The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1912-10-25
SYNOPSIS.

Secret Service Chief Wilkins, puzzled
over the theft OF the government ciPne,,
calls to his aid Detective Pinkweu. lney
think they have discovered new cipher.
when the office boy. Brocker; tens rts ."e for
the ball park. Brockett, Chula Lon ran,
Sfamese, Ramon Solano, q CUBAN, 70
gether with some twenty other younss,Se 81.
OF Wilkins stenographers Is seen 10 pass
paper to a mysterious stranger AS
outcome or Brocketts cipher, the pan
player and solano are engaged by soy-
eminent for mysterious mission; Iaxi-
motto, mysterious Jap. calls on brocne'..
Brockett falls into Yazimoto's trap.
top; Messenger McKane coming to the
rescue. McKane was bearer OF the mys-
terious cipher: Is also ball player, iaa-
ports to Baron Zoliern his failure to OBJ
tain the cipher: Miss lawson, the sten-
ographer. also reports to the oarv3 .h
and tbe latter out
second best. Brockett and Solano arrit te
In Jersey City; make appointment 10
meet McGin Rroyis the and o soano arrive in
New York and run into a Chinese Tong
war; rescued by a white man. the place
Of refuge found to be @.an trap " RELY to
rescue. Kelly turns $4,000 Jap money
over to Brockett. Brockett ana no'a aro
have encounter with tough gang sieener
HIeveIa nd bound. the baron detected In
act of rifiing Solanos berth. jumps Ilo ~
train. At Detroit the messengers n mystic so e.
rious manner and depart for CHICAGO a az
irving in Chicago the messengers co.,
robbed by "transom thlel, w 70 as
sist in recovering the stolen papers; ne
messengers find the. stolen papers IN inc
possession of giant negro: i h.ue' and
Solano wake up in jail. The. messengers
and police visit the Tenderloln IN search eanod
of the stolen property T ge,o ,,,,ei and part
OF the "booty" is recovered. Mysterious
iy receiving another hieroglyphc mes ssr
sage. the messengers board train rua
the west and are later arrested py pvsus
Arkansas sheriff Brockett and Soiano
knock the sheriff and his deputies oo low,
and take to the woods the "a Ss"u the
sheriff arrests Baron Zolierh' a"N NV
bows resume their journey.
CHAPTER xxiIl.-(Continueo.)
"No. son. they don't look that way,
and they amt" gurgled the Delighted
Mr. Morgan. whats more. there
never was no man-eatin' dawgs useo
ter chase nobody, not even niggers.
Tn the old slavery days, when mig
eor run away, the thing to do was tuh
catch him. but not tub Kill him. XIII
a 81 600 niger? Son, that would be
n,umb idiotic, wouldn't 1t? The hounds
was simply used tub foller him, To-
cate him. an make a racket till the
hunters could come up an get tne
man."
"In Cuba" put in Solano. the Span
iards used real bloodhounds, ana
fierce ones too, to run down and Kill
the Indians
We'll" assented Mr.. Morgan, that
would be plumb diffrunt. An Injun Is
a diffrunt beast from a niger. Your
bigger was mighty valuable-you had
TO look out fer his hide. Your lnjun
was mighty dangerous. an better dead
than Twin. See the diffrunce. sonny?
Tell me, whar did you pick up that
pepper trickT
"Cuban scheme" explained Solano.
.Tn the Ten Years war, my father
and his friends threw the Spaniards
of the trail dozen times that way"
Great idee," quoth Mr.. Morgan. II
don't bear you boys the least ill-will
fer it-but somebody's got tub make
good fer them dawgs, an l reckon It'll
have tub be the German"
The travellers were accustomed to
receiving notes by now and they were
hardly surprised when Brockett, as
the train moved out. received small
white envelope from the hand Of the
friendly sheriff.
Game by mail this afternoon"
cried the sheriff as the station receded
into distance. Mote to me with 1t.
Note said to give 1t to you as the
train started. Goodbye. boys. and
good luck go with you!"
And the note bore, In the same mys-
terious code, simply these directions:
"3BH Fin w w WP Pos Pc TIC E
2BH PB Pc TIC TIC BA TIC Fin TO
SB TIC w TO w TIC Fin ALB Pc SH."
Hurry along and look out for
trouble" Brockett translated. I'D risk
something that there's plenty OF that