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CHAPTER ~.

Brockett returned at one O'Clock.
accompanied by Ramon Soianc. He
lifted the sheets on which he had been
last working from the desk drawer,
and quickly looked them over. All
five of the sheets were in proper
place. but the third carbon from the
top had been removed, and a fresh car
bon substituted.
General Cole. kindly and affable.
had the boys feeling thoroughly at
home before they had been In his Of
fee for five minutes. The old soldier
was In CHEEKY spirits. and bis genial
mood communicated itself to his
young visitors, who-long counted
amoag the most ardent admirers OF
the general-were at first inclined to
b~ashfulness when actually In the pres
ence of their ideal tighter. Solano.
whose father had often spoken OF Gen.
eral Cole and his prowess as shown In
the rush up San Juan Hill. was almost
in raptures over the unexpected In
terview. while Brockett, wondering
much over the events Of the past four
hours. vas trying to figure out what
on earth would happen next. He was
not long left IN suspense. for the old
warrior plunged into his reasons for
requiring their attendance IN his Of
1oa
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MAIN CITY OF CEYLON
COLOMBO ALWAYS INTERESTING
TO THE TRAVELLER.
Its Origin Goes Back Beyond the
Pages of History and Has Record
In Writings of the Earliest
G~eosraphsr.

Colombo, CeyIon.-Apart from Its
Importance as the chief city of Cey-
lon. Colombo, In consequence OF its Sc
lection as port of call on the Aus
tralian route, has a special signif-
canoe. To SO many English eyes 1t is
the first glimpse of tropical luxuri-
ance, and, however much a man may
afterward explore Equatorial regions.
it still remains in his recollection as
essentially typical OF the Tropics.
One day early in November 7 had
my first view of Colombo, and beheld
the low promontory which Ptolemy
the geographer marked on his map in
the second century A. ID. as "Jovis Elk
tremum." ] thought on this, by first
day in Colombo, as / stood in the
streets-streets as busy as Cheapside
at one o'clock-:nat it might well be
called THE City OF the Silent Feet"
for the fact that nearly everyone goes
barefoot lessons enormously the
amount of noise. The heat and the
extreme humidity at first press hard
upon the stranger, and a battling en-
velope Of lassitude seemed trying all
the willis 20 clog and hamper every
movement of body or Of limb.
T~wo-wheeled bullock.carts innumer.
able passed along at a ~leisurely pace,
many of them loaded with tea-chests
and some with p~lantains or other
fruit. The bullocks were little crea-
lures for the most part, sometimes
black and sometimes fawn or a red
dish brown, and the wooden yokes
that lay across their necks were
heavily fashioned. A thatch of palm
leaves protected the goods from rain
and sun. In the main thoroughfares
tramways echoed the modernity OF
shops and Office buildings, but the old
order jostled with the new. A herd Of
water buffaloes INSTRUCTED the tram
lines; On the steps of the %pretentious
general postotfice native letter-writers,
under wide umbrellas, scrubbed mis-
sives for their clients, and at every
street corner squatted the sellers of
betel, generally women.
OF the wonderful Dagobas remain.
ing at Anuradhapura space will per.
NIT no description-not of the Thu.
parama, the most beautiful. where the
right collarbone of Buddha was en-
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REW

Ramon Solano, | knew your father. /
have heard good reports OF you. II
you are even half the man your father
was a dozen years ago, you are al
ready selected for this commission"
The Cuban gazed straight into the
eyes of the fighting man, and the gen
eral understood.
Now, boys" the veteran continued
Tets get busy without delay. You
viii please make arrangements with
the folks at home for a somewhat pro.
longed absence. While you are gone,
Mr.. Brockett, your mother will receive
your salary-and perhaps n little
more. Mr.. Solano. you are MOI in gov
eminent employ"
The Cuban waved a supple hand.
Il have ample resources of my own.
general. and shall consider it a pleas
ure to expend them on such a mis-.
sion"
Nevertheless" answered General
Cole. the government will take the
liberty OF supplying you both with the
funds needed In the completion OF the
enterprise. Enough money TO cover
all probable expenses VIII be advanced
you. and when you reach the frontier
arms. horses. general equipments. and
Trustworthy guides viii be found. To-
night. Mr.. Brockett. you will receive
full instructions at YOU home. Read
them over carefully--you alEo. Mr..
Solano. BE ready to start tomorrow
Afternoon need hardly remark that
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BEAR is UNLIMITED GUEST
Enters Sleeping Room, Whose occu.
pant vacates l%nstanter Without
Waiting to Dress.

