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mistake that slim, graceful figure,
nor those dark, steady oyes-that
we're spanning the room and rest.
ing upon him. He could not see
the lurking mOckery in those eyes,
the distance was little too great
for that but his Imagination could
dopict It readily enough. Nor did
It require much imagination II
was the Woman IN Black. He
glanced at Red Vallon. Red Val
Ions back was turned 10 the door,
and he had quite evidently not OBJ
served her.
The beerstained attendant hur-
rted to the table
"Whatll you have, Red2n IN
CURED Billy Kane pleasantly.
Rcd Fallon waved the man
away.
Mix" he said IN A lowered voice.
Il got TO beat it--I got 10 meet
Birdie Rose. There's something
doing"
Billy Kane, even as he watched
that trim figure make its way 10 a
table near the wall on line with
his own, leaned abruptly, eagerly
forward, toward Red Vallon He
felt his pulse throb and quicken.
II, coupled with his own clue, Red
Nallon and Birdie Rose had un.
earthed another, this internal mas
querade that threatened his life at
every turn was as good as ended.
What Is ~" he demanded.
Have you spotted the stonegg"
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and painsaklug effort 10 decipher'
lie ala not know Did Red Vallon,
sitting there across the table
watching him. expect him to give
instant indication that tho code
message was plain and iptelllgible
10 him? lie aid not know There was
only one course TO take--the middle
course He laid the paper on the
table, and laid his clenched h5t
over the paper, as he leaned farther
over, truculoutly, toward Red
Nallon
Il toll you again that everything
else IS piker stun. he said angrlly.
"Do you get NOR What have you
done. you and Birdie ana the rest?
Have you got anywhere to-day? 10
you know whore that secretary guy,
Billy Kane, is2 DO you know where
those rubios are?'
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TO coast they had heralded him as
the vilest OF his kind-he was q
pariah, an outcast, a thing OF loath.
ing! Yes. the papers were still
giving him and the Ellsworth MUIR
der prominence enough! But that
prominence was not without its
compensation, since it had fur
nished him with the clue now in
his possession.
The inquest had been held late
yesterday afternoon, too late for
more than brief mention in the
evening papers. but this morning
the papers had carried a full and
practically verbatim report of the
proceedings. He had read the re-
port, not daringeat first TO believe
what he wanted to believe, afraid
that his eyes were playing a mock
ing trick upon him-and then he
had read 1t again in sort of grim,
unholy Joy.
Jackson, the footman, who he
knew was one of the murderers,
was dead. and so far Birdie Rose
had been unable to trace the mans
family or connections; but Peters,
the butler, was not dead, and out
OF Peters own mouth, in his effort
apparently to seal for all time his,
Billy Kane's, guilt, Peters had CON
victed himself!
True, before a Jury. Peters had
done himself no harm--that was
the hellish ingenuity of the scheme
that fitted In with all the rest Of
the devils craft with which the af-
fair had been planned Peters, in
the public's eyes, or before any
court, was treading on safe and
solid ground, for his, Billy Kane's,
simple denial was worth nothing
in any mans opinion to-day; but he,
Billy Kane, knew that Peters tes.
timony was not fact. Peters had
testified that he had seen him,
Billy Kane. leave the house about
z O'clock-which was true. Peters
had then deliberately testified that
half an hour later though he had
not seen Mr. Kane return, he had
seen Mr. Kane come quietly down
the back stairs, and enter the III
brary-which besides being untrue,
since he, Billy Kane, was not even
In the house at that time, was also
equivalent TO swearing away his.
Billy Kane's life. Peters, continuing
his evidence, had stated that he
was quite sure he had not been
seen by Mr., Kane, as he, Peters, at
that moment was standing Just
inside the cloakrOOm off the hall.
