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CHAPTER xvI-continued.

20
But on the Sunday afternoon a
message was brought to the house.
They were all very disturbed. With
out their knowing. i listened. Word
had come that he was to be killed. /
needn't tell the next part, because you
know It."
She paused. (
"Then the papers," said Sir James
slowly, "are still at the back of the
picture In that ROOM"
"Yes." The girl had sunk back on
the sofa exhausted with the strain of
the long story.
Sir James rose to his feet. He
ooked at his watch.
"Come," he said, 1--WE must 60 at
once. You have been followed here
not doubt Of II. When we leave
the house we shall be followed again,
but not molested, for 1t Is Mr.. Browns
plan that we are to lead him. But
the Soho house Is under police super
vision night and day. There are sew
eral men watching 1t. When we enter
that house, Mr.. Brown will not draw
back-he will risk all, on the chance
Of obtaining the spark to fire his mine.
And he fancies the risk not great
he will enter In the gulse Of friend I"
Tuppence flushed, then opened her
mouth impulsively. "You know who
Mr.. Brown Is. don't you"
"Yes," said Sir James gravely. II
have been morally certain of his iden-
tity for some time-evero since the
night of Mrs. vandemeyer's mysteri-
GUS DEATH"
"Ahr' breathed Tuppence.
"For there we are up against the
logic Of facts. There are only two
solutions. Either the chloral was ad-
ministered by her own hand, which
theory I reject utterly, or else"
"Yes?"
"Or else 1t was administered In the
brandy you gave her. Only three
people touched that brandy - you,
Miss Tuppence, myself, and one
other-Mr. julius Hersheimmerw
Jane Finn stirred and sat up, re-
garding the speaker with wide, aston
ished eyes. Springlng to her feet, she
cried out angrily:
"What do you mean7 What are you
trying to suggest? That Mr.. Brown
Is Julius7 Julius-my own cousin II
"No, Miss Finn" said Sir James
"Not your cousin. The man who calls
himself julius Hersheimmer Is no re.
lation to you whatsoever"
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guerite'-and I thought of the pic
lures. and-well. that's that. Then Of
course / went over the whole thing
to see where I'd made an ass Of my
self"
go on" said Mr.. Carter, as Tommy
showed signs of taking refuge In ST.
lence once more.
"That business about Mrs. vande-
meyer had worried me when Julius
told me about 1t. On the face Of 1t, 1t
seemed that he or Sir James must have
done the trick. But didn't know
which. Finding that photograph In
the drawer, after that story Of how It
had been got from him by Inspector
Brown, made me suspect julius. Then
I remembered that 1t was Sir James
who had discovered the false Jane
Finn. In the end, couldn't make up
my mind-and just decided to take no
chances either way. left note for
Julius, In case he was Mr.. Brown, say
ing was or to the Argentine, and l
dropped Sir James letter with the
offer Of the Job by the desk 80 that he
would see II was genuine stunt. Then
I wrote my letter to Mr.. Carter and
rang mp Sir James. And then got q
bogus note from Tuppenee--and I
knew r.
But howr
Tommy took the note IN question
from his pocket and passed It round
the table.
.It's her handwriting all right but I
knew II wasn't from her because Of the
signature. shed never spell her name
'Twopence,' but anyone who'd never
seen It written might quite easily DO
20. Julius had seen it--he showed me
note Of hers to him once--but Sir
James hadn't After that everything
was plain sailing. I sent on Albert
post-haste to Mr.. Carter. I pretended
to 20 away, but doubled back again.
When Julius came bursting up in his
car. felt II wasn't part Of Mr.. Browns
plan--and that there would probably
be trouble. Unless Sir James was ac-
tually caught In the act. 20 to speak,
knew Mr. Carter would never believe
Il At him sn ~ unsupported verd-r
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(Cspyrisht Dodd. M..d Z Company,

