Cheyenne record., 1914-11-12
CHAPTER ~.
A Frank Admission.

A Frank Admission.
Holton's acquisitions were promptly
attended to. and BY the time he had
completed his packing at the club his
tickets for the Florida Special had ar
rived.
He lunchsd with Billy Holt OF the
ordnance department, and then took a
hack to the station, where he found
the train made up. He had several
magazines In his hands, and settled
down to read with his feet luxuriously
resting on the other seat of his sec
tion-
1t was not many minutes, however,
before he yawned broadly, and five
minutes thereafter his magazine had
tumbled from his hand and he was fast
asleep.
approached the porter and, throwing
open their coats, displayed Secret
Service shields.
While their English was perfect.
they were surely Of the Latin race.
"Ya-as, suh-all right. genl'men."
The porter was very much impressed.
"Ys-as. sub. go right along"
'As they approached Holton's sec
ton one Of them stopped.
well. here he is." he remarked.
"Yes. and asleep. too. He's bound
for Tampa for surety"
Yes; but, now that he kindly sleeps.
We might as we'll 60 farther" He
bent down and carefully drew Holton's
bag out into the aisle. Quick" he
said, looking up. "the keys"
His companion drew from his
pocket a large bunch Of keys. and the
man tried several without success
Finally. becoming impatient. he drew
tho bag to the seat behind Holton,
and. drawing his knife. cut long hole
naar the top. Then. inserting his
several minutes, but without feeling
anything other than wearing apparel
and toilet articles.
Finally he Strengthened up and
pushed the bag into the place whence
It had been withdrawn with the frown-
ing remark:
well, wen have to let him go;
we've done our part"
The two men spent some time in the
station, framing a telegram in cipher,
which, when completed, was sent to
Tampa. Then they disappeared.
Holton in the meantime slept. and
was still asleep when the train moved
out Awakened by a, sudden turn Of
the cars, he started bolt upright and
looked about him with only a vague
idea as to where he was. When he
came to realizing sense Of his stu
alton he looked at his watch, and then
tried to resume his nap. But this
time he did not fall asleep, and SO,
afler ddgeting about for half an hour,
he decided to go into the smoker.
lie had some very excellent cigars
in his grip, and. pulling out the bag,
he leaned down to unlock it. when he
saw the long hole which had been
cut in the shining pigskin.
He regarded the damage for a sec
ond with rising anger, and then un-
locked the valise and searched it thor
pughly to see what had been stolen
For his only idea was that some sneak
thieves had taken advantage of his
slumber.
But, finding everything intact, he
was obliged to cast about for another
explanation. 1t was then that the
thought of spies occurred to him,
Thus thinking, he rose from his seat
and looked searchingly over the oc-
cupants of his car.
Almost the first person his eyes
lighted upon was a girl in the section
diagonally opposite him. One glance
at her profile was sufficient to send
Holton stumbling and gasping back
1nto his seat.
The girl was Miss La Tossa.
He thought for a moment. Oh, to
be sure, he had risen to find out who
had maltreated his bag. Then
Good Heavens! Holton's hands f1ew
"a hia head after the most approved