The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-07-13

mot much. But suggestive. Quite
suggestive. II you'll excuse my say
Ing SO. you're q curious young couple.
/ don't know--you might succeed
where others have failed. ~.
believe IN luck, you know-always
| nave.
He paused q moment. and then
went on:
swell, how about TT You're out for
| adventure. How would you like to
work for met Expenses paid, and Q
moderate salaryT
Tuppence gazed at him. what
should we have to DOR she breathed.
Mr.. Carter smiled
.Just 60 on with what you're doing
now. FIND JANE FINN"
Eyes, but-who is Jane FinnT
Mr.. Garter nodded gravely.
"Yes, you're entitled to know that,
I think"
He leaned back In his chair, crossed
his legs, brought the tips Of his fingers
together. and hegan In q low mono
tone:
"In the early days Of 1915 certain
document came into being. 1t was the
draft Of a secret agreement-treaty-
call It what you like. 1t was drawn
up ready for signature by the various
representatives, and drawn up in
America-at that time neutral coun-
try. 1t was dispatched to England by
special messenger selected for that
purpose, q young fellow called Dan
vers. 1t was hoped that the whole
affair had been kept so secret that
nothing would have leaked out. That
kind of hope is usually disappointed.
"Danvers sailed for England on the
Lusitania. He carried the precious
papers in an oilskin packet which he
wore next his skin. 1t was on that
particular voyage that the Lusitania
was torpedoed and sunk. Danvers
was among the list of those missing.
Eventually his body was washed
ashore, and identified beyond any
doubt, the packet was missingl
"The question was, had it been
taken from him, or had he himself
passed II on into another's keeping?
After the torpedo struck the ship, In
the few moments during the launching
of the boats, Danvers was seen speak
ing to young American girl. No one
actually saw him pass anything to
her, but he might have done so. 1t
seems to me quite likely that he en-
trusted the papers to this girl, believ-
ing that she, as a woman, had a
greater chance Of bringing them safely
to shore.
"But, IL so, where was the girl, and
what had she done with the papers
We set to work to trace her out. 1t
proved Unexpectedly difficult. Her
name was Jane Finn, and it duly ap-
peared among the list Of the survivors,
but the girl herself seemed to have
vanished completely. Inquiries into
her antecedents did little to help us.
She was an orphan, and had been
what we should call over here pupil
teacher In a small school out West.
Her passport had ben made out for
Paris, where she was going to join the
staff ia hospital. She had offered
her services voluntarily, and after
some correspondence they had been
accepted. Having seen her name in
the list Of the saved from the Lusi-
tania, the staff Of the hospital were
naturally very surprised at her not ar
riving to take up her billet, and at not
hearing from her in any way.
"Well, every effort was made to
trace the young lady-but all In vain.
No use was made of the draft treaty
as might very easily have been done
and we therefore came to the conclu-
sion that Danvers had, after all, de-
stroyed 1t. The war entered on an
other phase, the diplomatic aspect
changed accordingly. and the treaty
was never redrafted. Rumors az to
its existence were emphatically de-
MED. The disappearance of Jane Finn
! was forgotten and the whole affair
was lost in oblivion"
Mr.. Carter paused, and Tuppence
broke in impatiently:
But why has 1t all cropped up
again3 The wars over"
Because 1t seems that the papers
were not destroyed after all, and that
they might be resurrected today with
new and deadly significance"
Tuppence stared. Carter nodded.
Eyes, fve years ago, that draft
treaty was weapon in our hands; to-
day 1t Is a weapon against US. 1t was
a gigantic blunder. II Its terms were
made public, II would mean disas-
ter. It might possibly bring
about another war-not with Germany
this time That is an extreme posi-
bility, and I do not believe in its like
llhood, myself, but that document un-
doubtedly duplicates number Of our
, statesmen whom we cannot afford to
have discredited In any way at the
present moment He paused, and then
said quietly:
"You may perhaps have heard or
, read that there Is Bolshevist influence
at work behind present labor unrestT
. Tuppence nodded.
"That IL the truth. Bolshevist gold
is pouring into this country for the
specific purpose of procuring Revo-
! luton. And there is a certain man, q