with steady hand. The dust lay
thick upon II, and festoons Of cobwebs
lay between It and the wall. Sir James
handed her pocket-knife, and she
ripped away the brown paper from
the back. ~. The advertisement
page of a magazine fell out. Jane
picked 1t up. Holding apart the
frayed Inner edges, she extracted two
thin sheets covered with writing!
No dummy this timel The real
thingl q
"We've got It," said Tuppence. "At
last. :"
Sir James took 1t, and scrutinized
1t attentively.
Eyes" he said quietly, "this is the
Inflated draft treatyw
We've succeeded" said Tuppence.
There was awe and an almost won
dering unbelief In her voice.
Sir James echoed her words as he
folded the paper carefully and put 1t
away In his pocket-book, then he
looked curiously round the dingy
room.
1T was here that our young friend
was confined for so long, was 1t not"
he said. "A truly sinister room. You
notice the absence of windows, and
the thickness of the close-fitting door.
Whatever took place here would never
be heard by the outside world.
"You feel-as we all feel-THE
PRESENCE OF MIR. BROWN. Yes"
-as Tuppence made a movement
mot doubt of, it-MR. BROWN is
HERE. :"
I'm this houser'
"In this room. You don't
understand? l AM Mr.. BROWN. :"
Stupefied, unbelieving, they stared
at him. The very lines Of his face
had changed. 1t was a different man
who stood before them. He smiled
slow cruel smile.
Neither Of you will leave this room
alivel Shall tell you how 1t will be7
Sooner or later the police will break
in, and they will find three victims Of
Mr.. Brown-three, not two, you under
stand, but fortunately the third will
not be dead. only wounded, and will
be able to describe the attack with
wealth Of detail! The treaty? 1t is
in the hands of Mr.. Brown. So no
one will think Of searching the pock-
cts of Sir James Peel Edgerton
There was faint sound behind him,
but intoxicated with success, he did
not turn his head.
He slipped his hand into his pocket.
"Checkmate to the Young Adven-
turers," he said., and slowly raised a
big automatic.
But, even as he did SO. he felt him.
self seized from behind In a grip OF
iron. The revolver was wrenched from
his hand, and the voice of Julius Her.
shelmmer said drawlingly:
"I guess you're caught redhanded
with the goods on you"
The blood rushed to the X. C.'s face,
but his self-control was marvellous, as
he looked from one to the other Of his
two captors. He looked longest at
Tommy.
"You." he said beneath his breath.
"Youl I might have known"
Seeing that he was disposed to offer
no resistance, their grip slackened.
Quick as q flash his left hand, the
hand which bore the big signet ring.
was raised to his lips.
save, Caesarl te morituri salu-
tant,'" he said. still looking at Tommy.
Then his face changed, and with a
long convulsive shudder he fell for
ward in a crumpled heap. whilst an
odor of bitter almonds filed the air.
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CHAPTER XIX
And After.

THAT was mighty good toast,
Jane" said Mr.. Hersheimmer, as he
and his cousin were being driven back
In the Rolls-Royce to the Ritz.
"The one to the Joint Venture2"
"No-the one to you. There isn't an
other girl In the world who could have
carried 1t through as you did. You
were just wonderfull"
Jane shook her head.
81 don't feel wonderful. At heart
I'm just tired and lonesome-and long
Ing for my own country"
"That brings me to something
wanted to say. heard the ambassa-
dor telling you his wife hoped you
would come to them at the embassy
right away. That's good enough, but
I've got another plan. Jane-I want
you to marry mel Don't get scared
and say no at once. You can't love me
right away, Of course, mats impossi-
BILE. But I've loved you from the very
moment I set eyes on your photo--and
now I've seen you I'm simply crazy
about you! II you'll only marry me, I
won't worry you any-you shall take
your own time. Maybe you'll never
come to love me, and II that's the case
I'll manage to set you free. But I want
the right, to look after you and take
care Of you"
"Oh, Juliusr'
swell, I don't want TO hustle you,
Jane, but there's no sense In waiting
about. Don't be scared-I shan't ex-
pect you to love me all at ohce."
But q small hand was slipped into
his.
II love you now, Julius" said Jane
Finn. II loved you the first moment In
the car when the bullet grszed your
In the meantime the Young Adven-
turers were sitting bolt upright, very
stiff and Ill at ease, in a taxi.
They sat very straight and forebors
to look at each other.
At last Tuppence made a desperate
effort.
Rather fun, wasn't itr
Rather"
Another silence.
II like julius" essayed Tuppence
again.
Tommy was suddenly galvanized into
life.
"It has been fun, hasn't It, Tommy
I do hope we shall have lots more ad-
ventures"
you're Unsuitable, Tuppence. I've
had quite enough adventures for the
present."
swell, shopping is almost as good"
said Tuppence, dreamily. "Think Of
buying old furniture, and bright car
pets, and futurist silk curtains. and =
polished dining table. and divan with
lots Of cushions"
"Hold hard" said Tommy. whats
all this for7"
Possibly a house-tut I think .
fiat"
"whose fiatr'
"You think I mind saying II, but I
don't in the least Ours. 30 therei''
"You darlingr" cried Tommy. his
arms tightly round her. II was deter
mined 10 make you say IL. owe You
something for the relentless way you've
squashed me whenever I've tried to be
sentimental"
Tuppence raised her face TO his. The
taxi proceeded on q course round the
north side Of Regents park.
"You haven't really proposed now :
pointed out Tlppence. "Not what our
grandmothersl would call a proposal.
But afser listening to a rotten, one liks
Julius'A I'm Inclined to let you on"
sYou won't be able to get out Of mar
rying me. 20 don't you think Of IT,"
~what ftin II win bA" responded
Tuppencs. Marriage Il called IN
sorts Of things. . haven. and refuge
and crowning glory. and stats ol
bondage. and lots more. But do you
know what think Il isr" .is
~whatf".
"A sport..-
-And . ID. good sport tsAs ~
s~,u~ wwns
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Rain nr ShlnA

"Please, Mr.. CRATIC" said the care
taker of the flats. "the gentleman on
the next floor presents his compli-
ments and says. seeing as how you
can foretell the future, would you be
so good as to let him know how long
1t will be before your bath stops over
flowing through his ceilingT
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Tired Of IL.

