Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-06

of paper and the next thing l knew
l was out in the street, with that
gripped in my mitt."
"And then, of course, you hunted
up AlvaY'
"The next morning, before any bank
opened. / thought over it all night
and got up peach Of a story. I
needed it, too, for this Alva was a
smooth guy. 1t took some nerve to get
him, but / knew, through Horner's
memorandum, some things about him
he never supposed was known up in
this country; so when I sprung them,
natural-like, he quit being oftish, and
gave me the glad hand"
"Who is he? A crankT
"Not by a id sight. He's a cap
tain in the Chilean army, military at
tache to the embassy at Washington,
intrusted with certain work. But he's
really working to overthrow the pres
ent Chilean government-gettin' up a
revolution down there. lied until
l was black in the face, but 1 must
have kept within bounds, for he got
to liking me real well. He was a
high-roller, and 1 put him onto some
things In New York he had never
been steered against before. That
made a hit with him. There wasn't
nothing said about cashing up all day
long, and early the next morning we
breezed into a downtown hotel, and
went to bed"
"What hotel?"
"Search me. We'd been tanking ul
on champagne and we're drunker In
the morning than when we turned in
| That's the honest truth. All either OF
us wanted for breakfast was cup OF
coffee. We got that at little dump
on some side street, so as to brace ur
a little" He paused to laugh at the
recollection, helping himself to third
cigar.
"And you actually retain no knowl
edge Of where you spent the night"
"Not the faintest glimmer. Can yor
beat 1t? Alva lost part Of a letter
somewhere, and a curious sort Of boz
he had picked up in Chinatown. He
put them both in his pocket, so ht
says, but that was the last he evel
saw of either. Queer looking box tina
was; nothing l cared about, but 1
cost the guy hundred bucks, and HI
was daffy over 1t. Anyhow, that nigh
put me solid with Alva."
"But the money! He's never draw
| itY'
"Not a dinky red. He claims tn
! time hasn't come yet, and that IT.
safer with Krantz. But I've stuck t.
him like brother and he's took me II
with his gang, so now I know ever
move that's going on. I'm on the In
side, all right, and now It's beginning
to get hot"
"They are ready to actT'
Sure; that's what the meeting wa
about tonight"
"What are they after-ships"
"Well, they've got to have some, bu
mostly arms then there Is guy dow
there who's got to be croaked. l don
care what it is; when the time come
they won't find handful OF chang
to act with. I'm some patriot, l an
and I'll put bigger crimp in thei
sails than the whole United State
government secret service"
But see here, Harris" soberl!
show do you know you are going t
get this? OF course, I see the gam
the way you've mapped 1t out, bu
suppose Krantz pays in check, or draf
That spikes your gum"
HI, yes; but he won't. I've size
up this man Krantz. He's in the gam
for money. BE don't care who win
the d-n revolution. for he gets n
share out Of the pot right away. He
playing the game secretly on his oW
account. Get that? He expects
may be year, or perhaps two. befoi
he can cash In on the deal, but whe
1t does come his share Of profit wi
be likely a hundred thousand. Thi
beats bank interest, and the old biz
is willing to take the chance"
"Quite likely that's true; no ban
would fpanca such a prO1ect."