" Wt?en Servan entered the limousine ie war. quietly bat forcible seised by ;wa men who- had been lying in walt for bim, due to the apparent'tres/chery :>f the chauffeur. Betlan fought val iantly; tor alt that he knew What the snd of thia exploit ?as going t? he. h?e -J the men succeeded tn getting he documents from Servan** pocket. "Dono, ray boy!" erle? the-thrtt?r "Give him a crack on the coco.and ?reall beat lt" "Just a minute, gentleman:''paid * *jice from toe seat at the side of the chauffeur.- 'Til take those popera!" And?the owners of the voice, becked, by a cold, sinister looking automatic reached in. and confiscated the spoils of war. "And I shouldn't make any attempt to slip out. by the side door." I'Thanks, my friend." said Servan, shaking himself free from hts cap tors. "Dont mention it," said Norton aimiably. "We thought, something like this would happen. Keep per fectly quiet, you chaps. Drive on, chauffeur; d ri ve; on!" * '.Tes; lord! To what, particular po lice station shall lt head this omnt bue?"i "The nearest. Jones; the ~?ry uear osi yon can think of !< Some day, when I'm rich, I'll "lire you. for my chauf feur. Dut for the present I shall ex pect ai least a box of Partages out of that hundred." JonoL chuckled. "PU buy you a box out .'of my own pocket. That hun dred goes to charity." "Here we ?re!, put with you," aald Jim. to bis prisoners. .He shouldered them into the police dation, to thc captain's desk. ''What'a thisT" demanded the cap tain.. "Holdup; men," said Jim. "Entered this man's ) car and tried to rob him.' "Uh-huh! An' who're you?" . Jim showed hir Lvlge and card. "Oho! Hey, tnere; I'mean jrou!" said the captain, leveling a finger at Otto. "Lift up that hat; lift lt up, Sure, it's Fountain Pen Otto! Well, well; we've been lookin* for you Tor ten months on the last forgery case. Mr. Norton, my thanks. Take 'em be low, sargeant. You'll be, here to make the complaint in th' mornln', aire," he added to Servan. I '"If it ls necesssry." "It-may .be. against'Otto's pal. 1 don*, know .'t?im:" "Very well." And Jones- and Norton and trooped^ Out of the station. At last Jones and the reporter en tered a cheap lunchroom and Ordered coffee' and 'toast. V'Ydu'reva; Wonderful mah, Jones,! even 'tr you are ah Englishman," said Jim as be ?Siled for the check. "BhgUstir: Wirst makes you think I atsSl ' E^Slish ?** salted Jones with a curious glitter in his eyes. "Ml tell you.oh the night we ptft the rollersu under . pfsfss' and' com - pa?>? V-'. ' v " :" ^Jofea.-staif/Sd.-lonp'and intently at hts young pYrtrier What did be really know? ,. '"vi ' '. 1 fei?f?'^^kmtiaubd.) a o o PEJETTY SHOW WINDOW o o K ia a very patent fact that all o o the show windows of the etty o o are now very, very pretty in- o o deed; but' any passer-by who o o happens to cast ever? ? ne eye at o p the show windows ot thc -D. O. o o Evans Co., wll! have io "hand ? 0 it" to Mr. Turner, th? very ar- o o tiStic and pains taking Window o o dresser of this well knowe firm, o o ?rho dressed these winde rs. . o o lt is seldom Indeed that one o o hss the opportunity of seeing e o such artistic. beauty ia window o o dressing in a metropolita* city o o where a great deal of money o o and work is devoted to thia form o o ot advertising, much less s o ? smaller etty like "My Town." a a o o o o t o o o a o o ooo? a a o* a Commen?ai i Stocks and Bonds. NEW YORK, Dee, H.-Stocks and booda showed greater firmness today because ot the proximity of the re opening of the local exchange for open dealing in stocks. Some abares were 1 to S pointa up and several of the more active bond and note issues man ifested corresponding strength. Clearances of stocks through the exchange today were estimated at 60, 000 shares. The list of minimum prices issued today for open trading showed that allowance is to be made for dividends declared on listed stocks during the past four months tor in stance. Reading which closed et 140 in July and sold up to 142. 