The Delta independent., 1910-10-07
eVNoPSiS.

CHAPTER I.-At tho expense Of .
sofled hat Robert Orme saves from arrest
girl In . black touring car who has
buys q new hat and is given In change
= nve dollar bill with: "Remember person
sOS sOSS pay, pay thi. hi to-; to-" written on It % sec,
car and learns that in Tom and Bessie
W:liin.ham they haye mutual friends.
IN his rooms at the Pere Marauette he
telephone. Bessie walitngham and agrees
20 u 1olf at Arradais on the morrow. He
marked bill. which, In a futile attempt to
decipher It. he copies and places the copy
In drawer.
CHAPTER u-senor Poritoi. South
american. calls. and claims the marked
bill Orme refuses 70 give 1t up. Ro>
,toi attacks. orme. is overcome and calls
country. to vouch for him. Aicantrante
.nsn,,,,n. .,'so d,,p,"masy to get the bill orme 10
promise to Keep the bill until lite ten tom tomor-
row morning. The ofiiee clerk tells Orms
that Japanese has called Tor him, but
sage,
CHAPTER II.-orme goes for an eve
AlnS walk and in Lincoln park rescues
.icatrante from two Japanese assailants,
Alyantrante again trics diplomacy but
rails 20 get the mar, ed bill On his re-
turn to the Pere Marquette Orme Is
ragged by two Japanese into the tuu-
vl-nHe passage to the courtyard. Jiu-
suci into silent submission and "A
rySd exchange OF the marked bill for
Aothcr is effected. His assailants es
pc. tie notes one OF them has a SCARED
rchead
OHAPrER Iv.-In the Pere Marquette
VNTpdon room he finds the girl OF the
90 "aishs tor him. She too. wants the
Orhe tells his story She recog-
les the dap with the scar as Maku. her
a the bill is the KEY TO tSe hid ns p,aee
80 important papers stolen from her fa-
,.sr Both Japanese and South Ameri-
ans wan, the papers. She can not tell
l~pers, but he promises to help her. He
's the ,nsnr,pnn msr r hn Srme sets h,s copy OF
They start out In the black touring car
In quest OF the missing -p.r.rs.
ShAfrER YIN the university
hiding place. MaISu and another Jap are
."ere. Orne fells Mafu with a wrench
'u, .ns other escapes in the dar~ness
Skets folded slip OF paper. At the
ns REQUEST he ta~es her and the car
'Is is nome n.,G , .. nsr , friend in Evanston
-HAPTER vI.-Orne goes back to the
,,NersiSy grounds aud finds out from
rter, ON guard at the hfe~ avtng sta
N. that Maku is inside. IaeY hear y
tor boat out on the lake and Ormr
ssss's that Masu,s asssiiant is es.,
boats eShaus, indicates a break
IN orme and Porter go out In an
"er boat and IND tne crppIed one. In
're the Jap with the papers and
n iiasted on me-" she went on,
that If | could find the man, | might
be able to buy him OF. didn't be
lieve that he would dare to injure
me. There are reasons why he should
not. My car had been taken in. but
had them bring il out. and ] tod
them-well, that part doesn't matter,
Enough that ! made an excuse. and
went out with the car"
You should have taken some one
with you
There was q likelihood that the
Japanese would run If | had a com
panion. As long as I was alone he
might be willing to parley. thovght
At least. he would not he afraid o.
ne alone So ~ent north on Sheri
dan road to the upper end of the low
er campus. There is a cross--oad
here. you remember. cutting through
20 the lake. and | turned in. lett
the car near a house that is there, and
walked on to the edge of the bluff.
"Moored to a breakwater below was
a boat. and a man was standing neal
I
time Il was. He answered. Don
KNOW and knew him at onee to bs
foreign and. probably. Japanese. Sc
went down toward him.
When he saw that I was coming
he got into the boat He seemed te
be frightened and hurried, and ! In
ferred that he was about to cast OF
and called out that was alone Al
that he waited. but he did not get ou
OF the boat. and I was standing a
the edge of the breakwater. jus
above him. before he actually seeneS
to recognize me-
Did you know himr asked orme
Il never saw him before to m,
knowledge; but he made an exclama
ton which Indicated that he knew
me-
What did he do them"
Y told him that I wished to talk q
him about the papers. His answe
Was that. n I would step down int
the boat. he would talk. He said tina
he would not leave the boat ans
added that he was unwilling to dis
cuss the matter aloud And ! VA
foolish enough to believe his excuses
II he wished to whisper. said to my
self. why. would whisper. ! neve
felt 30 like q conspirator."
She paused to look up at the stree
sign at the corner which they hat
reached, and turned to the right os
shady avenue.
Well. I got into the boat" she con
tinued 4 told him that my fathe
was prepared to pay him . large sun
OF money for the pApera. but he onll
shook his head and said. No. no.
named . sum: then . larger one; bu
money did not seem to tempt him
though I made the second oner ~