The Huttig news., 1910-12-10
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 l CHAPTER I-At the expense of | soiled hat Robert OHne saves from arrest gri In a black touring car who has dused q traffic jam State street. He . Sx. new hat and is given in change q nVe soilstr hill with: Remember person you pay tho 70 \ ritten on 1t sec ond time he helps giri in the black 1a 1a aIii.a aha learns that in I'm nd Bessie Wainngham they have n.u.l..l friends. ! put gets no further hint of her identity i III ms rooms al the Pere Marquette he to tte'epntohes te Bessie Nottingham and agrees | so 1g solI al Affadale on the morrow. He nlscoNers another inscription on the GlaTked bill, which. in fudle attempt to Tn a drawer.
 CHAPTER n.-senor Por,to, South american, calls and claims the marked plIi Orme refuses to give it up Por- in iroi sa satlacks orme, is overcome and calls country, to vouch for him. Alcantrante tires. siies diplomacy to get the bill Orme is srepicious nrs,l,lSa and dismisses them with a row U"i,se oo Keep the bill until ten tomor .Hw .Hn morning. The office clerk tells Orme @ shal Japanese has called for him. but sage. A'''ie VI 'nes ntoa CHAPTER II1.-orme goes for an eve nlns walk and in Lincoln mark reseues Aicatrante from two Japanese assaflants ia aiGiahtfante again tries diplomacy but tnrn to t set the marked bill. On his re-
 
 aragged by two Japanese into the tun- uelznke passage to the courtyard. iiu- 9stSueq saroad Into into silent submission and aolceo exchange of the marked bill for another Is effected His assaiIanIs es 1 forehead ~ . 'Ne'iA gu rscdi,s,l alAfIER IV.-In the Pere Marquette '.ar psson ps,,tio room he finds the girl of the sSII "dslhs Tor him. She too wants fhe i oii Orme tells his story. She recog fa15.e 1Is .ie Jap with the scar as Maku. her on the hiiI natief u T.; The second inscription | of i.. piil Is the key 10 the hiding place oh important papers stolen from her fla eans eTf. Both Japanese and South Ameri- him u6a Mant the the papers She can not tell ,t,+Ho "Ho she Is, nor the secret of the paiHieiS psiie 5 but he promises to help her. He taIls her Girl" Orme gets his conv of They nserlption. saart n,t The girl deciphers It. '.a 4eest or the missing papers
 CHATTER vGTn 41e nnivarsit,, RRiSnus at Evanston Orme locates the | tbaras piace. Maku and another Jap are tnere. tre. Orme fells Maku with q wrench out the other escapes in the darSness nao,l mleh the papers. Orme finds in Ma<u's FITS sIHe'S Sas,,d Ioided slip of paper. At the 1 request he taxes her and the caf S s9 the home of her friend in Evanston she is still just Girl
 CHAPTER vI.-orme goes back to the ep.ns,ersity grounds and finds out from nn.e1. ,lot, 'iiat Maku Is inside. They hear a motor boat out oh the lake and Orme oassests lhat Makus assailant is es t6a boatn tnat way Sudden stopping of | 5 iS poal exhaust indicates a break tn a9wn' orme and Porter go out in an it sra oodt t9 ana md the crippled one. In Girl 'i ''ie papers and
 CHAPTER vII.-Tbe two hoats o,o.o m. n. Girl' jumps into Ormes boat T5e rap Tends Orme off, and, finally discoy- si,s 5fsns thai the girl has cut off the gaso- s,,it' aomn asoans t, 1he motor and distances pur- ilrrf ne girl to her friends home On the Say Soat sne aer explains her presence in the 9oa.' 9ess tomorrow l will get those pa 'ers' declares Orme.
 ne CHAPTER aiis 6. VIII.-Boarding a car for rails him hoping through him to 6r6 6nG tne me riaa Jap %h9 s,a9 has the papers. In sum insas duar.er Maku confronts Orme and re- uses uses 10 pc Followed further. Orme goes 9dcK 10 the Pere Marquette where he lhds on the paper he took from Malnis pocket the address. .S4l N. Parker St
 CHAPTER IX.-Next morning orme otse,t tres 'o Stl' tenement in N. Parker ground floor store and receives in hi 5nanse the marked bill Arima, teacher n alis ucJ,'sa on ana IS on the third floor. Orme l ,aAs on Ana clairvoyant, on the fourth ioor ana persuades her to allow him to Ise s's, tile hre- escape to enter the rooms be. | ali, io i eoileeais nimself under a coverei aoie Tn Arima's front room
 SAANhA A n <N.-ATlind has catlerS-A fanle, Poritol and the Japanese ministar 'rme. under the table, finds a Loose rdMer containing the stolen papers and dDsututes for them some minipg nrar 'ectuses. Japanese and South A,n..ri'a,s pa os- lsue over the papers and Orme hears .aousu 10 convince him that they are of sa, importance, With time-lim-
 ioi slshdiures or that night nlidnight .iinld produces the papers from inc raWer Without detecting Orme,s nras enee' ana the substitution is discovered
 CHAPTER XI.-The girl appears and leaves again after being told that eThe American" has the papers Alcantrante and the Japanese minister agree to work l separately to Find the American. and he papers They go away and Arlma .oes into another room Orme attempis get away Is discovered and set upon l Arlma ana Maku downs them both nd climbs the fire-escape to Alias flat
 No" he answered, q am not"
 Her lips brushed his forehead, and he was alone. Cropping with one hand, he assured himself that the panel re- mained open. All in black. he awaited the signal.
 And now strange manifestations be- gan in the room without. There were rappings, some faint, some loud coming apparently from all quarters. Invisible fingers swept gently across the strings of a guitar Then came the soft clangor of gong-once. twice, three times.
 Orme slipped through the panel, into the cabinet Keeping close to the wall, he moved to the left and worked out into the room. The rappings were now louder than before-loud and continu- ous enough to cover any slight sound he might made. A little gasp came from the circle as he went out into the room At first he thought that he had been seen. To his eyes, fresh from complete darkness, the room seemed moderately light; but the gas was lit tie more than tiny blue dot.
 As he took a step forward he saw why the circle had gasped. Through he curtains of the cabinet came the 1 semblance of tenuous wrath in long,