7-8 today waa Quoted at 1S6, the parity ot its July price, plus two dividends of 2 per cent This same ruling applied to other dividend issues. The number of $15 or lower priced stock which are to be offered without restriction tomorrow and the re after Includes some three score railway and industrial issues. . A further break was reported in the market for retch-marks. .Exchange on landon wss stronger, with cables kt * 88 7-8, while francs were steady. Banks were inclined to restrict their offerings of money. . The cash loss of banks to the sub-treasury was reported to be about $17.000,000, but rates for call and time loan* were maintained. Ju the Industrial field another ad vance in copper constituted the chief feature. General trad* advices poiuied to gradual betterment at tending cen ters of business. New York Cotton NEW YORK, Dec. IL-The soiling movement inspired by yesterday's big crop figures was renewed la the cot ton market today and prices made new low ground with the close steady at a net decline ot 6 to 21 points. Private cables reported considera-1 bis calling by spinners in the Eng lish market, sad Liverpool did not ful-1 ly meet yesterday's local decline, but | after opening steady at a declin? of 1 point to aa advance pf 2 points, prices here quickly weakened- .December no tices estimated at about 4,000 balee wee reported in circulation, and evi d unity about 4,000 bales were report ed In circulation, and fresh selling of I the near months presumably against | cotton previously held here as an tn* vestment or to be, shipped here from the south. The weakness of the near positions helped to unsettle the genersl list, and j trading was more active during the! morning than at any previous' time I since the reopening- ot tb? market At a net loss of about 23 points on December and of 8 to ia points on ?aj*r n*ou??, thu Beliing becaue ie** active, but demand also tapered off ? and the market was comparatively I quiet later lb the day. The close waa j steadied by covering bit within a point or two of the lowest It ls reported that groat difficulty is still being experienced in securing enough Insurance to coder, the risk* on both hulls and cargoes in the case of vessels sailing for Germany, and vessels which recently cleared from a southern port for Bremen ba* put lato Boston. Spot cotton quiet;, middling upland* 7 26; Gulf 7.60. Sales 200. Futures closed steady . Opes high low close] Januarv.... .,7.0! "(ll asa a Itarch.".7.id 7.?8. 7.0*8 7,.0s May.7.8?. ?JT7 7.25 7.87, July.. .. .v..7.52 7.52 7.41 7-42 October .. .. 7.77 7.78 7.70 7.70 NertOrleans(Cotton NEW ORLEANS, Dec lL---Cotto? futures lost 6 to 10 points as the re sult of trfiay'a trading, Closing ot prac tically the lowest January sold as low as 6.87. Moderate liquidation of long cotton together with hedges sell ing sad speculative short selling pat th?, market lower in the-morning and later the softness ot southern spot markets completed the work. ? steadying influence was the ex? pert mcrtriest, which for the week, was 264,788 bales, the largest week's shipments to foreign countries since the outbreak of the war. Exporta thus tavj ?his season now amount to l, 740,6788. Local spots were quoted easy at 7 cents for middling, s loss of one eighth, compared with yesterday. The total stock here now 1? 282,114 bales. Spot cotton easy; sales ea the spot 876 bales; to arrive 2,750. Cottonseed OH . . NEW YORK; Dee. il.-Cotton *eeai oil was higher jon scattered covering by those who ?old on yesterday'* oof ton report, together with support from refluent and local buying on the lard firmness. Crude markets on the oth er hand were a shade easier. Ptnal prices were 5 to 10 point* net higher. Salee 12.300 barrel*.. The market* closed steady. Spot 5.804f5,95; December 6.84Q5.88; January 5.9005.04; February 6.006 8.00; March 6.1196.14; April 8.20? 6.22; May 6.311*6.83;. June 0.5?*? P.44; July 6.&106.63. e ?? Liverpool Cotton LIVERPOOL, Dee, ll.--Cotton, w?t ' t; pri?es ?aster. American mlddrMg 5.14; good middling 4.84; raid ing 4.28; lew middling 3.84; good "aeryi 3.19; ordinary 2,74. Sales 8. oalca, including SJO0 Amori-?au 1.000 for speculation and export ipt* 1,456 bales. Including 1,100 "-rican. . /Fat urea dosed bstffcty steady* May lane 4.04: Joly-August 4.16: Octo tter-Novembsr ?i.20; January-Febn? "4.25 1-2, ~ ; ^ ind Financial Weekly Cotton NEW YORK? Dec il.