The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-04-07
CONTINUED From Our LAT Issuel

ting his hand in his pocket. he
drew out four envelopes Three Of
thom were Addressed 10 s. ".
James. Hotel Longacre. New York
city.
Two OF the envelopes contained
I hillB--one an account rendered"
| from "a liquor dealer for SGT rs. the
other n bin for cigars aud eigarets
Amounting TO t23.50. The third was
u letter from tho steamship agents
OF the flambard Line. reading:
Dear Sir. We have booked you
for passage from New York 10
Naples on the 8. g. Colonia. sailing
from pier foot OF West Thirteenth
st.. " H. We have assigned TO you
cabin G 30. on the salon deck. and
have arranged that you are TO have
IL entirely TO yourself
We beg TO call your attention TO
the fact that. owing 10 the tide on
the day OF departure. tho Colonia
VIII sail at O'Clock In the morning.
Oct. T."
The fourth envelope enclosed a
ticket calling for ono first-claEs
passage. New York to Naples, on
the steamship Colonla, and made
out TO \. w James. There was
nothing else In the pockets OF bis
coat
His gold watch was ticking IN
the pocket OF his vest. Attached TO
IL was a narrow black silk ribbon
the useful portion OF a watch fob
But the ornamental part OF the fob
the solid gold baseball. sur.
mounted by two tiny crossed bats
o. platinum. emblemaiic Of tho
Worlds Championship-that was
missing.
Robbed, was his first thought,
and he searched In his trousers
pocket for the cash which he had
with him--less than ten dollars. He
found many yellow backed bills.
Five hundred dollars
In any sudden lapse into uncon.
sciousneEs the frs, faculty TO give
way Is the memory. So. also. in
returning consciousness the mem.
lory has a trick oftrniimes Of be-.
ginning where II left off or Of
selxinR upon some one thing IN
particular to locate It's bearings.
The rteht OF the five hundred
dollars Immediately brought to
mind what had happened before the
long. drcamless sleep Just endeA on
sN. ahfu Thf. ,,.nr.U- 80 ft.s. 49,.
dred dollars Just like twas lying
on table In a suite OF rooms In the
Bclmon,.StratwoTth hotel. He waa
about TO come into possessoin % Il
all for signing contract to re-
port the World Series on behalf OF
the TranEoontinental Newspap per
Syndicate. Metropolitan Tower. New
York City.
He sat down AGAIN upon the berth
To puzxie IL out. beginning with the
letter from the syndicate--it was
on engraved stationery. he reme-n-
bcrcd. The secretary. Walter Noble,
gave him aA references three wen.
known New Workers.
Hut tho letter had come. special
delivery. on sunday--tho day after
tho championship was cinehed--
and reply was requested by tcie.
graph on Monday. Anyhow. What
need was there OF references. he
had argued. when he couldn't iose'
For he was to receive five hundred
dollars on the signing OF the con
tract and two Hundred dollars
every day he turned In "A story.
No. he couldn't lose. and he could
make thirteen hundred dollars at
lcas, -nlncteen hundred dollars at
most Yes. he had looked upon Il
"a very easy" money and had kept
his own counsel. not even oonflding
In Tris Ford. because OF the reports
In tho newspapers that the National
Commission was TO prohibit the
players from writing for the papers:
certainly all those who hadn't con
tracts
There was days delay IN
Mobiles coming over. no recalled.
The secretary OF the Transconti-
mental Syndicate had come-he
rubbed his head In bewildermcnt.
When was it, How long had he
slept? Nesterdsy-It must have
happened yesterday-las night,
lie remembered that he had gone
TO the Belmont Stratvorth. and the
clerk at the desk knew him-had
seen him play. lie could repeat his
words MIR Noble Is expecting you
go right M 10 Suite li42"
He had gone up. had been ad.
mitted 10 the parlor OF a suite, and
had met nice young fellow. OBJ
yiously a gentleman. who greeted
him cordially. This Mr.. Noble not
only knew baseball and ball players.
but they had friends in common. SO
they had enjoyed very nice chat
all before the contract was pro-
duced.
The contract--it had the name OF
the Transcontinental Newspaper
Syndicate printed in, he was s,ne.
He had read II very carefully. and
the terms were precisely what had
been offered him. While he was
reading II, he remembered. Mr
Noble had taken from his bill case
without any flourish five hundred
dollars. He could remember seeing
the money lying on the table. the
bills folded over once
The bills in his hand now were
folded once
hut something was going wrong
with his memory. II had been
spinning the tale of events without
effort, but suddenly Il had begun to
flag. Shute had to prod Il.
What was IL Mr.. Noble had said9
oh. yes--"l'm going to have a
drink. What'll you have?" He had
declined, of course. because he
didn't Ipinl AnI fhnno A.