Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-01-20
SYNOPSIS.


sular agent, notices small box which
attracts him. He purchases 1t. Later he
discovers In secret compartment writ
ing giving a clew to a revolutionary move
ment In this country seeking to over
throw the Chilean government The writ
ing mentions rendezvous, and Severn
decides to investigate
CHAPTER II.-F1nding the place men
uoned In the writing apparently deserted,
Severn visits a saloon in the vicinity.
woman in the place is met by a man,
seemingly by appointment, and Severn,
his suspicious aroused, follows them.
They go to the designated meeting place,
an abandoned iron foundry.
CHAPTER III.-At the rendezvous Sc
vern Is accepted as one of the conspira-
tors and admitted. He meets a stranger
who appears to recognize him.
CHAPTER IV.-The stranger addresses
Severn as Harry Daily. The incident plays
into Severn's hands and he accepts it.
His new acquaintance is a notorious
thief, Gentleman George" Harris. Con-
cealed, Severn hears the girl he had fol-
lowed address the conspirators. She urges
them to hasten the work of revolution.
CHAPTER V.-Leaving the crowd to
discuss the message she had brought, the
girl discovers Severn listening. She ac-
cepts his explanation of his presence and
makes an appointment to meet him next
day. He tells her his name is DAILY Har-
ris informs him of a scheme he has to
secure a sum amounting to $1,0OO,000, the
revolutionary fund.- and offers to split
with him. Severn accepts the proposition.
CHAPTER VI.-Severn learns it was
his new friend and Captain Alva" who
had lost the box which started him on
the trail. Harris tells him the woman Is
4 Marie Gessler. He arranges to meet
= Severn next day at Tom Costigan's sa-
loon. Leaving the building, Severn notices
stalled automobile few blocks away.
investigating, he finds the body of Cap
tain Alva, stabbed to death with hatpin
dagger. Securing it, he remembers having
seen it, or one like 1t, in Marie Gesser's
hat
CHAPTER VII-Believing Marie left
the foundry with Alva, Severn is forced
to believe she is the slayer. He takes
the dagger with him, leaving the body
to be discovered later. At the address
Marie had given him he finds she is
unknown. He visits Costigan's and learns
that Harris has disappeared. Costigan
apparently has no doubt that Severn is
really DAILY" and gives him his full
confidence.
Beyond all doubt here was both
cause and effect. The girl had intend
ed to either see me herself, or by
proxy In the form Of this mysterious
Miss Conrad But what had since
occurred had compelled a sudden
oho in nj
cealing her escape. There was no
way in which she could notify me, but
she might very easily have telephOned
to her landlady. And, if the place
was what 1 suspicioned it to be, she
might have every confidence that her
secret would be guarded
I glanced up at the front Of the
house, searching the windows. but
without results. The curtains were
closely drawn to keep out the sun,
I and the place appeared forlorn and
deserted. At the delicatessen shop on
the corner I gained CLEAN of light,
but merely enough to strengthen my
former judgment. The keeper, a flax
en-haired Swede, was loquaciOus
enough, but had only been in business
there few weeks.
''247 LIE Compte, you say. Yes, she
takes roomers; some are men, and
some are women. They come in here
and buy, but never ask the names it
was all cash, so why should l care?
Sometimes l hear them call names
sure; but never Conrad. The woman
what keeps the house? Wait and
tell you it is on the books; ah you
read as she wrote it for me-Mrs. Au-
gusta Waldron maybe a widow?
What you think? Bah, she never like
anything / have to sell. / care moth
ing for trade with her-a cat this Mrs.
Augusta Waldron."
I left him with the familiar sound
of the name ringing in my ears-the
whole thing was travelling in a circle,
and the circle was growing continual
ly more compact. Blindly, was
stumbling up against 1t here and
there most Unexpectedly. Augusta
Waldron, beyond doubt, was Ivan Wal
dron'S wife. No wonder her house
was ucSlSudIcu LuS meellHS pldCc AoI
those people.
/ returned to the hotel. Only as l
stood before the door did / realize
that the newsboys were calling out
Extra! All about the murder"
felt that my face was white, and that
by hand shook, yet I hastily bought
copies of half a dozen sheets. showing
them into my pockets.
The reports were mostly alike, ex-
ceedingly brief and unsatisfactory, ex-
cept that they conveyed the impress
sion that thus far the police possessed
no real clue as to the perpetrator OF
the crime. No one connected with
the meeting the night before was men
toned in any article, nor was any sus-
picion Of such a meeting mentioned. l
read the last line with a distinct feel
ing of relief, dropping the paper on
the floor.
They had discovered no clue, moth
ing whatever to work upon Tha In