Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-02-02

, ,hst ,h 'nv o shr, nt anntnsr line or
word bearing upon the subject!
The abbot spoke: 'There 10 no head
you notice that?"
Piled the detective. .Tt is anonymous
and OF course intended to catch tho
eye of some one who Is passing and
who wishes to avoid suspicion"
But why did they not send 1t
through the mails?"
"Ah, a guilty conscience breads tho
post Office. j have often noticed that
Are there not some words from tho
sacred classic of the Christians
eign tongue? | have so been told
ooh. yes, u famous line: AS Cool
Waters to n Thirsty Soul SO Is Good
News From a Far Country
Us not that conclusive proof that
the hand of the foreigner is in this?"
1T does not actually prove 1t, but
il makes 1t very likely"
SO The two friends talked and talked
and thought it over in the clouds of
their own mild native tobacco until
the town clock struck the hour Of II.
They had reached the following con
clusion, viz. a robbery of II very val
liable gem had undoubtedly taken
place, and apparently while the OWN
ers of it We're guests in the hotel.
Several parties must be implicated.
for it was evident from the yellow
notice that confederate. had wired
the notice OF the purchase from either
Colombo or some Intervening port. so
that il was being looked for on the
arrival of the Bombay. The Hong
kong agent IN the crime must have
familiarized himself with the plans
OF the travellers and possibly hast
cned their departure from the colony.
The confederate would probably fol
low on the very next steamer, re-
ceive the gem from the hands of the
LA. L..
wayd and pm hnn l enS " fn nu up"n r re
naan az Amst,.aiion ,,rt ,n,ba,a Ia
could dispose OF his treasure with
mucn less suspicion than lie possibly
could on the island. The very first
saep ""u ;,t pe 70 get lnlo conndehtiai
.ry 70 trace 'ile message Win THIS
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sent ovar NO On Nae vynra cnnsidarea
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,vai,et . Iitt,a card and SandeS II 70
,hn n."oner ,t ra.a a." -
wa
10 the Great Eastern Tsl.ersnhs.
Kindly extend TO Mr.. Wang Foo any
courtesies in the interests of the Depart
ment or justice;
AhAhoh . AnNE. ~ ,I INGroN,
''n'i VI iohsA'hs
The second difficulty he felt could be
solved by a package Of code books in
the drawer OF his desk at home
A copy of every message, other than
those to the well known firms in the
colony, was laid before him and he
spent careful hour in looking them
over. lie sorted them out into two
piles, one of which he mentally la
beled as probable" and the other
Improbable" He requested the privi-
lege OF taking the latt~r with him for
further examination and they We're
duly sealed up in the managers pres
ence and tucked away in the capa-
cious sleeve Of brocade.
In the afternoon he went by appoint
ment to the Office OF the chief inspec-
tor and there heard from him all the
details OF the robbery. as far as the
police had been able to trace it---and
the very plain truth was that they
had not been able to trace II at all.
1.-THE trouble is. Mr.. Wang, that we