The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-08-30

q 4"Be nod h WOOL, LnnWltn. We mn 49, ~
\ tightd god. Id Is bud II view yards t (,
, zir Gives hoiiec. We go dere and dell
ali. zid still and hear vot 70 hat to zny
1 and show yoti. Do YOU lofo dor baro
|ned? DO yo,, vlsl, him do own der SUP
marine ,nd also share der drcaslire?
a IT hate HIM curse him!
II "Den zt still und llsden."
Lanwth rose from the table. his bral,
In a ,yhirl The three conspiin tors y trld
together In the dark square Two other
B figures glded out OF the gloom and joined
"Guerin," said tho r1onourable, ''wo've
got the chequc. YOU md Lake watch
tho house,. swayne is drunk "
"Burn YOU, YOU lle," croaked the
dwarf.
"zilonce vool!" Numbered VANDERBILT;
/. "Lakc, you rust watch the back OF
the place. Lnnwitl may bolt for It,, ard
| IL he does bal Jove, keep on his heels
and shadow him.
rs Get to DO 20 knife. Honoumble7"
| asked Pierre Gucrin.
stab him joost yed. He Is der goose vat
viii lay der gotten eggs. We know not
yed nboudt der cheque. Id may gashrd
nod be. Watch him, Blerre. watch HIN.
Ach. haf und trands idea, Come nit
me, poys.'
ward laughter. Lake and Guerin stole
away to keep vigil, With.yt tho drunken
dwarf Keeling and staggering bctwean
thom, santley and the Dutchn,an walked
away.
whats the idea, Hans, old fellah -
drnwled tho Honorable. WI
Zach, i'd is grandt. If deY chequc is
gashed We go do Give Draydon.'
"Eh? 58 sa
'A1inc friendt vc go do Draydon and
I I dell you Wy. We buy our ship and VI
her oud. Lanwlth come nit us do Peril
Islandt."
@"BuL we don't want the thief. II he
went we'd have to kidnap him, Hans. ia
Wait, vait," grinned VANDERBILT, "Hc
god plcndy Ct moneys, He go mitout
and deli him, Draydon yil lnyorm DIR
bolice. Ach, Id is vine! Ne1dt we go do
Lanwith. We dell him Monkey had led
oud, und dat der bolce want him. Ian
with COLLAR every sgrab OF moneys he
gan ind WY We gay Come nit US on
. a share OF der dreasure und safe YOU
vrom der bolice.' We mako him YORK
/ like elm slave; We take der moneys he
pring. We gil him no treasure, and ven
4 We needt him no moro, We 5oost st,g Elm
gnife in him. Ach Id Is goot, eh:"
i The Eonourable gigglcd.
3''Bai Jovc!' lie drawled, you've got
all the bwalns.'
He whstled up a fourwheeed cab,
and. after bundling in the drunken dwarf,
1 Vanderlet entered.
A You'll have the thing translated In
Honorable. a sf
DO nlghdts, zantlay. do-nigl,dt, I go
and do him ad vonce."
They shook hands, and santley lounged
away, putting at n cigar. Tho cab stop
4 ped before house in gloomy street.
VANDERBILT paid the fare and unlocked the
( door. Putting one fat arm round the
dwarf he carried him. up dark stair
case and let him drop like q sack on the
Il floor. Swayne cursed In his drunken
sleep, but did not awake. The old hyl2-
critic grinned as he read through his
letters Many Of them were from chart
table societies asking for subscriptions.
ID for Hans VANDERBILT posed as philan-
thropist. and found 1t a paying game.
Then he took out the cryptograrn. The
the fat hand that held the pencil lie
made swift Roadway in his task. 10 him
Black Juans message seemed to present
no difficulties.
"Ach" he muttered, his little eyes
!. glistening, dot is goot. dot is goot Der
old WOOL Chuan make elm segred wridlng
dot elm child reat. Ach vot Is der lasdt
word? Headt. eh? Ach. hat Id now" &
Tho Dutchman slowly and carefully
read through tho translation. 1t was
incomplete. He held tho paper to the
globe OF the lamp. guessing that Gaskara
had maze use Oh SOIle- clieIl!tea A''+! M
whose image would be developed by heat,
: as the latent picture on Photographic
plate Is brought out by the action OF GER
, tain acids and alkalis.
Nothing. He held the paper nearer. e
the hot globe. lie held u up pe.ore me
light and stared ut 1t. lils "a" oroPpeu
and his race became 1ea1ully alstorteu
There was n water mark In the paper
!. consisting Of three anchors and date.
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