The Washington times., 1904-12-05

at North Capitol and R
Streets Northwest.
TO the fourth envelope comparatively
easy 10 ferret ont
AT an early hour This morning
Street, between Second Street northwest
and Second Street northeast was the
| scene of unusual activity. Old men
who had gone without breakfast, and
| boys ard girls who vowed they would
not 90 10 school until the arrow had
been found, joined in the search with the
housewife. who had let her morning
work go until later in the day; and the
department clerk, who had taken "a half
/ days sick leave"
/ Even the pretty shopgirls We're on
hand, hoping that they might be re-
warded in better measure than prom
/ ised from commissions on hosiery and
notions
Likely Hiding Places.
! R Street has a number Of likely hiding
I places, and the seeker was at a loss to
/ know where TO begin his search Most
/ of the hunters, however, decided that
| systematic hunt was the correct way.
They would search every possible crew
ice on one side OF the street, and then
go To The other.
Some Of the residents of the section
| who had failed 10 read the Black Arrow
| clues in The Sunday Times were al "a
| loss 10 understand what IN. crowd
were dom" in front of their houses.
! The search Was commenced before
I daybreak, and was over by go There
We're scores of men and women en-
1 gagged in the search, yet all We're out
stripped by sChOOlbOy.
Open the door! Let me in I've got
it, I've got iIi'
Ramsay Spnlman. thirteen years old.
and living at "a 5 Street northwest.
was shouting these statements al $50
this morning in his lOudest voice
The door OF his home was opened Tor
him, and he Immediately displayed
Black Arrow envelope containing an
order for fifteen crisp, new dollars.
In Water Plug.
Found II in "a waterplug," shouted
little Ramsay. so excited that his voice
shook Il knew Ia ind IT, ! just knew
b!'
Ramsay is the youngest az all The
Black Arrow finders He is thirteen
years old. and is ia the seventh grade
al the Emory School
His father accompanied him 10 The
Times office, where lis order was cash
ed. He then went OF 20 school Jubl-
liant, and eager 10 tell MS IeliOW-p pupils
OF good luck.
Ramsay has wanted TO hunt for the
money ever since the first installment OF
the story, but the money has heretofore
and he Is so small that his mother and
1 were afraid 20 permit IL, and when We
read Yesterdays installment and saw
that some of the money had been hidden
within "A few blocks Of our home We
gave him permission 10 try 10 md IL.
HE Immediately started out 10 look
for likely hiding places IN which the
money might be seCTeted. and after go
ing over the entire district. came home
and talked nothing but Black Arrow
until bed time.
AT half past six" interrupted little
right over 10 First and r Streets. ON
the corner Is water plug
| That's the first place 1 looked, and
that's where h. was. Tucked down iu
one side underneath the ud. What did
! / dOr ] ran home.
Il never found a lor Of money before,
and IL scared me I'm going 10 pun $
I In bank, and spend the other Slo for
I Christmas presents"
Half Hours Hunt.
Having an inquisitlye nature mas made
/ William IL. FairII. a night Inspector
OF the metropolitan Railroad, who lives
al $50 Main Avenue southwest. SIS
richer than he was AT this time yrster-
day,
Mr. FaIraU found a Black Arrow en-
yelope under the porch in front OF 1uG
Four-and-a-half Street southwest He
hunted only half un hour. and says that
IL is the easiest money that he ever
made
II am a night inspector" said he.
and was coming home this morning
from work. about 1870 o'clock. In the
wagon with me was Henry johnson, un
assistant When we turned into -Four
aud-u-holT street We saw bunch OF
people out with bicycle lamps lanterns,
ANA candles They were acting Ike
fools ur rather / thought so then, and
were p1zlue behind signs, under rubbish
piles. and pOun"ing on every piece OF
paper In sight
Il could NOT understand the crowd, for
FouT-aud-a-lalf street Is usually thr
most quiet OF streets. Calling boy
over. ] asked him what was on LOOK
Iug Tor the Black ATTDW. lac rcpieu-
lie then explained the entire scheme
10 me. and taking one OF the lamps from
the wagon, Johnson and Joined the
starch We hunted FOR halT an houf
without result. and were just about %
give il up when / noticed the pufch-
There was "a small hole al The base OF
the steps. Reaching Ia, 1 felt "a piece
81. Ese,in 10 get nervous. 1T can't be
il, said and set 1 really thought IT
u,s pulIiug 10 out + looked. and
there. sure enough, was the Black Ar
'.:iybat am / going 20 DO with the
money? Well, IN have u" give Johnson J,,i
hsIf guess. The other half I'll just
keep
Alexandria Out En- Masse.
Alexandria has gone crazy over the
Black Arrow.
Despite the fact that il was announced
in Sundays Times that the envelope
would not De- hid until after midnight
last night. au day yesterday parties were
ont iu search OF 30.
Numbers staid up all night and carried
lanterns with which they searched every
place where tie arrow could have been
bidder. Every strange who was seen
10 walk up cor down hing Street WIS
followed by large crowd who suspect