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The Washington herald., 1908-06-09
JACK O'BRIEN ENTERTAINED.
Philadelphia Society Man Gives Re-
marIxnble Dinner to PugiIist.


Philadelphia. June sit remained for
the ingenious brain Of Anthony ]. Drexel
Bddle to plan an entertainment in order
to give Jack O'Brien a good send-off for
his comm bout with Jack Blackburn,
and to let the clever heavyweight realize
what confidence his friends have in his
ability.
Mr.. O'Brien was the honored guest Of
Mr.. Biddle at a box party at Keith's
Theater. After the show the party was
driven to the BelIevue-Stratford. where
an elaborate supper had been provided.
Mr.. Biddle surrounded himself with a
unique gathering. At his right was the
guest Of honor and Capt. Fremont. Of the
Mississippi. and Chaplain Reaney. of the
war ship. Father Reaney. In addition TO
being chaplain OF his ship, enjoys the dis
tinction OF being a champion heavyweight
boxer OF the United States navy. At
Mr. Biddle's left were A. ]. Drexel. jr..
who holds the record for Philadelphia s
suburbs for being held up by avaricious
auto constables, and Jimmy Potter, prosl-
/ dent OF the Racquet Club. Other Celebrt-
/ ties around the table. whose good fortune
/ 1t was TO be Mr. Biddle's guests. were:
/ William ]. Hermann. head Of the Herr
mann Physical Institute; Frank ]. Floyd,
who, as Jack Egan, won the amateur
middle-weight championship Of America;
/ Billy Mccartney. a promoter OF big fights;
/ Prof Doyle. a celebrated physical cul-
/ turist: Byron Hayes. on the football
/ field, and Joe Hagen IN the ring. boxing
! instructor at the Racquet Club, and big
/ Jim DAILY, who was the sparring partner
/ OF James J. Corbett when the latter was
champion Of the world. Il was a remark
able gathering Of brawn and muscle, and.
as one OF the attaches al the Bellevue
/ facetiOusly remarked. "A bad crowd 10
/ try TO hold up"
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LAT0NIA RESULTS.

FIRST RACE-six fTlougs. AIeuick. ll3 War
REM SlZ6. won; Bamesiale, ll4 rrOxlerl. S1545.
second; lamar, p ~. Martini S.7O third. Time
1ai 25 Bazelthorpo. Bittcr Miss. Bonnie Bard.
BamhTo, Hurofano. and Bala also ran
SECOND RACE-Oue and one-sixtecnth miles.
Hostile Hyphm. % u. Hogg S75. won: Plant
land. us lMindcrl. S695 second Mortiboy. lis
Powersl. $50 third. Time. ls7 % scrcrus also
ran.
THIRD RACE-Five ftirlongs. AIarshy. lN CTay-
l0r). SJ.0 won Fair Messenger. lN ". Powers
Sl0s5. sccUud Abby c.. l07 Connolly. $3.50 third
Time. les 2-5. Malruen. Mahala. Boadice. Maxi
milan. Sister EVELYN. CUId0va. Chace. Wheat
Bread, and Fair Money also ran.
FOURTH RACE-Stecplechase abcut two miles
Clarified Jas Kohlerl. Slsl5. won. King Esta. Bj
fWeltoul, SE.25. sccnd; Class Leader. Isl r. Nor
risonl. s9.2l. third. Tine. SIS fj Charicid and
King Esta coupled
FIFTH RACE-SN furl0ngs Dainty Dame ~
tNaucnl, Slj2. Won; al Miller 100 NlinderD $50
second; Prince Ahmed ll2 1T. TAYLOR. $40 third.
Time, ili 30. Gold Proof and UsuTy also ran.
SIXTH BACE-F1c furiougs Light Blue lOi
u. Butterl Sls0 won Foouoosc 100 r. Burt0nl
Sl9l@ second 81. Aulaie 95 lFogsrtY. 81
third Time % % Whitcfacc. Won Buel0w Ned
CaI1nack Aspiring Silverton Solicitor. Faversham.
Church StecDle Jack Patton. and Mike Ott also
Tau.
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AMATEUR BAsERALL.

