The Delta independent., 1910-09-02
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER I.-At the expense of
q girl in a black touring car who has
caused a traffic jam on State street. He
BUYS Ss. aan, new @ hat and and is given In change
you pay this to- written on IL. A sec
ond time he helps the girl In the black
Wallingham they haSe mutual friends.
put gets no further hint of her identity
ielephones oiss BESSIE a. MsiinEsam Hs aSd agrees
TO golf at Arradale on the morrow. He
discovers another inscription on the
marked bill. which, in a futile attempt to
cecipher II. he copies and places the copy
In drawer.
CHAPTER LI.-senor Poritol South
,,i- oili- orme refuses 70 give II up. foi>
itol attacks Orme. is overcome and calls
In Senior Alcatrante. minister frorv his
country, 10 vouch for him. Alcantrante
suspicious and dismisses them with
promise pro- TO Keep the bin until ten tomor-
mat japanese has called for him. but
gone away without leaving name or mes
sage.
CHAPTER III.-orme goes for an eve
ming walk ana in Lincoln park rescues
Alcatrante from Two Japa ncse assailants.
A4GantTante again tries diplomacy but
turn TO the Pere Marquette Orme is
uFaeIed by TWO Japanese into the tun-
ut4-ilhe passage TO the courtyard. Jiu-
!itsued Into silent submission and
forced exchange Of the marked bill for
forehead.
CHAPTER IV.-In the Pere Marquette
reception room ne finds the girl OF the
"a, al WAITING for him She too, wants the
Plies the Jap with the scar as Maku her
latners butler The second Inscription
on the bill is the key to IN. hiding place
OF important papers stolen from her ia
thtr Both Japanese and South Ameri-
cans cans want the papers. She not tell
Diapers. but he promises to help her. He
calls her Girl" Orme gets his copy of
Tn 1le inscription. The girl deciphers it
In quest OF the missing -p.pers.
ne said ''whiie / was puzziIng over
the bill this evening l copied the
secret on sheet of paper. When
Poritol came put it away in a drawer
and forgot all about II. But here il
is He laid the PAPER on the little.
useless onyx table that stood beside
her chair.
She snatched II quickly and began
to examine II closely.
Perhaps you can imagine how
those letters puzzled me-, he volun-
teered.
"Hush." she exclaimed: and then:
"Oh, this is plain. You wouldn't
know. of course. but see II clearly.
There is no time to lose"
You are going to follow this clue
now-tonight?"
'Maku will read II on the bill, and
--oh. these Japanese, II you have
one in your kitchen. you never know
whether he's jinriksha man. a col
lege student, or a viceadmiral"
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Orme was trembling for the answer.
He WAS still in the dark. and did not
know how far she would feel that
she could accept his aid.
II may need you. Mr.. Orme,' she
said simply.
II pleased him that she brought up
no question of possible inconvenience
to him. With her. he realized. only
direct relations were possible.
How much of journey is it?" he
ventured to ask
Not very long intend to be
mysterious about it, She smiled
brightly. Her face had lighted up
wonderfully since he gave her the
paper that contained the secret OF
the bill.
But he knew that she must be
tired: SO he said: Cant you send me
alone on this errand? 1t may be late
before II is done. and"
And l will not sit and rest while
you do all the work. Besides, can
not forego the excitement of the
chase"
He was selfishly glad in her answer.
DO we walk" he asked
I'VE will go in the motor" she
said
Where is it,"
Il left ii around the corner. The
thought came to me that Mr.. Poritol
might be here and L didn't wish him
to recognize it
Orme thought of the hard quest
the girl had followed that day-bat-
tling for her fathers interests. What
kind of man could that father be
to let his daughter thus go into diff
culties alone? But she had said that
her father was unable to leave the
house. Probably he did not know how
serious the adventure might be. or
was the loss of the papers so desper-
ate that even a daughter must run
risks?
Together they went out to the
street Orme caught dubious glance
from the clerk, MS they passed
through the lobby. and he resented
1t. Surely anyone could see
The girl led the way around the
corner into side street. There stood
the car. He helped her In and with
out word saw that she was restfully
and comfortably placed In the seat
next to the chaufeur's. She did not