He did not see Mr.. Kane emerge
again from the library, but some
fifteen minutes later a telephone
call came in for Mr.. Ellsworth, and.
knowing Mr.. Ellsworth to be In the
library, he connected with that
room. He tried several times, but
could get no reply. Finally he went
to the library door and opened II,
and found Mr.. Ellsworth with his
skull crushed IN, dead upon the
floor, the private vault and safe
open and looted. He at once called
the police. He stated that Il was
obvious Mr.. Kane had made his
escape from the library through
the stenographer's room at the
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married and had a family. but he
had not known Peters's home ad-
dress. White Jack had proved
most praiseworthy ferret. lie. Billy
Kane know that Thursday was al.
ways Peters night on. This was
Thursday night. Peters. then. II
he followed his usual custom, would
visit his fiat tonight, and, since
the mans family was away, Peters
and he would be alone II was for.
tunate that the family was away.
luck seemed to be turning. It pre-.
cluded the necessity OF getting
Peters somewhere olse--alune. II
simplined matters. Peters fat
would serve most exCellently for
that interview
Ho laughed a little now. Ho
was strangely cool strangely com
posed He was in a mood in which
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were so, he was still in no less dan
ger, for he must go on. To turn
aside was to fail, and to fail, quito
equally, meant death.
The hard pressure OF his lips
curved the corners Of his mouth
downward in sharp lines. Nor was
the question of that stone all! Since
last night when the cloak of re.
spectability had been stripped from
Karlin, and the man in the mask"
had turned the tables on the crime
coterie in the gambling hell run by
Jerry, the eX-croupier OF Monte
Carlo, the underworld had been in
"A nasty mood, ugly, suspicious. in
n ferment of unrest. Il was ano.her
alias added to his role. another
alias to safeguard even more zeal.
ously, If possible, than his unsoueht
role of the Rat. He was the man
in the mask He shrugged his
shoulders suddenly. Quite so! The
mask was even at that moment In
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Red Vallon shook his head.
mot them stones" he said n
little unoasily some othors. l
got orders"
Billy Kauo's faco hardened.
"Orders'' he echoed shortly.
"pidu't / tell YOU last might that
everything else was pilter stun2 A
half million in rublos, that's what
wore atter--to the llmitl Under
staud2 To the limit, orders! who
gave you any orders except to stick
to the EameY
You know" said Red Vallnn.
and pushed sheet Of paper across
the table. Tear It up when you're
through TIA no good 10 mo any
more. ] Just wanted TO show 10 to
you, SOS you'd know | wasn't side.
stepping on any own"
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duced by what had happened the
previous night when Red Nallou
had been followed he did not know
but he was somehow prepared now.
little more than prepared, almost
sure, in fact, that there would be-
repetition OF last nights occur
renee
Red Nallon dropped into the seat
vacated by White Jack.
Hello. Bundy!" he greeted AZ.
fably.
Hello, Red" The response was
purely mechanical Billy Kane
shifted his cigarette from one cor.
ner OF his mouth to the other-to
hide a smile in which there was
nc humOr. His intuition. 81 II wera
intuition, had not been at fault.
A womnn had just entered the
dance hall. lie was not likely to
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ing headlines and columns Of sen.
sational STORY; but, even so, all
this had not by any means over
shadowed the Ellsworth murder
and robbery. The press was still
alive with II, New York was still
agog with the old millionaire -philan-
thropists assassination. and with
what 1t believed to be the traitor
Gus and abandoned act of, not only
a trusted and confidential secre.
tary, but OF one who at the same
time was the son Of lifelong
friend.
The blood surged burning hot
into Billy Kanes face. From coast
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his inside coat pocket. 0H II were
found there! He laughed harshly.
1t seemed as though he were being
sucked In nearer and nearer to the
centre of some seething vortex that
hungrily sought to engulf him. 1t
seemed as though his brain ground
and mulled around in a sort of
ghastly cycle. When he tried to
bring one thing into individual out
line some other thing impinged.
and all became jumbled medley,
like pieces of a puzzle. no one OF
which would fit into another.
The underworld looked askance
and whispered through the corners
of its mouth as it asked the ques-
tion: Who was the man in the
mask? And he, Billy Kane, who
could answer that question. sitting
here in Two-fnger Tasker's In the
heart OF that underworld, was ask
ing himself another, dozen others.
whose answers were vital, life and
death to him in the most literal
sense. Who was the Woman In
Black, who, like a Nemesis, how
cred over the Rat? Where was
the man whose personality had
been SO strangely thrust upon him.
Billy Kane? When would the Rat
return? Had he, BILLY Kane, even
the few hours at his disposal this
evening that were necessary to en-
able him to run down the clue
which he had discovered, and upon
which he was banking his all now
to clear himself, to bring to JUS
tice the murderers who had so
craftily saddled their guilt upon
him-had he even that much time
before the inevitable crash came:
This evening, Yes. this evening!