The Hecht team forfeited a game to the
Western Buds by not appearing Sunday.
The Western Buds defeated the Second
Hardlucks Sunday by to I. Lineup
Western Buds: NJ. Noone, catcher Nc
Donough pitcher; Cleary. first base: Col
bert second base; Callan, shortstop;
Schombert third base; T. NoOne. Murphy
and McHala. outficldcrs. Second Hard
lucks: Mahoney, catcher O'Brien, pitch
or; Hunt. first base; O'Neil and DAILY,
second base; Edwards shortstop; Pat Err
win, third base; Dolls. Scher. and Gala
CHER. Outielders. The Western Buds want
games with all teams in the District
averaging fifteen or sixteen years. Ad-
dress NJ. Colbert, 215 H street northwest.
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SULLIVAN TO MEET BURNS.
Washington Fighter Signs Articles
for Bout Next Monday Night.

KID Sullivan, Of Washington. and
Soldier" Burns signed articles yester-
day morning for a fifteen-round bout at
the Monumental Theater. Baltimore. next
Monday night. The match will be under
the direction Of Manager "AT' Herford.
Of the Eureka Athletic Club
Both men will get down to active train
ing for the battle at once. Sullivan is
now the proud owner Of big farm at
Berwyn, Nd. Flowing will be one of the
features Of his training.
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scuIIers for Olympic Race.

New York, June S.-ChIef among the
topics discussed in the lighthouses yester-
day was the probability Of Olympics.
Since their decision not to send an eight
across the water. the committee. consist
ing of Messrs PlllSington and Curtiss.
have been considering sending a sculler.
Harry Bennett, of Springfield. national
champion. and Durando Miller, Of the
New York A. c.. are two candidates.
Friends Of the Mercury Footer think a
race should be arranged between the two
10 decide which shall make the trip. They
claim Miller has improved greatly. and
can defeat the title holder in a match
race
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suppIementary Lis OIympIc.

]. r. Armour. First Regiment A. A.
Chicago; Claude Allen. Irish-American A
c.; G. 3. Beard. Ames University. Iowa;
John c. Blankenagel, University of Wis
consin. f. A. Borneman, Illinois A. c.;
Edward =. Carr Xavier A. c.; r. j..
Carr, Michigan Agricultural College; c.
S. Campbell Yale University; c. C. Cam
erOn, Irish-American A. c.; Harvey W
Cohn, Irish-American A. c.; John II.
Craigc. New York City; F. NJ. De Zeld-
ing, Harvard University; c. NJ French,
Cornell University; Herman Gerig. Ger
man-American A. c.; NJ r. Gifin Chi
cagO A. A; S. p. Gillis. New York A c. !:
H. A. GOsnell. Baltimore a c.; II. &.
Grote, Missouri A. c.; James b. Greene.
Brookline A. c.; b. Haggard. Drake Uni
versty; c. L. Hail. Irish-American A. c. !;
J. L. Hartranft. University of Pennsyl-
vania; NJ. r. Porn. Irish-American A. c. :
NJ l.. Hurley. New York A c.. r. NJ.
Jackson. Cornell University; S. G. Kiral.
London. England; w. A. Kruger Swarth-
more College; James ]. Lee. Boston A.
A.. Fred L0rz, Mohawk A. c.; Richard
Mason, Vanderbilt University; J. T. Ma
honey. New York A. c.: K. c. Mercer.
George School, Philadelphia; j. c. Mil
Ter, Stanford University; H. Miller. In
diana; S. Muenz, Palsm A. c.; +. A.
Natwick, University Of Wisconsin; F. S.
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LIZ DROIT TENNIS TOURNEY ON
First of Annual Spring Matches De-
velopS Interesting Play.
Heath Has Hard Work Defeating
CIaudy in Three Holly Contested
Scts-PIay Continues To-day.

