The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1911-01-19
CHAPTER Iv.-contInued.

The girl laughed. "It was really
ridiculous. He overApeeded and was
caught by one of those roadside motor
car traps, 10 or II miles out in the
country. They timed him, and stopped
him by bar across the road. From
what the detective says, l Judge he
was frightened almost to speechless'
ness. He may have thought that he
was being arrested for stealing the
car. When they dragged him before
the country justice, who was sitting
under a tree near by, he was white
and trembling.
"They fined him $40. He had in his
pocket only $11.63, and the marked
bill was nearly half the sum. He
begged them to let him go-ofered
them his watch, his ring, his scarf
pin-but the justice insisted on cash.
Then he told them that the bill had
formula on 1t that was valuable to
him and no one else.
"The justice was obdurate, and Mr..
Poritol finally hit on the device which
you have seen. 1t fitted in well with
his sense of the theatrical; and the
detective says that there was not
scrap Of paper at hand. The point
was that Mr.. Poritol was more afraid
of delay than anything else. He knew
that l would put some one on his
track"
When did all this happen?" asked
Orme.
Yesterday afternoon. Mr.. Poritol
came back to Chicago by trolley and
got some money. He went back to
the country justice and discovered that
the marked bill had been paid out.
He has followed it through several
persons to you, just as Maku did.
and as have done. But heard
nothing of the Japanese"
You shouldn't have attempted this
alone" said Orme, solicitously.
She smiled family. 81 dared not let
anyone into the secret. was afraid
that a detective might learn too
much" She sighed wearily. 81 have
been on the trail since morning"
And how did you finally get my ad-
dress?"
The man who paid the bill in at
the hat shop lives in Hyde Park
did not get to him until this evening,
while he was at dinner. He directed
me to the hat shop, which, of course,
was closed. l found the address Of
the owner Of the shop in the directory
and went to his house. He remem-
bered the bill, and gave me the ad-
dresses of his two clerks. The second
clerk I saw proved to be the one who
mad paid the bill to you. Luckily he
remembered your address.
Orme stirred himself. Then the
Japanese have the directions for find
ing the papers"
MY predicament," said the girl, us
complicated by the question whether
the bill does actually carry definite
directions"
"It carries something-a set Of alb
breviations," said Orme. But could
not make them out. Let us hope that
the Japanese can't. The best course
for us to take is to go at once to see
Walsh, the burglar"
He assumed that she would accept
his aid.
THAT is good of you," she said.
But 1t seems little hopeless, doesn't
itf"
why? What else can we do? l
suppose you saw to it that no one
else should have access to Walsh"
'Yes, father arranged that by tele-
phone. Tho man is in solitary con.
flnement. Several persons tried to see
him today. on the plea of being rela-
tives. None OF them was admitted"
What money king was this girls
father. that he could thus regulate
the treatment Of prisoners?
80 there were abbreviations on
the bill?" she asked.
Yes. They weren't very elaborate,
and / puzzled over them for some
time. The curious fact is that, for
all my study of them, can't remem-
Der much of anything about them.
What have since been through, ap-
parently, has driven the letters out of
my head"
"Oh. do try to remember" she i'm
plored. Even If you recall only one
or two bits Of it, they may help me"
There was something about man
named Evans" he began. IS. r.,
Evans, 1t was"
Evans? That is strange. | can't
think how any one of that name could
We involved"
Then S. r. Evans is not your IA
ther?" he ventured.
"Oh, no." She laughed light little
laugh. my father is-but are you
sure that the name was Evans?"
Quite sure Then there was the
abbrevIation 'Chi.'-which / took to
mean Chicago"
"Yes?" she breathed.
And there were numerais-a num-
Der. then the letter M another num-
ber, followed by the letter E. So
far north SO far east, j read tt
though couldn't make out whether
the numbers stood for feet or PAGES
or miles"
Eyes, yes." she whispered. Her