The Washington times., 1904-12-05
Alexandria and Ecking-
ton Score Quick
Results.
THREE ENVELOPES FOUND
Man viii Walk About To-
day With Envelope in
Pocket.
81 shot an arrow into the air.
IL feI u earth i know not Mhl

~ ilrA l4Hl6lT4-DH 0Aoln AAtNoF llilCH nc
didn't have the Black Arrow In mind.
Black Arrows are not shot into the
air. Neither do they fan 20 earth. and
II they did nobody could say, - know
not where because Black Arrows are
put ia places where people viii be apt
to find them, and if they do not some
body else does.
L0ngfellOw is quoted Iere to show the
difference between arrows. 1T also fur
nishes a lit opening tor tins story, which
is about Black Arrows and how the peo-
PIE of Washington spent the &c small
hours Of the morning looking for them,
some meeting with success and others
meeting with chllls that Eept running
up and down their backs, due To the
frigld temperature
The Roll Of Luck.
The lucky searchers who had found
Black Arrows before o'clock this after
uOoa were.
Ramsay SpiHman, a thirteen-year-old
boy Of a Street nOrthwest-Sl5 IN d
water ping at First and r Streets north
west.
William II. Fairan, q night Inspector
on the Metropolitan Railway, who lives
az y5 Maine Avenue-{l5 under a porch
GA FouT-aud-a-naIf Street southwest.
Fred Ebhardt- oI IL North Royal
Street. AIeXaudria-S2 between q show
window and wall in Alexandria.
Every body Knows About It.
Everybody ia Washing IA knows what
the Black ARROW IS. So IL won't be
necessary 10 explain the meaning of
these mystical words. Everybody read
the clues Go the location OF the arrows
which contain RAJ mouey-.n The sun
day Times. and from the crowds that
througed the localities in which the
arrows were secreted early this morning
n seemed that everybody in Washington
was interested ia the hunt.
IL is human nature for people 20 like
easy money Anybody Is satisfied 20 ger
"a whole lot without giving a bunch In
exchange. and the opportunity offered by
The Times Tor doing This is naturally
taken advantage of by thousands Par
ucularly is everybody anxious 10 ger
hands uu an extra biz of coin al this
-ime OF the year-the season when even
tae most close listed are beginning 10
feel the desire 20 spend. spend. spend
Eut 10 cannot Dee said Of the people who
looked for Jhe Black Arrows early this
morning that they were trying 10 get
something for nothing. The night wa,
cold and bIuslyry and the frost-l4de1
LTeezes penetrated ones garments With
the same persistrucy as the jams do tn.
serried lines OF the Russians. THE
heavy winter ulster didn't feel biz un-
Portable. Hur did the winter Haunrls
nor the heavy wooden gloves.
lt you weren't one OF the searrbers
oun let tais lead you into believing
that the temperature was down AIS low
as it some time gets in the Arctic re-
Eiphs- % was Jast cold and raw. and
when Ta.u ald ~lert began ra Fam h.
dldH a. ld greatly 10 the comfort III tb..
enc 'rE,Jlr srareHgrs
Indeed, every seeker who looked f,-
iIv msury through Jh- long c9Id ufrybf
deserved ala that was coming IN Fs-t
ana Ii is 10 Do regretted deeply that
There We're not arrows for everybody.
Night Crowds Waiting.
But iu spite of the rain. and the hail
and the snow, and the cold. the streets
where the money was hidden were
/ throuEed an during the night with snxi-
Gus s""rcaers Indeed, iu some places
the crowds were $50 great that il was
WITH great difficulty the arrows were
concealed The seekers We're am tr.
lo"A"uJ for anybody VINO seemed al an
likely 90 Dee the bearer of the mon-y
and everybody showed Hawksbay
"ai-IF iu sHadow!ng suspicious looking
. Characters
lt Was "a typical early birds ds,-
Three of The arrows were found Lef.,Tg
taEbr.aS, although hidden most s.oTrs-
lN- Their quick discovery WAS dine Il,
( the great activity OF the scarchers. n
was simply % matter OF every uaoI. grJ
4 corner OF the uclghborhood where tHe
money was concealed being secured br
some one lucky enough TO land nn rb.
/ right nook or corner.
Money for the Asking.
Today the people of Washington arr
given rare opportunity to gert money
for the asking. The clue telling how 5afs
m.y bc done Is .S follows.
ron Monday ,f,rruoou gt 4.31 fh,re
viii Dee "a man in The business section of
the city who viii have the hfth en-.
yalape. He is o. medium hciglt and
w.I Poe dressed in dark clothes and IS
clean shsyeu. From 4.aJ until he h.
recognized be- win walk un ana down
TWO adjacent business streets which r-u
east and west. He viii walk along fbss.
streets between their intersection bv q
street rUuains north and south which
/ ls uamed for "a number that viii dey.da
eighteen but not twelve. and another
street which also runs north and y9urb
aud crosses lIe two streets 1--WE squares
west SI the street just described The
man viii have the envelope in his nos
session and viii hand 10 90 the FIRST u-r-
son Wus acc0Sts him with the question.
"Hay, "0u jlo Black Arrow"