His fingers came from his vest
pocket, and his hand clenched
fercely at his side He would go
the limit. His mind was made up
; TO that. He had never thought
that he would consider calculate
and weigh the pros and cons OF
taking another mans life, much
less come to a deliberate decision
to do so! But he had made that
decision now; and, If It were neces-
sary. he would carry 1t through. 1t
seemed to affect him with an uu-
natural, cold indifference that sur
prised himself-that decision II
seemed to be only the result, the
outcome that continued to concern
him. II he had luck with him to-
night he would win through. Red
Vanon. Birdie Rose and the under
world had so far failed. He had
kept prodding them on, and would
continue to prod them on even now
on the basis that he could not af-
ford to let go of a single chance;
but his hopes, that amounted now
to a practical certainty of success,
were almost wholly centred on his
own efforts in the next few hours.
He stirred impulsiyely IN his
chair. The murderers OF David
Ellsworth had been too cunning, It
seemed, had oyerstepped them
selves at last in their anxiety 70
weave their net Of evidence still
more irrevocably around him. The
affair OF last night, the capture OF
Karlin by the police, and the social
prominence of both Karlin and
Merxler, had furnished the morn
ing papers with material for glar'
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NO" said Red Vallon hurriedly,
I'VE haven't turned anything up
yet, but
But you're going to-by noslug
around after something elsel"
snapped Bnly Kane. DO you
thiHk I'm going to see the biggest
thing that was ever pulled slip
through my fingers? II you do,
you've got another thiuk comingl
Things have changed since I've
been Rway-eh? How long since
there's been any m0uFeying with
what I dope Out2'
Don't get sore, Bundy." said
Red VaIlon appeasingly IT'S
nothing like that You know how
10 was. karlin's arrest last night
Queered everything That cursed
snitch with the mask on pat every.
thing on tho rough Thore wasn't
any meeting You know who sent
that code there; we'll, he didn't
know about the other Job. or that
he was burtlng in on You Tunbls9
There amt nothing 90 be sore
about Bundy. Say. me aud Birdie
a'at going 10 be more'u an hour
or two doing this trick, anyhow.
Someone of the Mole's gang must
have leaked; or maybe one OF our
boys piped him Off ] dunno. But
we got him cold this trip. He's a
slick one all right, and he's been
getting away with the goods quite
a lot lately and giving us the
laugh. You know all about that.
Well this is where he doesn't
iaugh-see2 He's pulling nice
one tonight Got It all fxed up
20 make It look like somebody elso
did A. Surol Wen, we're NOT kick.
ing at that--so long as we 60, tho
loot, Sure Wen let him pull Il,
all right. all right, believe mel"
Ito Be Continued.
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the footman, and had killed
Jackson, who had tried TO
CAPTURE him.
Billy Hane's hands were
showed In an apparently nom
chalant manner into the side
pockets OF his coat-to hide
them from view now. The
nails were biting into the
palms of his hands. KILLED"
% that was the word Peters had
used" killed" 1t was very
subtle Of Peters to have used
that word-it Just clinChed
the whole story with the
seemingly yiOus Everybody
believed that he, Billy Kane. had
killed Jackson, as well as David
Ellsworth. Yes, Peters had put the
finishing touch on the evidence that
was meant to free the actual rer.
petrators, himself quite evidently
amongst them. from punishment,
and to send him, Billy Kane, If
caught, as their proxy to the death
chair in Sing Sing.
Quite SO! And Peters thought
himself quite safe. What had
Peters 10 fear from a hunted
wretch who he undoubtedly be-
lieved was miles away, fleeing for
his life, covering from the sight
OF his fellow humans, afraid 10
show his face? But Peters and
his accnmpices had overshot the
mark! The evidence was final, in
frnNZwff fh1n do
was not true. He, Billy Kane,
would not dispute II with q Jury
he would put Peters on q witness
stand OF a grimmer nature than
that. He had known on the night
Of the crime that Jackson. tho
fOOtman. was one of the guilty
mon; but he had not suspected
that the dignifed perfectly trained
Peters, the butler, with his faEtidi-
ously trimmed. gray, muttou-chop
side whiskers, was likewise one Of
the band. And now no wondered
why he had not thought Of #.