-The govern merit's estimate Indicating the largest cotton crop in the history of trade waa followed by lower prices in. the market thia week. The official fore cast ot If,966,000 bales, excluding lin ters, waa several hundred thousand bales above average expectations. This falling off ia ginning; operation/, had led some io snape** that fully the average per cen tage of the crop has been ginned, before the beginning , of this month, but according to the government's estimate, unless it la a question of average bale weights, the proportion ginned to December 1 this year does not seem to have been over 82 compering with 85.6, the aver age for the three preceding years. The talk around the ring has shown a more bearish average of sentiment owing to apprehensions that the big figur?e wovld shake the determina tion of southern holders and lead to Increased offerings, while at the same time, they would encourage buyers in a. policy of procrastination Trading has been more active in the. decline of about $2.60 to #3 per bale from tho recent high level and while there ha* bean moderato selling of near months the market has received support on a . scale down from trade interests and invcators. I-.- ' ; ?j? Dunn's Review NEW YORK. Dec. ll-Dun's Ilovlow tomorrow'will say: Improvement in trade ls made clear in the reports from all parts of the country, though the eveloplng IS slow and Irregular and the saina already attained Inspire con tWerfctftafl farther expanaion, with the advent of the New Year. The prevailing optimism ls strengthened by easter money and the notable improvement in the financial position; also hy the fact that while the present volume of business is much less than last year, the corner has been turned and the trend ia now to ward better conditions. . Bank exchanges for the week were $2,377,722,109 ? against $2.767 ?87,724 in the sams week last year and $3,265.556.619 in 1912. Failures in the United States during the week numbered 411 against 420 last year; la Canada 79 against 46 last year. Dry Goods NEW YORK, Dec. ll.-Wool mar kets were strong and. active today. Wide sheetings were priced on a basis of 22c for 10-4 goods Varna wero quiet. More business waa done in silk messallnes. Live Stock CHICAGO. Dec ll.-Hogs lower. Bulk 6.900?. 16; light 6.6007.20; nuked 6.7007.25: heavy 6.8607.35; rough 8.6506.80; pigs 8.00(9)7.15. Cattle steady. Steers 6.70 >??*t#ra f,.250B.4O; cows and heitert 3.2608.50; calves 6.5002.25. Sheep finn, Sheep 6.4006.86; yesr llhgs 6.6007.80; iambs 6.7508.76. . ???o . Chicago Grain CHICAGO, Dec ll.-Misgivings about the effect of cold weathermen, unprotected ?fields tended to raako wheat higher. There, was a good deal of Belling on the. bulge, however, and tire market, closed easy at a shade to l-4c abovo last night . Corn finished unchanged to a sixteenth np. oat* unchanged to 1^408-8 advancefl and provisions dear er by a shade to Kc. Crain and provisions closed: . wheat December... ... ... ......1.16 1-4 May. .1.20 6-8 Com: t?eosmber. .62 8-4 May. .. .....69 Oats: Dcccmbor. ... 47 1-2 May. .^......51, $-8 Cash gr?'U: Wheat, No. 2 red; Lid 1-403-4; No. 2 hard, 1,1? 1-20 1.17. Com, No. 2 yellow, old, 6401-2; ?J 1-408-4. y qats, standard, 48 1-403-4. ~ ? o OOOO ooo o o o o o o o ? IVA NOTES o njfV o ...... OOOOOGOOOOOOOOOO Dr. H. R. Weils of Anderson was here aev^idays- ibis week on pro *piv J-'. <k <w3rjson wept down to &0t*cd*svilU Thursday on business.. Mir. T. C Jsckson has returned fragvCharlestoni where he wettMto att?pd a meeting of th? Grand Lodge of Mason*. : Mrs. J. F. Simpson and children of Anderson are visiting at the bom? ot her paraits, arr. dad Mrs. R S. Sher ard.- ? ;. *a*efl Re->i J. R. McKee and wife aad Mrs. T. C. Jackson went np to Starr Thursday to hear Rsv. J. A. Smith, the Presbyterian evangelist, who is conducting a ?eries of meeting there Mr. ?ed Kr*. Marshal Jones have r^arned fetna ri i*w days' stay with - Rev. J. ?. MJpFo, the newly elect ed pastor wilt preach hie first ser mon Sunday morning la the Presby terian church here at 11:15. Every body ls cordially invited to attend vhis service. ' *> VWai Bill of Pair, girl because sh refftro to her. aa hia MU ot fair. WcUnoad^TiaMia-Piopiitci;, yga^BTdsEBn^B^^^BaHnBH^aaa^B^a^uanaBisiO?