Hood River, Ore.-The citizens Of
the Oak Grove district, armed with
the family weapons and followed by
all of the dogs that qualified for the
event, are passing the time in a bear
hunt. A big brown bruin came down
out of the Green Point hills a few days
ago, raided a raspberry patch at the
ranch of Esquire c. c. Lennon, de-
stroyed the apiary OF another rancher
and entered the kitchen of the Apple
del.
Robert Shinn, a graduate OF the
Oregon Agricultural college, who is
caring for the Appledel tract, keeps
bachelors hall there. His slumbers
Of the early dawn were disturbed by
the noise of the bear raiding the cult
nary department.
In a few seconds the bear had ca.
tered his sleeping apartment. Shinn
left hurriedly through an open window
by his bed. The tapping of his night
shirt waving an sdieu SO suddenly In
the cool morning breeze frightened
the bear, which turned over a Gun
board OF jams and canned fruits ir
its hasty exit through the pantry.
The bear Is said to be one OF the
largest ever seen in this region, and
the ranchers fear that unless it ID
killed It will begin to raid harnyarda
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c~IrcumstantiaI evidence.

There was considerable chill in the
air, and Smiley didn't know whether
il would be wise to begin q conversa.
tion with Mrs. Smiley or not. Finally.
however, the silence became too arc
tic for comfort, and he decided to
risk IL.
Beautiful morning. my dear" ne
observed. rs he lathered his chin.
Don't you talk to me. Mr.. Sniff
fiey." retorted the lady. Il am dis
gusted with you. You needn't fool
yourself into think l don't know In
what condition you and Mr.. Bagiey
zane home last night. l overheard
your conversation"
Conversation" said Snifiey. "what
did l say?"
You said you didn't know. when
Mr.. Bagley asked You which keynote
was the right one. and tksTe's only
one On the door!" said Mrs. Snifiey.
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sBrockett. my boy" said the gen.
eral, pleasantly enough. but with
something governing the tone OF the
calm, even voice-something that
seemed to electrify both young men
like the current Of a mighty battery
II believe that / car make you-and
your young friend-quite useful in the
immediate future"
Solano gasped, astounded, and fixed
his big black eyes upon the generals
face. Brockett nodded, and leaned
forward, expectantly.
II have had considerable experience
with government and military ciph-
ers," the soldier continued, "and 1
must say that yours is the most e1-
traordlnary tumble and most weirdly
mangled collection of hieroglyphics I
ever looked upon. For that very rea-
son. my boy, / am forced to believe
that you have stumbled upon some
thing OF real value to the army. the
nation-and your W personal future.
| can't figure where any expert in the
world could read that cipher without
a key, and an untranslatable cipher,
right now, is ~imperatiyely needed. II,
during the next thirty days, the war
department-yes, and the navy, too
can transmit certain important mes
sages, without danger of their being
Transcribed by hostile influences, q
service OF the most notable kind will
have been performed for the country.
Do you follow me-"
Brockett nodded eagerly, but Solano
could not shift his great black eyes
from the generals visage. The old
warrior resumed his speech.
"Mr. Brockett, a key of your cipher,
and a message, written in that cipher,
must be carried, by a messenger on
whom We a unhesitatingly rely, to
a persona person whose name can
be revealed only to the messenger
and n com~panion-in the City OF
Mexico. You are the inventor of the
cipher, and can instruct in the use
of its key more rapidly, more success
fully, than any other man. You are
also, | believe, honest, loyal, and fair
ly resourceful. Furthermore, you say
that you have learned to speak a lit.
tie Spanish. How would you like to
carry a message OF Importance, and a
key to your cipher, as far as the CAPT
tai Of Mexico?"
Brockett choked up, flushed. and
stammered a vague sentence which lie
in all probability meant to signify &C
ceptance OF the proffered honor. The
general smiled, reassuringly.
"You don't say it very clearly, son,
but your meaning is easily under
stood. Now, then, something along
the same lines. II you had a COM
panion on this journey, a man who
spoke Spanish by right OF birth and
blood, and who could be trusted as alb
solutely as yourself, the chances OF
success would be more than doubled.
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have dissuaded almost any young ad-
venturer--unless the adventurer hap