II see that some musician has dis
covered the genesis of Yes. We Have
No Bananas"
"That so2 The exodus of the silly
thing would be of more interest to
me.'-BostOn Transcript.
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stomach and starts the liver and
bowels acting without gripping. Con-
tains no narcotics or soothing drugs.
Say california" to your druggist and
avoid counterfeitsi Insist upon gen.
uine california Fig Syrup" which
contains ns.-Advertisement
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MOTHER! GIVE SICK BABY
"CALIF0RNlA FIG SYRUP"
Harmless Laxative TO Clean Liver
and Bowels Of Baby or Child.

Even constipat-
ed, bilious, fever
fish, or sick, collie
Babies and Chill
dren love to take
genuine "Califor-
MIA Fig Syrup"
No other laxative
regulates the ten
der little bowels
80 nicely. 1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-19

gins, as manager of the Cardinals,
had refused a cash offer of $4,000
from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Never
theless, Snyder had a lame arm and
Hickey did not want him.
McGraw, always admirfng the
pluck and the courage of the husky
Texan. played. "a long shot and won.
He traded Ferdinand Schupp for
Snyder. Schupp had a bum left
whip and Snyder a stale right arm.
Starred Against Yankees
Snyder came back. Last season,
with an average of .343, he was the
hardest-hitting catcher in the Ma
tional League.
That McGraw puts a guarantee
behind his word is shown by the
work of the Giants in the last two
worlds series with the Yankees, Sny-
der has caught ten of the thirteen
games.
Earl Smith was regarded as a
young phenom until Snyder recov-
cred his form and Smith has been
forced to play second fiddle to Sny-
der.
The work Of the Giants pitchers
featured the last two worlds series
McGraw has been given most Of the
credit by the experts. Here is what
McGraw says:
"Snyder's catching in thu two
series with the Yankees was perfect.
That lean everything to a pitcher"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-19
TOTTENV|LLE
IS CONFIDENT
Regarding Ability of Team
for Game Tomorrow Night
-SpeedWays at Home

Followers of Manager Charley
Walters Beauvais Post American
Legion basketball team of Totem
vile. are confident that this combi-
nation will continue its sensational
work on the Pleasant Plains court
tomorrow night by stopping the
Speedway basketeers of this city to-
morrow night.
The Tottenville representatives
have been playing Saturday nights
on the Pleasant Plains court since
the start of the season, and have only
lost one game. The Montanas of
Stapleton are the only basketeers
credited with a victory over the Tot
tenville Legion representatives on
the Staten Island court.
For the game tomorrow night It
is probable the Speedways will have
at least new man and the Han
derhan brothers, Brownmiller. Brad
ley and Irv Martin will also make
the trip. The lineup used on the
Pleasant Plains court tomorrow will
also be used against the Frank
O'Rourke Stars of Elizabeth on st.
Stephens court in this city, this
weekend. The Stars were the first
tossers to down the colors o: the
Roosevelt Separates this season.
Tottenville will take the court in
regular fashion tomorrow night,
Preacher and Burdsoli, forwards;
LaForge, center, and Price and
Hoehn, guards.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-19
GAME
TO Be PLAYED
Hungarians Hope to End Sc
ries by Defeating st. Steph-
ems Sunday Night

The Hungarian Catholic Club
basketball team hopes to repeat its
showing of several weeks ago in a
game with the st. Stephen Light
Senior forces on the Hungarian
court, Cortlandt street, this Sunday
night. This is the second game of a
series between these two combina-
tons.
The st. Stephen quintet was given
a jolt as a result of the showing
made by the Cortlandt street bas-
keteers on the State street court.
The H~ungarians outplayed and out
scored their opponents throughout
this contest.
As a result of their showing on the
State street court the Hungarians
feel that they should have an easy
time downing, the State ~streeters on
the Cortlandt street court. Both
teams are expected to use their reg
ular lineups in this game. The home
club will have j. Mitruska and
Winkler in the advanced positions,
Chizma at center, and Levay and G..
Mitruska in the defensive berths,
The st. Stephens will take the court
with Medusky, Miller, Barty, Ban
zick and Ratajak.
If the st. Stephens win this game
the playing court for the third and
deciding game of the series will be
decided by the toss Of a coin. Bill
Campbell, who refereed the first
game of this series in a satisfactory
manner, probably will hold the whis-
tie Sunday night. There will be
dancing in connection with the game.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-19
(High School Correspondent

