The Lamar register., 1920-08-04

This revived him wonderfully
He looked uhour the siutcruom more
carefully There wus suitcase OF
real leather rn the bunk under the
purihOle. Ne WAS positive he had
never seen il before Turning It
round. he found on the end. In hlacE
lettering The Inscription
S W JAMES
New York
IS " -J-u-m.e 81 he questioned He
r-cH!ied all the Iamr>-s ht. hnd ever
heard OF they weren't many from
"Gyclune' The Yankee pitcher. who
tad sIrnck hin Out twice in Que game
fu Jesse aud Henry train rubbrr and
uthor respectively There, wus no -
" In the list
Mechanically he tried The bag to see
II II WIS locked 1t opened displaying
Q complete assortment OF linen and
undrrcl"ihIug. There were shirts
'audl-rrrhrfS. sIuckiup, brush and
nitii' ,s''r,riI'ug necessary with the
I't hr L.u 80 lu runilr him To- make
r'.-t".,r r''i- appearance, The things
% i.r... .H,p.nlN selected and they
We're all new. But there wasn't scrap
Of writing to identify their owner.
This turned his attention to his own
means 81 identification. Putting his
hand In his pocket. he drew out four
vrlOpeS contained bills--one an "acl
dressed to 8. W James. Hotel Long.
acre. New York city. Two of the en-.
velopes contained bills-one on "ac-
count rendered" from liquor dealer
for S67 % the other a bill for cigars
and cigarettes amounting to S2350
The third was letter from the steam
ship agents Of the Hambard line, read.
ing;
Dear sir: We have booked you for
passage from New York to Naples on
the ). S Colonia. sailing from pier
foot Of West Thirteenth street, N. X.
We have assigned to you Cabin q SO.
on the salon deck ana have arranged
that you are to have II entirely to
yourself.
I'VE beg TO call your attention 10
the fact that owing to the tide on the
day Of departure, the Colonia will sail
at one O'Clock In the morning Octo-
Der T."
The fourth envelope inclosed q
ticket calling for one nrst-clsss pas
sage. New York to Naples, on the
steamship ColOnia, and made out to S.
w. James There was nothing else in
the pockets Of his coat
Robbed was his hrst thought, and
he searched In his trousers pocket for
the cash which he had with him-les.
than ten dollars. He found many vel
low-bscked bills. Five hundred dol
lars
The sight Of the five hundred dollars
Immediately brought to mind what
had happened before the long dream
less sleep just ended on the ship, This
money-or 1--WE hundred dollars Just
like it--was lying on table In suite
of rooms In the Belmont Stratworth
hotel. He was about TO come into pos
session Of it--all for signing con
tract to report the world series on
behalf OF the Transcontinental News.
paper syndicate. Metropolitan tower,
New York city
He sat down again upon the berth
TO puzzle It out. beginning with the let
ter from the syndicate-it was on en-
graved stationery, he remembered.
The secretary, Walter Noble, gave him
as references three well-known New
Workers. But the letter had come, spe-
cial delivery, on Sunday-the day aft
er the championship was cinched-snd
reply was requested by telegraph on
Monday Anyhow, what need was there
Of references, he had argued. when he
couldn't lose For he WAS to receive
five hundred dollars every day he
turned In story. No, he couldn't lose,
aud he could make thirteen hundred
dollars at least-nlneteen hundred dol.
lars at most. Yes, he had looked upon
It as very easy" money and had kept
his own counsel, not even cOnfiding In
Iris Ford, because OF the reports In
the newspapers that the national com
mission was to prohibit the players
from writing for the papers; certain
ly all those who hadn't contracts.
He remembered that he had gone to
the Belmont-StratwOrth. and the clerk
al rhs desk kuevy hiu.-had Sam him