pened to be her brother. Sisterly
counsels and entreaties have been
! wasted on the wandering winds for
many centuries, and. presumably. al
ways will be.
Young Brockett had dined, had re-
ceiyed some excellent advice from his
mother. and had rebuffed the implor-
ing sister with muc humor. He vas
glancing owe the evening paper, and
waiting the arrival of Ramon Solano
or OF the messenger who should bring
him his instructions, when the door
bell tinkled lightly. Bertha. answer
ing the bell. admitted a stocky. WELL
dressed man OF middle age-a swarthy
little fellow, with one cheek crossed
By a broad. indented scar. The boy
at once remembered the Japanese
whom he had seen stop Miss Lawson
on the previous night, but gave no
sign OF recognition as he looked in
quiringly at his Oriental visitor.
There was Old World politeness in
the courtly bow with which the stran-
ger prefaced his self-introduction.
x speak to Mr.. Harry Brockett?
Yes!"
AT your service. sir. You are
Mr.. --?"
Il am Mr.. Yasimoto. or Tokyo. I'm
porter OF Oriental goods"
Won't YOU SIT down. Mr.. Yazimo-
In
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you. | have reason to believe that my
correspondence, both in Japanese and
in English, is as you say it, held up.
read by these not SO honorable COM
p~etitors. So / have come to you. Mr..
Brockett."
ITO me? Why, what can l do for
you?"
That shall now be told you, Mr..
Brockett. l could now make use OF
some new. some very difficult CORE
s%pondence cipher. II In English, that
would be very good-my firm has at
home most admirable English edu.
Gated clerks. Friends of mine tell me
that you, Mr.. B~rockett, have devised
such cipher. A cipher of most hon.
orable excellence. If this cipher were
to be adaptive to the use of commerce,
I would pay well. | say, in fact, Mr..
Brockett, i pay modestly high moneys.
Suppose that you demonstrate for me
the idea OF your cipher. II 1t shall
prove satisfactory for the commercial
purpose, / pay you $4,000. And, that !
show / am a man OF business, and that
I do not waste the valuable time, 1
pay you, il satisfactory or no, $500
that you only demonstrate for me the
ideas of the cipher"
The smiling Japanese had drawn
forth a thick, prosperous-looking wal
let, and was fumbling with it, when
Brockett slowly, but emphatically
shook his head.
MIR. YaZimoto, you have been mis-
informed. l cannot imagine where you
gained your information. but it is
wrong, completely wrong. | have no
cipher for sale, and am sorry that ]
| cannot oblige YOU"
MI. YaZimoto sighed as he replaced
the portly pocketbook.
Il am deeply sorry, Mr.. Brockett,
| that you should lose the opportunity
for enlargement Of fortunes. Perhaps
you will reconsider. Maybe / call up.
| on you another time. / will bid you
| the honorable good evening"
The japanese had hardly departed
when Ramon Solano put in an appear
| ance, much to the delight Of the
Brockett family, with whom the Cuban
was a prime favorite. Greetings ex.
| changed, the boys plunged promptly
into the subject of mutual interest,
Solano firing the first gun.
mo message yet from General
Cole?'
Not yet. Just had an odd caller,
though.
"The Jap we saw talking with that
stenographer last night? l passed him
as ] came in. Curious thing; when !
cabled to Havana this afternoon, he
was beside me at the Western Union
office, and loaned me an ~ink-pencil."
He did? Was there anything spe.
cially important in the message?"
Nothing at all aside from inform
ing my father hat | would take an
extra month for my vacation, begin
ming now. Even il he could have read
tit was in Spanish, too-that
wouldn't be OF much value to him."
Hardly. | am beginning to do some
extensive thinking about that Jap.
though. Listen to the proposition he
made me ten minutes ago" And
Brockett rapidly outlined the tempting
offer made by Mr.. Yazimoto.
CTo BE CoNTINUED.)
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II thank you. yes. May I speak of
the business that brings me to you.
Mr.. Brockett?"
Brockett. wondering. nodded his as.
sent, and the Japanese spoke suayely.
"Mr. Brockett, / am q man who has
much, very much, Of business trouble.
There are many who are competitors
with me in the honorable occupation
Of importing Oriental wares. You
doubtless can comprehend 1t so?"
Perfectly, Mr.. Yazimoto."
There are, OF these who are com
petitor against me. some, whom 1 do
not know by name definitely, who re-
sort to means not wholly honest. l
am sorry, much, that / say this OF my
own countrymen, but 1t is truth I tell
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SYNOPSIS.

