Omaha daily bee., 1921-11-20
TWELFTH INSTALLMENT.
The Secret Of tho Blue letter..

IN RARBRAN!- said Robin, thouxht.
I'M fully. When read Dulkinghorn,s
xvx letter Just now I thought I bad
hard that name before. OF comss-vScAr
1arbrsn! That was It! / remember nov!
He kDsw Hartley Parrish in the old days.
Haxr1sh once said that MArbran would DO
him IN injury II he could. Who h Mar.
hrsn, skf"
An uneooscsousiy he paid the trfbsts Of
sslr" 10 Herr Schuhs undoubted haatt Of
Dsmmand.
svictor Marbran.- replied the big mea,
- Elias Van der Spyck and Co, . f1Tm
which made millions in the war BY trading
With ths enemy. In every neutral country
there were. Of course. firms which special
he'd IN importing contraband for the use Of
ths Germans. but Van der Spyck and Co.
brought the evasion of the blockade to q
hne art They covered up their tracks. how.
ever. with such consummate art that ws
IN f1ct. It was only after the armistics that
~ began 10 learn something of tho I'm
mense scope OF their operations. There was
. master brain behind them. But It was
never discovered 1t strikes me. however.
Tat we arc on the right track at lAst."
.By Jovs." exclaimed Robin tmprensivs,y.
sHartley PARRISH" ss'ltt'
..,..
! Ths big man raised hand.
sAteendoas!- he interposed suavely. .Ths
sAain Il not yet complete. wonder what
this Van der spyck letter Of Miss Trcverts
contained that made Victor Marbran and
he secretary chap 80 desperately anxious to
gst hold Of it. For you understand. don't
you." he said briskly. turning to Robin.
sthat they were after that and that alone?
And they risked penal servitude In this coun-
Try to get T."
Robin nodded.
+; ITO save their necks in another" he said.
Il have the letter hero," mildly remarked
the doctor from his corner Of tho room.
Mim Trsvert gave it to mel"
He produced white envelope and drew
from It folded square Of slatey,blue paper.
IN great excitement Robin sprang forward.
"Xoure . downy bird, doctor. I must ssy."
hs remarked. fancy keeping 1t up your
sassvs IN this time."
Hs eagerly took the letter. spread Il out
On thu table and read 1t through whilst Herr
onhuh looked over his shoulder.
.Ceds. ehi" commented the big man shak-
3ng his head humorously. II It beats Dulk-
mghoen II beats mel" ".
From his note case Robin now drew q
folded square Of paper identical In color With
thu letter spread out before them.
Il found this on the carpet beside Par
rish.s body" he said Look, it's exactly the
Aame paper
Behind the tortoise shell spectacles the !,
big mans eyes narrowed down to pin points
~ he caught sight Of the sheet which Robin
unfolded and its series of Sits
"Aha!" he cried-and his voice rang out.
clear through the room the grill, eh?
Well, well, to think OF that!" -r
He took the slotted sheet OF, paper from
Robins hands and laid it over the letter 20
that it exactly covered it, edge to edge and
corner to corner. In this way the greater
part OF the typewriting in the letter was
covered over and only the words appearing
In the slots could be read. And thus 1t was
that Robin Greve. Herr Schulz and DR.. Col.
llngwocd, leaning shoulder to shoulder, read
the message that came to Hartley Parrish
In the library at Harkings.
"Eiias vap Der Spyck & Co.
sGeneral Importers.
Rotterdam. Rotterdam 18th New.
.Codes.
"A B. C.
sL,sbler's
sPerscnal.
.Dear Mr.. Parrish.
.Tour favor Of even date to hand and
contents noted. THE LAST delivery Of
steel was to time but we have had
WARNING from the railway authorities
that labor troubles at the docks are likely to
delay future consignmen:s IF Y0U DON'T
mind we should prefer to SETTLE the Ques-
tlen Of future delivery By Nov. 9TH ~ we
havs board meeting on the seth inst While