Evening star., 1917-09-09
CHAPTER III.

CHAPTER III.
The Enclosure was written in French.
Waring read it without scruple. Tho
following is a translation:
My Dear Bergson:
The bearer of this note Is one Raou
Carvajal. recently a cafe dancer. ~
present he is most earnestly sought by
the police, he having inadvertently
knitted a cabman with whom he had
some trihing dispute. l have used him
once or twice in obtaining information
concerning American habitues of the
cafes where he danced and have found
him trustworthy. Considering that
there is an extradition treaty between
America and France. and that a word
from either of US will mean his arrest
and execution. we need have little fear
as to his fidelity.
His difficulty with the police 10
providential, so far as we are con-
cerned. for he is exactly the sort Of
man you have been wanting. l ap-
preciate your difficulty in obtaining
men of Imagination who are also men
of action, of violence. This Carvajal is
of a mentality above his kind, and 10
as ruthless as wolf. Further. though
l fear that l cannot recommend him
as one truly interested in the society,
for he knows little about it. but prom
fse of payment has made him an eager
instrument. And IL good be accom-
plished, II matters little that the tool
be unciean. He is daring to the point
of recklessness and hates society as
we do. though not, like US. because
of society's injustice to the down.
trodden. He hates 1t because he is a
natural outlaw, not because he loves
his fellow man. Incited by money,
there is nothing at which he will stop,
and such man is necessary to you.
Unfortunately, all those through
whom we work cannot be inspired by
the same lofty purpose that animates
US. But in tie matter of Burton
Conybear and his associates. motives
matter little: results are everything.
| am arranging to send him to New
York by the Montania, leaving tomor-
row. There will ne no difficulty about
the matter. as / have learned that the
police believe he has ned to Italy. They
will not be looking for him at Cher.
bourg.
I might add. as a precautionary meas.
ure, that Carvajal has red hair, light
eyes of grayish blue, and is about five
feet ten inches tall. His teeth are even
and his complexion fair. | trust that
he will prove valuable as 1 think he
will-for, although he has never been
in America, he has danced in England
and speaks English with hardly a trace
of accent.
I will not speak of matters connected
with the society in this letter, but shall
do so in my regular weekly report
With all fluctuations. / am, i. r.
Waring read the note again. Dated
ten days ago at Paris. there was no
house address to identify the writer.
And the writer had taken the precau-
tions of signing only initials, which
might very well be fictitious
Nevertheless, although the sender was
unknown, the man to whom il was ad-
dressed was the man whom Waring
sought. and the police He stopped.
halfway across the room toward the
telephone He returned TO his chair
and for the third time read the note.
The society? What did that mean?
What did all the hints in the letter
carry on his person note in which
was mentioned, with what seemed
threatening meaning. the name of Bur-
ton Conybear the richest man in Amer
lea, if not the world? A slight fever
of excitement throbhed in Warnings
veins
The police were stupid, suppose
he showed them this letter. He knew
exactly what would happen. The police
would first make inquiries; they
would not dream of arresting Simon
Bergson out of hand. Beyond a note
stating that payments had heen made
to Bergson, found IN Carey Haigs eff.
fects, and the fact that his stenog-
rapher had heard the diving man gasp
the same name. there nothing
against this BerEson. This letter that
Waring held ia his hand? That was
evidence against some person named
committed no offense against United
States laws and was therefore not
amenable to police jurisdiction IN
New York. 1t was not evidence
.nf Z
help 1t if his Paris friend sent him a
murderer to be his assistant in
Why. Bergson could say that the
letter was a jest. And the letter would
word No. the police would not make
an immediate arrest. Instead. heavy
footed. and probably fat-witted. plaln-
clothes man would call at the Han.
ton Bergson. ask him why Carey
Haig should have paid him money.
The plain clothes man would report
to police headquarters the result OF
cided to arrest on general suspicion--a
very doubtful thing-why, then Berg
son would have had ample time to' dis-
appear Anglo Saxon law proceeds
very slowly against one against "hoih
no proof rests.
No. 1t was not good idea to sum-
mon the police until one has actsai'
tangible evidence, sufficient TO con,
1ufN. Inc IdttS tldt iNtAOHA
Carvajal bore a letter TO Bersson, that
was wanted for murder in the
French capital, that the dancer had
even attempted to assault Waring, that
Bergson had apparently received the
benefit of the Carey Haig dedication
all these things meant nothing to the
police. There would have to be more
than that; there would have to be
proof that Bergson got money from
Carey Haig.
The Greenhams? Well. that detective
agency was looking into the matter
for Waring now, but somehow he had
felt all along that what interested the
detectives was the advance payments
he made them. not the prospect OF sue
cess in getting back his fortune for
him. Further. the Greenhams-he saw
now that il was to allay his impatiencs
had told him that they were in pos
session of clue that made them think
that the mysterious BerGSon had gone
to the Pacific coast. And all the time.
unless this letter that Waring held IN
his hand was part of some silly farce,
Bergson had been in Greenwich village
And the letter was not farcicaL The
nan that il recommended had so plain
y shown that he was willing and anx-
ous to play part in ira gedy!
Waring considered this angle OF tho
affair 1t was perfectly simple: Car
va jal had been aboard the Montana:
ne had seen Waring with Mrs. Willy
Sinsa baugh and had recognized the
nan who had thrashed him last Janp-