Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1921-07-07
sworn to service"

She seemed to lean forward. her
voice changing almost to whisper.
II see that, your eagerness, your de-
votion. But that is not readiness for
such duty. Who has been chosen for
the act itself-the post of danger? No
one. Until the man need not name
dies, we can accomplish nothing. You
have taken no ballot If the single
word was flashed tonight. Co. and 1t
may be. who among you is authorized
to execute the order?"
She paused, but no voice spoke.
Nor is that all; the money from
England yet lies untouched. Surely
your instructions were clear, and moth
ing is being accomplished for the
cause while 1t rests in the vault. 1t
will require all of thirty days to dis
tribute this into the proper hands.
here and In Chile, yet nothing has
been done. We supposed it was al
ready In circulation. What caused the
delay?"
One of the men on the bench spoke,
heavily built fellow, with long
gray mustache. and horn spectacles
shading his eyes. y
"All know ISIS ct wait on der order
OF Gustave Alva to be Endorsed by
Senior Mendez. hol' EFT so In trust,
from the agent. Eft was in a private
safe. package of currency, only I
know where. The bank hav' nothings
to do with der deal"
II understand. The agent gave you
personally the letter of credit, which
you Immediately cashed, and you now
hold the currency subject to CALI"
Certainly; dat vos how EFT vos. The
agent he tell me-"
"The agent? Oh, you mean 10S?
What about that arrangement, Mr..
Horner?"
l recognized Harris in the reply, his
voice perfectly calm and confident In
all probability he lied, but it was done
most convincingly.
Those were my positive instruc-
tons in London" he said coolly. "The
banking house there was not to be in
volved In the slightest degree no
trace of the transaction was to appear
on their books"
But why has the money not been
drawn and used?"
That is for Alva to say. / tried to
get him to act, but he refused without
another authorization from Mendez.
and special Instructions"
Alva?"
"No. l asked by code; supposed
he would answer by messenger"
There was pause, silence. i
imagined I could understand some
thing of what Harris was endeavoring
to accomplish IN this delay, this get
ting the entire sum transferred into
currency in private hands. 1t was one
more step in his intricate scheme of
robbery, but so cautiously concealed
as to arouse no suspicion. What else
had he done to this end already? To
achieve delay, and thus gain oppor-
tunity, had he intercepted, or even
changed, the code message sent by
Alva to Washington?
All this was possible enough, yet II
was evident that the woman accepted
the explanation as satisfactory.
II do not know how true all this is
she said at last, slowly. II was told
the money was already being used.
do not believe there is any necessity
of any further Endorsement, as Senior
Alva is working under direct commits
sion from the junta, with full author
ity to act. However, l will verify this
tomorrow. I am going to retire now
seniors, and leave you alone to discuss
the matters ! have presented. Above
all it Is necessary that I should know
at once who you select for the impor-
tart work, and when we may expect
results. This information must posi-.
lively take back with me-"
"When do you return"
"On the midnight train. have
three hours yet"