Five matches in the preliminary round
OF the annual spring tennis tourney OF the
lie Droit Tennis Club were played on the
club courts at Thirteenth and T streets
northwest yesterday afternoon. and de-
veloped some interesting play.
It took three sets 10 decide three Of the
matches, and all OF them were strongly
contested, but what was perhaps the best
match was the one between Heath and
Claudy, which the former finally won,
O., 6-S. 6-3.
The match in which Stabler beat Shields
was also a hotly contested one. the scores
being Sc. 6-3. e.. Play will be con-
tinued this afternoon. starting at $50.
Summaries:
Stahler beat Shields. 5-s SIS. 6-2: Roe beat Ne
Kpe 6-1 6-l: Heath beat Claudy. Ga. 6-s. IS
Edmonston beat willis. "a, O. rs; Lsrch bea
". i. Doyle. GO. 6-3
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win propaeate the Mu..eI.

The government is going into the bust
ness of propagating that hitherto useless
member of the family of blvalves, the
mussel. The mussel is not to be multi
Piled to produce an addition to the food
supply OF the country. but for its shell.
During She last year. Commissioner OF
Fisheries Bowers states, $5,0O0.O0O worth
Of fancy buttons have been made from
mussel shells and the supply on account
Of this and on account Of pearl hunters
Is getting scarce, and propagatlng work
Is necessary.
The Washington herald., 1908-06-09

Nelson. Yale University; ". O'Mara.
Cambridgeport Gymnasium; A. g. Park
er University Of Pennsylvania; w. M.
Rand, Harvard University; Frank H..
Riley Irish-American A. c.; w. G. Rob-
bins, Cambridge, Mass; d. r. Robbins,
Yale University; NJ. ]. Ryan, Irish-Amer-
lean A. c.; ]. Schommer, Chicago Uni
versity: +. p. Sheehan, South Boston A.
c.; r. A. Shilsor Yale University; L. b.
stevens. Yale; B. Z. Sherman. Harvard
University; b. T. Stephenson. Harvard;
Lewis Tealanina, Carlisle Indian School;
Alec Thibeau, First Regiment A. A.,
Chicago; William Van Dendries. New
York A. c.; L. J. Wentz, New York A.
c.; A. Roy Welton, Y. NJ. c. A. w.
Wood. Somerville, Mass; A. c. Young.
Cornell, and +. Young, South Dakota
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Rnilacntion of Trcntler.

LLOYD c. Griscom. American Ambassa-
dor to Italy. has notified the State De-
partment that the republic Of san Ma
rino has ratified an extradition treaty
with the United States. This treaty was
signed at Rome IN January 1906, and
Was ratified by the United States Senate
On March 20. 1906. Ratihcations will be
exchanged I'm Rome.
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Finland in OLYMPIC Meet.

Helsingfors. June S.-Though the Rus
sian government has asserted the prin-
ciple that Finland Is not entitled 20
separate representation in international
matters. and can participate only as a
part Of the Russian Empire. Finnish ath-
letes will compete in the Olympic games
at London as an independent team. About
seventy-five athletes will be sent, part
of the expense being betrayed by the
Finnish government. the remainder being
raised by private subscription.
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Mayor Interested In Meet.

Special % The Washington Herald
Baltimore. June S.-Mayor Mahool has
signifed his intention OF donating a gold
medal. TO be known as the Mayor Ma
hool medal, for the gymnast making the
highest number Of points in the gymnas-
tic events to be held in connection with
the S. a. A. championship games at
Homewood on June %.
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Ym Choo.c nnh rmnire

Gov. Magoon has cabled the War De-
partment that he VIII be unable to 20
to Panama to act as umpire IN the land
claim. because OF the approaching cleo
tions I'm Cuba Secretary Taft has de-
cided 70 appoint some other person 10
act as umpire.
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c0TToN sTATEs LEAGUE,

AZ Gulfport-Gulfport 4: Columbus, O.
~ Monroe-Jackscn. s; Monroe. ].
Al Nicksburg-Mcridian, 5. Yickstus. L
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FOUR CHOICES LOSE
GraYesend BettOrS, However,
Are Down on Winners.
BEDFORD EASY FOR ERBET
Miller Takes Mount Away form Post
with Flying start and DispOses Of
Chief, . to 1. Successful in Handi-
cnp-SimOn Pure Wins Chase.

