The Washington times., 1904-11-28
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of bed as the clock indicated Is minutes
Of S.
After a hasty breakfast young Good
man quickly made his way 10 Thirty,
second Street.
From a clue in The Times OF yester.
day he had figured 1t out that som,
or the money had been hid on this thor.
Oughfare.
Forrest walked on a direct line frou
his home TO Th!rty-secOnd Street. a dis.
tance OF I32 Is yards. This brought hin
to the corner of Thirty-second ana 7
Streets. where he stood Tor a moment
and viewed tie crowd looking for this
Black Arrow.
A la Sherlock Holmes, he began 10
deduce the possible places where the
envelope could be concealed. 1t would
not be hid here for this reason. and II
would not be hid there for that reason.
he thought. as he gradually made the
mystery clear 10 himself
While others were dashing hither and
thither about him in their search for
the arrow. Goodman walked leisureIy
over 10 a cigar store at the northeast
II
lie scrutinized the building carefully.
ana his gaze fell upon a dazzling array
OF signs attached TO the small structure.
This would be a dinky place 10 hide
anything" said Forrest to himself. and
straightaWay he proceeded to look be.
hind the signs. After vigorous search.
he finally drew the Black Arrow from
the rear OF a large tin sign, where il
had been carefully concealed. 1t con.
tained an order for SIS.
Spent Seven Minutes.
lie had spent exactly seven minutes
and thirty-ftve seconds in his
search, while others had been
looking from or 4 o'clock in the morn
ing. II was a severe blow to the theory
that the early bird catches the worm.
With the prize tucked away in his
jeans, Young Goodman reached The
Times Office about 9:45 o'clock 10 have
the order cashed. He then told the
story OF how he solved the mystery
with such apparent ease
Had an Inspiration.
while / was standing at the corner
it suddenly came 10 me that the cigar
store would be a good place 70 hide the
money he said. Il simply went over
and found IL behind one OF the signs"
At the time there was a crowd OF
searchers in the neighbornood. but All
had overlooked the little cigar store.
AS early as II o'clock last night they
We're out looking in every nook and
corner for the envelope. ana il was with
some difficulty that IL was secreted
shortly after midnight.
Watched All Strangers.
Every strange person who appeared at
all likely TO be the carrier OF the vas-
uable envelope was closely serutinized.
Indeed, a crowd OF young men actually
did shadow the right person. and it was
only by jumping on a car with the ap-
parent intention OF going into the city
that he finally eluded them long enough
10 secrete the envelope
The cold weather seemed TO have na
effect on the searchers. for they con-
tinued 20 walk 10 and fro on the street
all during the night. Behind signs. be
meath dOOTsIeps. and IN every aValleble
place they looked. but without success.
Like Irony of Fate.
That IL should have been left 10 a
youngsttr who had good breakfast be.
fore starting out in quest Of the arrow
seems tie irony OF fate.
The clue 10 tile location OF this ar
row was as follows.
The locality is a part OF Wash
ington older than the remainder oI
the city, and is called by it's origina
name, which was given in honor of sr
English King. II will be placed or 4
street whose former name was a wore
or four letters, which is the defHI
tiOn OF degree OF elevation. Tn.
point selected viii be somewhere ol
this street between the crossinr- Of ;
street, the name Of which is printer's
measurement. and a second street tina
bears the name Of part OF the Outnl
Of Il pOolrOom."
The third Will b. found Monday
morning hidden on an avenue thar
penetratcs the heart Of the northNye
section OF the city. The name of the
avenue Is the name OF a State that
recently elected a Democratic gov
ernor, although the State did not
choose Democratic electors. The hid
ing place Will be chosen at some
point along the avenue between its
intersection by a streets whose name
Is the least number that Will divide
forty, but not fifteen, and "A circle al
a point where the avenue crosses an.
other avenue. The circle Is named
for celebrated general Of the Mexi-
can war.
On Massachusetts Avenue.
The broad reaches Of Massachusett,
Avenue We're alive with Black Arrow
searchers early this morning. They wer,
Of all ages colors and dag-a..- -.