The Washington herald., 1912-01-16
IsrsorIs OF PRECEDING CHAPTERsJ

The secrets Of the United States are being nys-
teriously stolen By other countrica and every mes
sage Of any Importance is being seen and me
contents decipbered to foreign interests. Chief
wilkins has called Mr. PinkWen bead Of the IA
nous detective agency Of that name, INTO ms once'
and the two sleuths are working on the ease.
Several different cpber had been arsansee -
experts but agents Of foreign countr7o always
managed to find out their conteuts-
Harry Brockett a clerk in Chief wilkins once,
s. summoned by the chief On trivial matter, ano
as he is about 10 leave the once several papers
drop out Of his pocket Mr.. Pinkwen picks them
up and n locking them over finds that they con
tain a cipher Chief wilkins asks Harry 70 take
down a short message in the cipher, and ne ooes
40 As HarTy is leaving the ofice. Mr. PinkWeIl
asks him the name Of the cipher, and HArTy tells
him it Is the Diamond Cipher.
Young Brockett has his suspicious aroused BY a
chance meeting with Miss Lawson. the chiefs ste
noErspher. who is seen passing a mysterious paper
10 a japanese.
Brockett's cipher earns him chance to render
a serTica 20 his country, and he has been assigned
TO an important diplomatic Grand
ArririnE at Gen. Coles oficc Harry Brockett and
his Cuban friend intustod with an important
mission TO the City q Mexico. While at home
faced japanese. who offers him 500 for seIet
cipher which he has heard the youth invented
Shortly sftsrEArd messenger with instructions ar
rived and told that the japanese had met MN
and said that Brockett had told him 70 receive
the message Brockstt stepped TO the door 70 sea
II the conspirBtor was lingering in the neiEhoor-
heed when his feet were suddenly sToex non
BrocEett and solsno are attacked in the night hy
the SCARED Jap and 4 Filipino companion, but
Mike McKans, a husky messenger hoy. comes to the
fescuef and the assailants frustrated In ther
Ettempt to steal the Diamond Cipher key.
The document which the japanese endesvored %
take from Mike McKane, the messenger boy, cou-
tained Instructions for Brockett and Solano %
rroceed 70 a small town in MEXICO by = drcuitDul
route taking eight days to complete the journey.
McKsne wants to join the party. and tells the
boys 10 look for him on their travels me eoy'
part agreeing 20 start for New York in the morntng
Tazimoto and the Filipino after leaving Brockett
home 60 to brownstone house Entering. they
find a portly German in charge Of the building
Yazimoto tells tho German that ho has failed Whic
the German, whom the Jap calls Herr Barren, Il
tiFading them for their failure. In walks MIS-
Iawson, the stenoETapher at the Secret Service
otscs- She tells them that Brockett win leave
tomorrow morning q secret journey with I
message and a new cipher 10 some unknown place
Brockett and Solano leave Brockett's home shortly
after daybeak and j0stled BY supposedly drunk
en man. They assist him to his feet and he ASH
then to fix his pin. Brockett starts 10 do 20. WheI
the snngeT. who is Baron Zolle-n, gTahs him and
calls fOE the police. policeman Gppean and N,
German says he has been robbed. Brockett and
solano break away from the polics and the Ge-1naE
BY executing a baseball slide.
On the train they find they have been followed
and before the trAin reaches jersey City they tunI
from the moving and 60 to q ball game Afte
the ball game they start for New Eork. and whit
in the fe-Ty beat some slips = note into Brock
ett's pocket which readss You are beginning well
look out for Kelly
Brockett and Solano are discussing the w1ruini
in rerard 10 Kelly and decide to hold
council Of war. After doubling on their tack
several times, they arrive IN Chinatown, and q
they are walking down the street, q gang o
fighting Celestials swarm out Of doorway. Tn
inE to retreat, Brockett and Solano find Gnothe
sang in their rear. and at that moment . doc
IS opened, and the boys arc hidden 70 enter. A
they come into tho room bag Il thrown oTe
their heads, and voice. that Brockett recognize
as belonging to the Jap, Yazimoto thanks Kelly.