New York, June s.-Although only two
favorites won at Gravesend to-day, all
Of the winners received substantial back
ing.
The stake feature was the Bedford for
1wo-year-olds, which was easy for Erbet
to 5. Miller took him away from the
post flying. and after he had disposed Of
Paradise Queen in sharp duel on the
far turn, he drew away and galoped
home two lengths in front Of Melissa.
Big Chief. 5 10 !. was successful in the
handicap at a mile and a furlong. He
ran head and head with Old Honesty
through the home stretch, and then
standing a drive beat the latter half
a length.
Berry Maid made most Of the running.
and won the first race handny by a
length.
Simon Pure. backed from 40 to 10 won
the steeplechase. He rolled home with
ten lengths to spare
After following the pace set by Sara
cinesca for three-quarters of a mile in
the fifth. Grapple went 10 the front, and
looked the winner. but Tiieing came with
rattle, and beat Grapple by a length
and a half
Trance won the sixth race
The Summaries.
FIRST RACE-About six furlongs Beuymaid.
10 ~. Lcel. 20 ?. Won Crcssina. 10 Duganl
IS % l. second: Julia Powell. IL lGamerl, 10 Q
third Time 40. Zionap Pantoufe Bouquet FIX
piosion, Grace Cameron. Raqucl and Coincidence
also ran.
SECOND RACE-Steeplechase about two miles.
Simon Pure. 80 QHendesonl, y 20 l. won; Water
speed. 80 tBoadwecl. 10 l. second: Locked Out
lS lHeidcri, 20 /, third Time. 3a7 Dick Shaw.
Bette Landon, Jimmie Lane. and Banner also ram
THIRD RACE-One mile and flrloug. Big
Chief. Ill lMusgravel 20 J. won: Old Honesty.
ll3 tNotterl. 90 2. second; Rye. l06 DunuD. 6 20
]. third Time - Marathon. Jubilee. Refeman.
Jugglcr. Berkeley and Littlcton Maid also ran
FOURTH RACE-Five furlongs. Erbot. l06 (AHl-
lcrl 10 8. won, Melissa, - lShrevel 4 20 l. sec
ond; intervene. % Gamer. s 10 l. third Time.
1Nl Noodoo Paradise Queen. Forcglard. Blame
less The Robin. Gladys Louise. and Aionologuc also
Ian.
FIFTH RACE-One aud one-siztceuth miles
T1leing l0T (Dunnl. Z % l. won; Gmpple. 100 Gar
ntgl. even, sec0nd Don Enrique. llJ a. Koerucr.
IL % 8. third. Time i.i6 35. Saracinesca and
Richmond Duke also ran
SIXTH RACE-FiTe fwlongS Trance. 10 NC
Daniel. even, won; Sufmgettc l0i tNottcrl. %
8. second: COuuterpane. l0i Nlmgravei % % l.
third Tine 100. Nancy Lynch. Faultlcss. Sea
Clil, Beauty Bright. and Frcd0nia also ran.
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ARLINGTON. FORT MYsR. FALLS CHURCH.
CLARENDON, BALLSION, DUNN-LORING.
VIENNA. OAkT0N. AND FAIRFAX COUkf
HOUSE. Cars at frequent Intervals from Mount
srnon station. 18th street and pennsylvania avenue
lPhone main iSl aud ircm south end Aoueduet
Bridge rphone west 49, Historic suburbA Fight
ing ground Of The Civil War see Colonial Records
end last viii Of George Washington at Fairfax Colrs
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IhE hEnbBhdH, AsBURY PARK. y. J.
Refined patronage Moderate rates. Booklet.
A. T. ArkINSON.
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NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Host Chnrmingly Located 500 Feet
Above the Historic Village OF FrancOnia
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Go to Glen Echo Park

LTeTy amuscment-cooI. PICTURESQUE, Beantnul
trolley uds On Potomac
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WEST VIRGINIA.
CAP0H SPRINGS AND BATHS

IN thc mountalns. IU mics due Wcst Of Maslins-
ton Nice place. Good table Large company. Pleasant
pcorle For pamphlets rates. &c, address
cHas. ?. NELSON. cspon Springs, W. Va.
ASK TAR FOSTER
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OLD ORCHARD BEACH, ME.
THE ATLANTIC, 3TEisrRTN 33TPEN IyNE fjGHr 2,

FREMONT HOTEL. I'D AND INDIANA AVE
nw.-Large airy. clean rooms. in a shady street
summer rates. my2i-90t tu.th,S
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TABOR INN

Connecticut Avenue and Beach.
Large air rooms open Surroundings Excellent
table Rates s % So weekly. A. N. DUNN.
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Also eligible.

