The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1906-07-22

all things to Hagar. She turned over
page after page of the old Florentine
edition, but not one pencil or pen
mark married its pure white surface
from beginning to end. Prom Il In
ferno" to I'll Paradise" no hint be-
trayed the secret of the hidden money.
At the last page. Eustace, with sigh.
threw himself back in his chair
You see, Hagar. there is nothing.
What are you frowning att"
Il am not frowning, but thinking,
young man. was the reply. If the
secret is in this book, there must be
some trace of it, Now, nothing appears
at present, but later on
Well said Eustace, impatientiy,
'1ater on?"
Invisible ink.
Invisible inlS?' he repeated, vaguely.
Il don't quite understand"
My late master" said Hagar, with
| out emotion, was accustomed to deal
with thieves, rogues and vagabonds.
Naturally, he had many secrets, and
som etimes, by force of circumstances,
he had to trust these secrets to the
post Naturally, also, he did not wish
to risk discovery, SO when he sent a
! letter about stolen goods, for instance,
he always wrote 1t In lemon juice"
In lemon juice! And what good was
that?"
| 1t was ROOQ. IOT INV Ntithi6
! When the letter was written 1t looked
| like blank page. No one, you under
| stand, could read what was set out,
for to the ordinary eye there was no
writing at ALL"
And to the cultured eyer" asked
Eustace. in ironical tones.
1T appeared the same-a blank
sheet" retorted Hagar. But then the
cultured mind came in. young man.
j rri, leftar
/ sent warmed the seeming blank page
over the fire, when at once the writing
appeared, black and legible.'
THE deuce!" Eustace jumped up In
his excitement. And to think
II think that your late uncle may
have adopted the same plan inter
rupted Hagar, coolly, but / am no,
sure. However, we shall soon see.
| She turned over page or two OF the
Dante. TT is impossible to heat these
| over fire." she added, as the book
is valuable. and we must not spoil 1T
but know PLAN.
With a confident smile she left the
room and returned with hatiron
which she placed on the fire,
I'VE will not begin at the b"ginn.nE
of the book" said Hagar, taking the
iron off the fire and therebys interrupt
ing his thoughts, "byt at the END.
u eWhyg' asked E,Asace, who could
wsli,s ~ said IiagaE posing the
lheatedi iron. Overt the, book, when
search for ana arficsesI find It always
al. the bottom OF "a heap of things
don't want. ssAs we ,b@gNn. with tlle
first. page of this book and'rfound moth
ing. les sstart this t,me from tbs
end. andsperhaps we shall learn your
uncle's secret1 the sooner. It us only
a within ofannine. butrI should like ID
satisfysdt ysway, of experiment
Eustace nodded sand laughed. while
Hagar placed sheet Of brown paper
over the last page sof Dante, to- pre-.
serve the book from being scorchAd
In minute she lifted the iron arit
paper. but the page still showed ne
mark. With cheerful air the CIR
shook her head. and repeated the ope
ration on the second page from thu
end. This time, when she took ava.
the browne paper Eustace. who hat
been watching her actions with much
| interest. bent forward with an ejacu
lation OF surprise. Hagar echoed i
with one of delight, for there
was e mark and date on the