Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-03-30
SYNOPSIS.

At the expense Of a soiled hat Robert
Orme saves from arrest a girl In a black
touring car who has caused a trathc Jam
on State street. He buys a new hat ana
Is given in change a five dollar bill WITH;
"Remember the person you pay tnis 70,
written on 1t. A second time he helps tne
lady in the black car, and learns That IN
Tom and Bessie Wallingham tnsy h h,mt
mutual friends, but gains no further mint
of her identity.
Eenor Alcatrante, minister from the same
country, and some Japs try to get pos
session of the bill. Two Of the latter over
change of the marked bill for another.
orme finds the girl Of the BLACK S car
So sma se1 fGF his him sto sHe She She recognizes, one
of the Japs as her fathers butler, MaMu.
A second inscription on the bill Is tne
key to the hiding place OF importan6 pa
and the "Girl' start out in the black car
in quest Of the papers. In the unlversitS
grounds in Evanston the hiding pace -
located. Maku n another Jap are there'
Orme fells Maku and the other Jap es-
capes. Orme finds in Maku's pocket a
folded slip of paper. He takes the girl,
whose name is still unknown to MIN, 10
the home Of a friend In Evanston. ne
turning to the university GROUNDS PRIME
gets in conversation with a guard at the
hfe-saving station. They hear a motor
boat in trouble in the darkness on the
lake. They find the crippled boat. IN i y
are the Jap with the papers and Girl.
She Jumps into Orme's boat; blu the jap
eludes pursuit. Orme finds on the paper
he took from Maku the address, .34l y.
Parker street" He goes gees, there Is re 9 fba t hhrs
floor. He calls on Ala, clairvoyant, on
the fourth floor, descends by the nre-
escape and conceals himself under a tapls
In Arima's room. Alcatrante. Poal.9. an tha
the Jap minister enter. Orme hnds the
papers in a drawer, under the table ano
substitutes mining prospectuses for tnem'
He learns that the papers are OF interna-
tonal Importance with a time limit fol-
signatures Of that night, midnight. The
substitution is discovered. h girl ap.
pears and leaves again after being tolo
that the American has the papers. Orme
set upon by Arima and Maku. He eludes
them and is hidden in a closet, by the
clairvoyant. Orme escapes. during {
eeance given by Mia. on the si eoes y
ind Tom Wallingham. Alcatrante hang'
on and tries to get the, papers. DuTlnt
the excitement caused by n OF Aica
trante's tricks to delay Orme, the latte
sees the girl and follows her back t.
W~allingham's office. He and the girl ar
cooked in a. giant specimen refrigerato
by Alcatrante.
They confess their love and when the
had almost abandoned hope Of escap
Orme breaks the thermometer coils an
attracts the attention OF a late-goln
clerk. They are liberated,
Alcatrante Is on watch. They get W
in a hired motor car to Evanston. TIL
chauffeur turns out to be Maku, He run
them to a quiet spot where. they me
another motor. Orme pretends to concet
the papers under the seat. but drops the1
in the road. Orme fights Arima, Max
and W other Japs.
A policeman intervenes. The girl drive
away in one car with what Orme deceive
her into thinking are the real paper
Arima finds the real papers, eludes u
policeman and drives away in anotht
car, Orme, unnoticed, climbs in benin
throttles the Jap, RECEIVERS the stole
papers and goes to Arradale. Bessie Wa
fingham introduces him to the club men
bers and the Japanese minister.
The latter accuses Orme of theft. Be
eie vouches for him and they leave +
the home of Girl" where he places II
papers in her hands.