He saw Peters In quite a diff.
ferent light nowl a hundred lit
tie incidents metamorphosed the
hA4ll CAV tHolhb = cAlAltAtr ana al"
tentiVenegs into "a SNUG mask of
hypocrisy. And, Corruborative from
this new viewpoint, where, for in
stance, had Peters, as It now ap-
peared, got the money to send his
family away even 20 a boarding
house? Buffers were not IN the
habit of sending their families
away 10 the seaside for the Sum
mer! Even White Jack had not
failed TO comment on that fact.
Well, he was satisfied that he
knew the real Peters now, and II
was not too late. II was Peters,
or himself now. Il was his life,
or Peters life-unless Peters laid
bare 10 the last shred the whole
plot, and the name OF every man
connected with II.
And the stage was set. From the
moment he had read the papers
that morning, he had put White
Jack at work--and White Jack had
done well. exceedingly we'll He.
Billy Kane. knew that Peters was
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rear, and from there to the back
entrance. where, later on again. as
the police already knew, return
ing once more In the hope pre-
sumably Of recovering the card
with the combinations OF the safe
and vault on It in his handwriting,
he had been discovered BY Jackson,
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CHAPTER KIN.
The Cipher Message.

= LILY KANE's hands came
ID from his pockets again, and
he leisurely lighted a Gig.
arctic. Though sitting sideways to
the door, he nevertheless unosten-
tatiously commanded a full view
OF the entrance. Red Vallon had
Just entered. and, after a moments
pause IN which the mans eyes
searched around the dance hall,
was coming forward, threading his
way through the intervening
tables. Billy Kane flung a short
nod of recognition In the direction
Of the approaching Rangster; and
then his eyes fastened IN a sort
of hard, curious expectancy on the
street door again. Whether or not
It was intuition or premonition In
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.-.-- !. -
Bllly hane oid NOT tear II up'
MS face' still set hard, snoWeu no
other signs OF emotion, as nus eyes
hluolea the paper, nut I'D" aI,''y
may il was code message II
meant noihlhs 10 nm 10 one sense
IN ahot9er II meant very great
zeal ne was supposed 10 hNy"
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he found difficulty in recognizing
himself. He was going tonight to
wiring from a man either that mans
life, or that mans confession. He
was absolutely merciless in that
resolve; no would not turn back,
nothing would make him swerys
one iota from that determination,
he would go the llmit-and yet he
sat here entirely unmoyed. callous.
Wen, after all, why not2 II the
man was already a murderer. his
life was already forfeit. II he,
Billy Kane, must choose between
losing his own life and permitting
one OF the murderers OF David
Ellsworth to profit further there
by, would one hesitate long over
that choice, or hesitate to GO
the limit2
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White Jack, Of the Lesser W
Breed Of Criminal, Rose From X
His Seat With Evident %A
Reluctance. There Was ~
Sort of Dog-Iike FaithfuIness I
and Admiration in His
Eyes, But the Look on His
Face Was Nevertheless One of
Undisguised disappointment. "Ain't I In
on Dis Any More2" He Pleaded. "Ain't
Got Anything More to Do2".
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(To Be Continued.
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| in his audience when he added that
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highest things Of life. The governor
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state, he expected to do all in his
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sociated with many of the great and
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of great ability, said the address of
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At the close of this address all the
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| IT,, and Mrs. George Milne, of Aber-
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The convention chorus on Sunday
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en- Morrow Bye and Bye"
The devotions were led by Prof
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The delegation had dwindled down
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Thomas u. Mcleod.
AS Thomas G. Mcleod was intro
duced the great Newberry audience
arose in Difference TO the man who
had triumphed over one of their own
citizens, Cole L. Blease, for govern
or, and gave him an ovation, as they
remembered his great victory and
realized that he would pilot the ship
of state through the coming years of
his administration.
This address of Governor-Elect
Mcleod was different from those
which he necessarily had to make in
his campaign tour of the state. Be
fore this sympathetic audience he
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were in the house. of his friends. He
spoke on Citizenship, and took the
ministers privilege of using Bible
text, which was, "With a great price
obtained l this freedom" Mr.. Nc
Leod's remarks showed wide reading
and study of public questions and of
the relation of material to spiritual
and intellectual and educational af-
fairs. He had not come to any mar
row conclusions from reading only
business and secular papers and mag