The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1923-05-18

mot much But suggestive. Quit
suggestive II you'll excuse my say
Ing 30, you're a curious young couple
don't know-you might succeed
where others have failed. 49,.
believe in luck. you know---always
have
He paused a moment, and then
went on:
"Well, how about it, You're out for
adventure. How would you like to
work for mel Expenses paid, and a
moderate salary7"
Tuppence gazed at him. what
should we have to dor she breathed.
Mr.. Carter smiled.
Just go on with what you're doing
now. FIND JANE FINN"
Eyes, but-who is Jane Finnr
Mr.. Carter nodded gravely.
Eyes. you're entitled to know that,
1 think
He leaned back In his chair, crossed
his legs, brought the tips of his fingers
together. and began in low mono
| tone:
I'm the early days Of 1915 certain
] document came into being. 1t was the
1 draft Of a secret agreement-treaty-
call 1t what you like. 1t was drawn
up ready for signature by the various
representatives. and drawn up In
America-at that time a neutral coun-
| try. 1t was dispatched to England by
special messenger selected for that
purpose, 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 missing!
"The question was, had it been
taken from him, or had he himself
passed 1t on into another's keeping7
After the torpedo struck the ship, in
the few moments during the launching
of the boats, Danvers was seen speak
ing to a 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 woman, had
greater chance of bringing them safely |
TO shore.
but, If 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 APP
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 "a pupil
teacher in a small school out West.
Her passport had ben made out for
Paris, where she was going to join the
'taff ia hospital. She had offered
Ter services voluntarily, and after
some correspondence they had been
accepted. Having seen her name in
he list of the saved from the Lusi-
ania, the staff of the hospital were
naturally very surprised at her not ar
living to take up her billet, and at not
earring from her In any way.
WELL every effort was made to !
race the young lady-but all In vain. ,
70 use was made Of the draft treaty :
S might very easily have been done ,
nd we therefore came to the concIu- =
ion that Danvers had, after all, de- :
troyed it. The war entered on an !
Their phase, the diplomatic aspect c
hanged accordingly, and the treaty 3
'as never redrafted. Rumors as to !,
s existence were emphatically de- !,
led. The disappearance of Jane Finn
as forgotten and the whole affair =
as lost in oblivion" :,
Mr.. Carter paused, and Tuppence n
roke In lmpatiently:
But why has 1t all cropped up >,
gain? The wars over"
Because 1t seems that the papers l.
ere not destroyed after all, and that
ley might be- resurrected today with r.
new and deadly significance" II
Tuppence stared. Carter nodded II
Eyes, five years ago, that draft II
eaty was weapon in our hands; to- II
~ 1t Is a weapon against us. 1t was !
gigantic blunder. If it's terms were
ade public, 1t would mean disas-
r.. 1t might possibly bring
out another war-not with Germany
Is time That Is an extreme posi- ar
lily, and l do not believe in its like CO
lood, myself, but that document I'M tv
duplicates a number of our on
atesmen whom we cannot afford to ly
We discredted In any way at the co
esent moment He paused, and then an
Id quietly: SC
you may perhaps have heard or Iy
I'D that there is Bolshevist influence no
work behind present labor unrest?" he
ruppence nodded av
That Is the truth. Bolshevist gold ha
pouring into this country for the do
acific purpose of procuring Revo- fol
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