Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-04-25
FIFTH rNsTALLMENT.

Alma La sale was perhaps twenty-five.
perhaps a little older. She was OF
medium height; why. dark and inelining
To sallowness. Nevertheless. she was
decidedly pretty, and she had the facul-
ty Of fitting herself to any needful role.
from society girl TO factory hand \
clever actress. a cleverer thief; in fact
one OF the best pickpockets and crowd
workers" in the state
She was an invaluable source OF reye-
nue. 20 sam. And. apart from her IN
canny deftness at robbery. he knew ne
could always count on her wit and dar-
ing. 20 carry out any campaign he might
devise
Hello. kid was his greeting this
morning. You didn't waste any time
That's right You got train TO catch
and some fancy packing to do FIRST.
Train TO cstchT' she repeated ca
TO carbohydrates There's a
big ball at the Surfton MOTEL tonight
Our man there tipped me to it You're
going TO operate at the ball
But" --.
..Irs a new angle we're going TO work
from on this" he pursued There ought
to be a pot OF cash in It. Ever heard
OF the Red Circle?'
hasn'tg'
The Central once crowd and Max
Lamar ana everybody else are daffy just
now about # They've got all the cops
I'm town rubbering for that Circle on
folks hands"
swell chance they have Of finding TT"
laughed Alma. Jim Borden's dead,
and
And there's a man and a woman
working this city, both OF EN- with that
circle on their hands," returned Egan-
moi why, how can"
You aren't supposed TO. I'm the
one who does the seeing for this out
1T All you got TO do is to obey or
ders You're going 10 operate at the
Surfton hotel ball tonight And you're
going to have the Red Circle on the
back OF your right hand And
And be nabbed by the hotel detec-
tive or the first fly cop that's looking for
a recordF" broke IN Alma Indignantly.
NO. thanks. friend. I'm not"
You're mistaken. kid" gently cor
rected Eagan. You are. And it's
going to be your safety. You'll run no
more risk OF arrest than IL you was the
original Invisible Man"
But Sam she protested What
crazy idocy are you talking? / haven't
got Die Red Circle on my hand Only
people In tina Borden fanlly nao II L "a
no kin OF Jim Borden's. haven't
the Circle. So"
SOIL you'u have Il for tonight, IN
ished sam. I'm going to give Ito
you. Come IN here" go. ....-.-.
He led the way through TO the hid
den room Alma following In bewilder-
ment Opening the cupboard he took
out the several articles he had just
bought They were a little box OF wa
ter-coIors. a camsl-hair brush, a sponge
and a phial OF colorless liquid
Give your nand," he ordered The
right one
wonderingly. Alma obeyed- Moist
ering the brush and rubbing II on the
red-pzint cake. Sam proceeded to trace
ON the back OF the womsn's hand an
irregular Red Circle.
watch that closely he warned.
That's Just the shape of the one Bor-
den had. Do YOU think YOU could paint
that on your own hand"
Why. yes; but"
He dipped the sponge In the liquid
from the phial and passed IL over the
circle. The paint quickly vanished.
There you are said he. 60 to the
hall. Pinch everything you get half
a chance at. Then sneak into some
quite corner TO paint that circle on your
bend Manage 70 let the house detec-
tive or some Of the guests get a
glimpse of it. Then rub it of When