ksecgst Service CHIEF Wilkins. puzzled
Svrr ara theft OF the governments cipher.
pAfls 20 his Aid Detective Pinkwell. They
h.ink they have discovered a new cipher.
phen the office boy, Brockett. tells them
IN 1.-The Diamond Cipher and starts for
rhs ball park. Brockett. Chula Lon Kan,
y Hiamese: Ramon Solano q Cuban. to-
Er4tser with some twenty other youngsters.
practice baseball, playing until dark. One
hf wilkins stenographers Is seen to pass
= paper to a mysterious stranger.
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shrined, Of the vast mass Of the Ruan-
we'll and the four statues recently dis
covered among lis ruins of the great
Abhaya-Giri, the Jetavanarama, or the
Lankarama. They and the scattered
ruins in the depths of the forest show
still the extent of the buildings of that
sacred city beside which ancient
Rome and Byzantium were but pigmy
towns.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05
WILSON OPPOSED UNIONS.
Governor Johnson Quotes From Speech
 of Princeton's President.

Binghamton, N. Y, Oct. 4-Govern- or Johnson in an address here tonight attempted to show his audience that Governor Wilson's present attitude to- wards union labor is not the same that he took in 1909 while connected with Princeton university. The California executive referred to an address Gov ernor Wilson made to a graduating class at which time he was quoted as saying scertain tendencies of labor unions were economically disastrous, and to the New Jersey governors re- cent remarks in his New England speeches, in which, Governor John- son said:
 "He was endeav0ring to express a great sympathy with union labor"
 T read the other day in a Massa- chusetts, newspaper friendly to the democratic candidate for president, his utterances in New England in ref erence to the right of labor to organ ize," the governor said. T gathered that he was endeavoring to express a great sympathy with union labor. Vividly there came to me the words of the Democratic candidate uttered at the Princeton commencement in 1909. He then said: "The tendency of the modern labor union is to give employ CTS as little labor as possible for the amount they receive. No one is suf- fered to do more than the average workman can do. No one may work out of hours at all, or volunteer any thing beyond the minimum. I need not point out to you how economically disastrous such regulation of labor is. It is so unprofitable to the en- ployer, that in some grades it will presently not be worth while to at tempt anything at all. Our economic supremacy may be lost because the country grows more and more full of unprofitable service"
 q leave you without comment the views of Professor Wilson in 1909 and those of Candidate Wilson in 1912. Which constitutes the real views of Mir. Wilson you may determine for yourselves"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05
FEDERAL INVESTIGATION.
Recommendations of Interstate Com
 merce Commission Disregarded.

Washington, Oct. 4.-Interstate Com merce Commissioner McChord left to- night for Westport, Conn, to investi- gate personally the disastrous wreck there yesterday.
 'I intend to be present at the coro- ners inquest and to direct the official inquiry into the wreck said the com missioner. Ut is high time that all railroads should adopt means to avert such calamities, particularly when the means are easily within their reach. A precisely similar accident like tha of yesterday happened about year ago at Bridgeport on the New Haven road. Both were, caused by the driving the trains at recklessly high speed over crossovers. Recommendations made by the commission at that time," MT. McChohd said. had been disregarded absolutely"
 Had they been observed. the prob ability Is that the Westport accident would not have occurred In this in- stance I shall endeavor to fix the re- sponsibility definitely. It will be the effort of the commission to prevent the recurrence of such accidents. If the present law is found to be made quate, we shall ask congress to so amend as to give us authority to com pei railroads to adopt such measures as will prevent useless destruction of human life.
 After the Bridgeport wreck the commissions recommendation that the installation of automatic train con- trol apparatus to bring trains to 3
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05
WAR SENTIMENT IS
 STRONG IN TURKEY.
Curses Heaped Upon the Balkan States
 at Mass Meeting.