The fifth race was divided and viii be run a'
the fifth and seventh races.
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MAINE.
NTTERY POINT. RE.

ThE CHANiPERNOWNE
Rooms en- suite. with private baths. Booklet.
HORACE MITCHELL. Prop.
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REW m hpInn Ocean End Kentucky Ave, Open
NEU SIhhiSh ali year. steam heat. Elevator 70
street level Booklet. Coach. S X BONIFACE
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SYNOPSIS.

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satisfaction to have my hand on the
revolver in my pocket as | turned the
knob.
Ii was a boy. who thrust a letter in
TO my hand.
Yer name Wilton ," be inquired.
still holding on 10 the envelope.
Yes.
That's yourn. then And he was
prepared to make a bolt.
Hold on, l said. Maybe there's
an answer.
NO. there amt The bloke as gave
IL TO me said there weren't
well. here's something want you
10 deliver" said /, taking up my note
10 Detective Coogan. DO you know
where the City Hall is?"
Does | know-what are yer givin'
u.s. said the boy with infinite scorn
In his voice.
"A quarter returned with a
laugh. tossing him the coin. Wal
a minute"
yer amt bad stuff" said the boy
with a grin.
I tore open the envelope and read
on the sheet that came from Il:
Sell everything you bought-never
mind the price. other orders on.
d. X"
+ gasped with amazement. Had
DoddridEe Knapp gone made To sell
twelve thousand five hundred shares
OF Omega was sure to smash the mar
ket. and the half-million dollars that
had been put into them would prob
ably shrink by two hundred thousand
or more II the order was carried out.
I read the note again.
Then a suspicion large enough %
overshadow the universe grew up in
ms mind. | recalled that Doddridge
Knapp had given me a cipher with
which he would communicate with me.
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you'd better 20 70 your room. Mr..
Wilton" lie said something more that
! dld not catch. and. Keeling on disap-
peared in the crowd before 4 could
turn f0 mark or question him.
Thought az first that he meant tho
room I had just left. Then IL occurred
to me that q was the room Henry had
0cclniel-the room in which / had
spent ms first dreadful night In san
Francisco. and had not revisited in
the thirty hours since had left Il.
The advice suited by inclination,
and In a few minutes ! a entering
the dingy building and climbing the
worn and creaking stairs. The place
lost rs air Of mystery in the broad
sunshine and penetrating daylight,
and though its interior was as gloomy
as ever. Il lacked the haunting sug-
gestions Il had borrowed from dark
ness and the night.
Slipped under the door | found two
notes. One was from Detective Coo
gan. and read
Inquest this afternoon. Don't want
you. Have another story. Do you
want the body"
The other was in a women's hand.
and the faint perfume Of the first
note had received rose from the
sheet II read
n do not understand your silence.
The money is ready. What Is the
matter"
The officers note was easy enough
10 answer. / found paper. and. assur.
ing Detective Coogan a my gratitude
az escaping the inquest. | asked him
70 turn the body over TO the under
taker 10 be buried az my order.
The other note was more perplexing
I could make nothing Of il. II was
evidently from my unknown employer
and her anxiety was plain to see. But
/ was 10 nearer TO finding her than
before. and If I knew how 10 reach
her knew not what TO say. As ! was
contemplating this state of affairs
with some detection. and sealing my
melancholy note 10 Detective COogan
there was a quick step IN the hall and
a rap az the panel II a a single
person. so ! had no hesitation In open
ing the door. but il gave me a passing
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stealihy tread. and the door closed
softly behind him.
I wondered idly who Doddridge
Knapp's visitor migJt be. but as |
could see no way Of finding out. and
felt no special concern over his identi-
IL or purposes. I rose and left the Of
fee. A I stepped into the hall dis
covered that somebody had a deeper
curiosity than I. A man was stoop-
inE 70 the keyhole Of DOddridge
Knapp's room in the ~endeavor 70 see
or hear. As ne heard the sound OF
my opening the door ne started up.
and with a bound. was around the turn
OF the hall and ~pattering down the
stairs.
In another bound I was after him. !
had seen his form for but a second.
and his face not az all. But In that
second knew him for Tim Terrill OF
the snake-eyes and the murderous pur-
pose.
When 1 reached the head OF the
stairs he was nowhere TO be seen. but
I heard the patter OF his feet below
and plunged down three steps at a
time and into Clay street. nearly up
setting a stout gentleman in my haste.
The Freet was busy with people. but
no sign Of the ~snakeeyed man greeted
me
Much disturbed in mind az this ap-
parition OF my enemy. I sought In vain
for some explanation OF his presence.
was he spying on DoddrdEe Knapp?
What t~reachery was he shaping in his
designs on the man whose bread he
was eating and whose plans Of crime
he was the chief agent TO assist or
execute / was reused By a man
humping into me ruughly / suspected
that he had done it o. purpose. and
started BY him briskiy. when he spoke
IL Z Low tone.
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|, Peruns Is nor a Bervine nor a .
! sfinruIanf. II benefits fhe nerves ,
|, by b~eneffing digestion.


