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

q girl in a black touring car who has
caused traffic jam on State street He
q hve dollar bill with: Remember person
you pay this to- written it. A sec
and ne helps ss, me n ET d In s 1he Rsss
Nottingham they haSe mutual friends.
but gets no further hint of her Identity.
Telephones Bessie Wallinsham and agrees
to golf at Arradale on the morrow. He
nlseovers ls.e m another Inscription on the
marked Dill. which, In futile attempt to
eeclpher II. he copies and places the copy
In q drawer
CHAPTER H-senor Poritoi. South
Amercan. calls, and claims the marked
Dill Orme refuses 10 give IL up F.or<
itoi attacks Orme, is overcome and calls
"a senior Alcatrante. minister from his
suspicious and dismisses them with a
row morning The otf..e ~, eerk e, ten tells orme
ma, japanese has called for him. but
sage.
CHAPTER III-Orme goes for an eve
nlng walk and in Lincoln park rescues
Aicatrante from two Japanese assailants.
s.iIahtrante again tries diplomacy but
.aIlh 70 get the marhed bill. On his
urn 10 The Pere Marquette Orme is
ofassed By TWO Japanese into the tun-
heI-hke passage to the courtyard. jiu-
litsued into silent subuission and a
forced exchange Of the marked bIll for
anothSr is Effected. His assailants es-
forehead ''-e''' '''s q SA' 60
CHAPTER IV.-In the Pere Marquette
- plvn room tie finds the girl of the
ShI SaI waiting FOR him She too, wants the
gixes The Jap with the scar as Maku. her
amer - ~ nutIer, The second Inscription
~ important papers stolen from her IA
@.ner @ Both japanese and South Ameri-
Sans ian. want the papers. She can not tell
MN VINO she is. nor the secret of the
out ne promises TO help her He
ne inscription The girl deciphers It.
they start out in the black touring car
IN quest OF the missing -pSpers-
CHATTER Vim the university
fiSun fftiS9unds at Evanston orme locates the
mere Orme fells Maku with a wrench
~, ~, 'ne other escapes In the darkness
pockets a folded slip of paper. Al the
sirs request lie takes her and the car
20 80 the home of her friend in Evanston.
one 10 stun Just Girl"
You'd better go in through the
gate" said the girl. and follow the
west fence northward for 100 PAGES
Then turn east. at right angles and go
2l0 paces-l suppose II must be PAGES.
not feet
Yes, said Orme. THAT would be
the natural way for a burglar in a
hurry TO measure
Il VIII move the car north on Sheri-
dan road little way" she went on,
so as not to be in the glare of this
street light"
This was the first evidence she had
shown of nervousness. and Orme sud
denly realized that enemies might be
lurking among the trees.
1T might be well for you TO take
the electric hand-lamp." she added.
It's In the kit-box. think"
He looked in the box. but the
lamp was not there. He told
her So
"Maku may have stolen IT," she
said.
Orme slipped a heavy wrench into
his pocket and closed the kit-boN.
With the girl. he avoided any refer
ence to the possible presence of the
Japanese among the trees. but know
Ing that he was no match for them
unarmed. with their skill in jiu-jitsu.
he resolved to be in some measure
prepared
He walked through the gate and
began to pace northward. keeping
close to the fence and counting his
steps. Meantime the car followed
his course. moving along the side Of
the road just west of the fence orme
counted his hundred PAGES north. then
turned east
He saw that the 210 PAGES which he
now had to take would carry him
well over toward the lake. The girl
evidently had not realized how great
the distance would be. She would be
nearer him. IL she turned back to the
corner and followed the Sheridan
road eastward toward the life-saving
station. but Orme did not suggest this
! to her though the car was within
twenty feet OF him. the other side of
the fence. II there should be strug-
gle. II would please him Just as well
that she should be out of hearing.
for her anxiety. he knew. was al
ready great, though she kept It close
ly under control.
Eastward he went through the
trees. When he had covered about
half the distance he found himself
approaching the side OF large build
ing. There must be some mistake.
Had he deviated so widely from the
course? In leaving the fence he had
taken sights as carefully as he could.
Then the explanation struck him.
Walsh. the burglar. had probably
paced In eastward from the fence and
come to the building just as he had.
There was no good hiding-place ap-
parent near at hand, and Walsh wo,-so
hardly have retraced his steps.
What. then, would he have done?
orme asked himself. Why, he would
have turned north or south.