The Delta independent., 1910-10-21
CHAPTER TX.
Number Three FortY.one.

When Orme was aroused by the
ringing of his telephone bell the next
morning and heard the clerks voice
saying over the wire. Eight o'clock.
SIR" it seemed as II he had been
asleep but few minutes.
During breakfast he reviewed the
events of the preceding evening.
Strange and varied though they had
been. his thoughts chiefly turned to
the girl herself and he shaped all his
plans with the idea of pleasing her.
The work he had set for himself was
to get the envelope and deliver 1t to
the girl. This plan involved the find
ing of the man who had escaped from
the tree.
The search was not SO nearly blind
as 1t would have been II Orme had
not found that folded slip OF paper
In Makus pocket. The address.
three forty-one North Parker street."
was unquestionably the destination at
which Maku had expected to meet
friends.
To North Parker street. then. Orme..
prepared to go. Much as he longed to
see the girl again. he was glad that
they we're not to make this adventure
together. for the reputation of North
Parker street was unsavory.
Orme found his way readily enough.
There was not far to go. and he pre-
;erred to walk. But before he reached
his destination he remembered that he
had promised Alcatrante and Poritol
to meet them at his apartment at ten
O'Clock.
His obligation to the two South
Americans seemed slight. now that
the bill had passed from his hands
and that he knew the nature of PORT
tolls actions. Nevertheless, he was a
man of his word. and he hurried back
to the Pere Marquette. for the hour
was close to ten. He was Influenced
to some extent by the thought that
Poritol and Alcatrante. on learning
how he had been robbed OF the bill,
might unwittingly give him further
clue.
No one had called for him. He
waited till ten minutes past the hour
before he concluded that he had full
filled his part Of the bargain with
them. Though he did not understand
IL. ne atLdCucQ uO tSpeCIdl
to their failure to appear
Once again he went to North Parker
street Three forty one proved to he
a notion shop. Through the win.
dow he saw stout woman reading q
newspaper behind the counter. When
he entered she laid the paper aside
and arose languidly, as though GUS
toners were rather a nuisance than q
blessing. She was forty. but not fair.
Orme asked to see q set of studs.
She drew a box from a show case and
spread the assortment before him.
He selected set and paid her. offer
ing ten-dollar bill. She turned to q
cash register and made change
which included five-dollar bill.
Orme could hardly believe his eyes.
The bill which she placed in his hand
bore the written words: Remember
person you pay this to-"
He turned II over. In the corner
was familiar set OF abbreviations.
There was no doubt about II. The
bill was the same which had been
taken from him. and which he had last
seen In the possession Of Maku.
Wnat an insistent Piece OF green pa
per that marked bill was! 1t had
started him on this remarkable series
Of adventures. It had introduced ex-
citable little Poritol and the suave
Alcatrante to his apartment. It had
made him the victim Of the attack by
the two Japanese. It had brought
the girl into his life. And now Il
came again into his possession Just
at the moment to prove that he was
on the right track in his search for
Maku and the man who had the pa.
pers. The queerest coincidence was
that the bill would never have come
into his possession at all had It not
been for his first meeting with the
girl-who at that very time was her-
Ito bs continued.)