Peruna frees the stomach or ca
tarrhal congestions and normal diges-
ton is the result.
In other words. Peruna goes TO the
bottom Of the whole difficulty. when
the disagreeable symptoms disappear.
Mrs. ]. c. Jamison, Wallace, Cal.
writes:
Il was troubled with my stomach
for six years. Was treated by three
doctors. They said that | had nervous
dyspepsia. | was put on a liquid diet
for three months.
Il improved under the treatment.
but as soon as | stopped taking the
medicine, | got bad again.
II saw a testimonial of a man whose
case was similar TO mine being cured
by Peruna, so | thought | would give it
a trial.
Il procured a bottle at once and
commenced taking IL. | have taken
several bottles and am entirely cured"
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ana J believed. moreover. ina: ne had
no idea where ! might be at the pres.
ent moment.
ITS all right. sonny" I said. "Trot
along"
Where's yer letter." asked the boz.
Loyalty anxious 10 earn his quarter.
1T won't have 10 go now" | said
coolly. l believed that the boy meant
no harm 20 me. but | was not taking
any risks. The boy sauntered down
the hall.
Well, must look like a sucker II
they think | can be taken in by a trick
like that vas my mental comment.
| charged the scheme up 70 my snake
eyed friend and had a poorer opinion
OF his intelligence than / had hitherto
entertained. Yet | was astonished
that he should. even with the most
hearty wish to bring about my down
fall. contrive a plan that would iniict
a heavy loss on his employer and pos
sibly ruin him altogether. There was
more beneath than | could fathom. My
brain refused to work in the maze OF
contradictions and mysteries. plots
and counterplots. in which was in.
volved.
! took my way al last toward the
market. and. hailing a boy TO whom
| intrusted my letter to Detective Coo
gan. walked briskly TO Pine street.
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I've got a few men staked out" he
continued slowly. and / reckon III
know something about II BY this time
to- morrow
There vas the growl OF the Wolf
Ia his voice.
Now for this afternoon. he con
tinued- There's got 10 be some sharp
work done. reckon the falling move
ment IS over. We've got 10 a for
what We get from now or. I've got a
man looking after the between-Board
trading. With the that's on IN
the clipper crowd out there. look 10
pick up a thousand shares or SO al
about forty.
Well. what's the programme l
asked ch.erfuliy.
Buy. ne said briefly. Take every
thing that's offered this side II seven
ty-hve
Um-theres a half-million wanted
already 10 settle for what I bought
this morning
The busly brows drew down. but
the the King cf the Street answered
lightly.
Your check IS good for a million.
ny boy. as lCnE as il goes 20 settle
for what you're ordered 10 buy. Then
be added grimiy. 4 don't think you'd
find il worth much for anything else"
There was a knock al the door be-
yoni and he hastily rose.
BE here after the t%wo-thirty ses-
sion. be said. And the Wolf. huge
and masterful. disappeared with a