Constantinople, Oct. 4-Sentiment in favor of war is increasing in Turkey. Several thousand people held mass meeting this morning in the mosque of Sultan Ahmed I at Stamboul at which all references in the speeches to the Balkan states were greeted with cries of Cursed be Bulgaria, Servia, Greece and Montenegro"
 Several leaders of the liberal party addressed the meeting. declaring that Turkey was ready to face all her foes. After the meeting the crowd marched in procession to the palace, where they made another demonstration in favor of war
 Germans Are Pessimistic.
 Berlin, Oct 1.-The German foreign office andNthe inspired newspapers continue markedly pessimistic in con- nection with the chances of an out break in the Balkans. This feeling, however, Is not consonant with today s spirit on the bourse. where a strong recovery took place.
 The foreign office has not received any information either as to the pres entation to Turkey of the memoran dunn of the Balkan states or of any joint action by the powers.
 Turks Leave German Army.
 Berlin, Oct 4.-Hhirty- five Turkish officers who had been serving in the German army left for Turkey today
 Maritime Traffic Suspended.
 Constantinople, Oct. 4.--An passen- gers and freight trafflc shas been sus- pended between Constantinople and Mustaph, which is situated on the maritime river on the border of eastern Rumelia and Dedeagh, the terminus of the railroad, from Adrianople and Sa- loniki on the Agean sea-
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05
A SPANISH PRINCE
 WILL BE DEPORTED.
Attempt to. Commit Suicide Bars Him
 Out of This Country.

New York, Oct. 4.-Prince Uudovic Pignatelli d'Aragon. son of Don Jaime, pretender to the Spanish throne. who was expelled from France recently on the charge of infringement of the gam ing laws, was held\up on his arrival here today on the steamer France and sent to Ellis Island. Me is held to be ineligible to enter this country be- cause he attempted suicide in Paris last July and may be ordered deport ed. In this case the princes plight will be a peculiar one With neither the French nor American government will ing to receive him, the princes friends tonight wondered what his port of ref uge would be. His deportation, if or dered. would under the law be via the French line, which brought him, and this would take him straight back to Havre, whence he started.
 The prince, who is 36 years old and has visited America before came this time, he said, to hunt in Virginia. He denied at first that he had ever at tempted suicide, but according to the immigration inspector who examined him was later trapped into an admis- sion that he had accidentally shot himself because his family, despite his contrary desire. sought to have him marry young Spanish woman. The inspector then charged him with false hood and sent him to detention quar- ters at Ellis Island.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-10-05

Gordon, foreman of the section gang and Michael A. Coyle, the towerman. MT. Gordon testified that he was su- perintending construction work in front of the station when he heard the express coming. He realized that the train was coming at ''an excessive rate of speed" so he ran forward, waving his arms in a frantic endeavor to at- tract the attention of the engineer. As the train did not slacken speed he was obliged to jump down an embankment to save his life.
 Knew Train Would Be Wrecked.
 MT. Gordon said: T knew the train would be wrecked for no train could ever take a .cross-over at such speed. The engineer was leaning out of the cab and he must have seen me-"
 Gordon said that when the engineer finally put on the brakes the train had entered the switch.
 Was Going 50 to SO Miles An Hour. SMr. Coyle's testimony showed that three separate signals had been set against the train to reduce speed. His records showed that the first section of the train went past his tower at a rate of perhaps fifteen or twenty miles an hour." The second section which was twelve minutes late, was going at fifty to sixty miles an hour" He said in his opinion that rate of speed of thirty five miles an hour in taking a switch was dangerous
 MT Coyle said that the first signal the engineer would have seen was half mile from the tower. The sig nal meant slow down-you may have to stop or take switch
 Tried to Attract Fireman.
 When he saw that the train did not slacken it's speed, Coyle said:
 q knew there was going to ba 8 wreck and I opened my window and tried to attract the attention of the fireman. He was looking straight ahead at the dwarf signal and did not see me. If the train had not been coming so fast, could have saved 1t, by throwing it onto a straight track, where it would have probably collided with the Norwalk freight some miles down the road. But 1 had no time, for the train was upon me before l knew it.'
 Inquest to Continue Today.
 Coroner Phelan will continue his in quest tomorrow morning at 9.3O.