With grim determination as the
outstanding characteristic to lead
them On to victory the Perth Amboy
high school warriors bold' on the
court VIII today travel to New
Brunswick and do battle with the
Rutgers Prep school combine.
The outcome of this afternoons
contest cannot be taken as a critic
rion by which to judge the strength
of Amboy's representative scholastic
quintet. The impromptu five which
Coach Waddell win place on the floor
VIII try to add the game to the win
column and in SO doing make it six
in a row. The local faculty, South
Amboy, Freehold and Harrison have
felt the sting of defeat al the hands
of the locals while North Plainheld
forfeited their clash. A victory over
the up county institution would be
mighty sweet.
The prep schools record so far
this seaso is nothing to boast of for
they have yet to hang up a win. The
prepsters feel confident that they
will start a winning streak at the ex-
pense of the down county five. On
their roster they have several t
performers from different states. st.
Benedict's showed under the future
college boys by a greater score than
the locals were beaten last year by
the Newarkers. Red Parker, a
former star at the school, is in
charge of the ~basketeers in the alb
scene Of Coach Pieri who is very
sick at present.
Coach Waddei1 sent his hopefuls
through a strenuous drill yesterday
afternoon in preparation for today's
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-19
ROOM % TEAM
CLAIMS HONORS
As a Result of Recent VIC
tory Over Room 3
Forces

A communication from Morris
Margaretten, who is connected with
athletic activities at the local gram
mar school, is to the effect that the
Room % quintet of Miss Edythe Gal
lagher claims the school basketball
championship, as a result Of the VIC
tory scored over Miss l. 3. MiIler's
Room 3 team in the local Y. NJ. c.
A. on Tuesday afternoon.
The boys of Room rs will go to
the high school in a few weeks and
this is the reason for the making
of the claim at this time. In addi-
ton to Rooms Is and 3. the COM
binations representing Rooms l and
% were also in the running for the
school court honors. The Room rs
combination, with four of the school
varsity men in its lineup, has won
three games in as many starts, de-
featfng three other c~ontenders.
Room 1 has won two games and lost
one; Room 3 has won tive and lost
two, while the Room % tossers have
dropped the four games they have
taken part in to date
Anyone ~disputing the claim of
Miss Gallagher's team, writes Mr..
Margaretten, should make known
thei- contention before Monday OF
next week. After this date If no
challenges are received, the Room
25 players will openly declare them
selves the Champions"
Moe Koch, Abe Levin, Morris
Dublin, Nathan Koch. Irving Mefs-
trick. Louis Miller. Max Slifkin and
John Slack. perform with the
Room rs team.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-19

The Perth Amboy high school boys
basketball team may encounter their
first setback of the present season in
a game with the Rutgers Prep school
team on the latter's court today.
Upon the arrival of Jack Dempsey
in the East, a return match with
Jess Willard will be arranged. This
bout may be staged in this state on
Decoration Day or July A.
AL Weber or frankie Seaton of
Elizabeth may appear here in the
near future in a match with Howard
Richards of this city on the Argonne
alleys.
The election of officers of the Rar-
itan Copper Works Athletic Associa-
ton will be announced in the near
future and after this announcement
is made local baseball plans will be
pushed.
Another shoot is scheduled for the
indoor range OF the Perth Amboy
Rife Club tonight. This is also guest
night at the indoor range.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-19
AMBOY FIVE BEATS CAR7ERE7 nv FAST GAM
AmbOyLddSDe Determined
TO Make Rutgers Prep
Sixth Straight Victim

struggle which no doubt viii be a
from whistle to whistle. The
mentor has not as yet decided 20
VIII start and in consequence il
taking a large squad with him to
New Brunswick.
The Amboy rooters are pinniHg
their hopes on the ability OF the trio
of Fine, Rasmussen and Grieye to
come through with flying colors. Al
though this is the first year for
Ham" in select company he is scin-
tillating with the poise and s~elf-con-
hdence Of a Holman. His ability 10
get the tap off coupled with his Sin
side" knowledge OF the great sport
makes him a valuable man to have
around. He is an important cog in
the teamwork of the local aggrega-
ton.
Another ma whom the home
team will watch closely is Pete
Grieve. His infallible eye for the
basket easily earns him the-cogno-
men of Dead Eye Dick" On shoot
ing from the fifteen foot line he
hardly misses. Rasmussen, who will
be at one Of the guard positions, is a
hard worker always plugging away
and awaiting his chance to cut
through and score
"A large CROWD Ol SLu0enLS Will Dc
on hand to cheer their team on to
noble deeds. Several cheerleaderS
will also accompany the fans. The
contest will start at 4 +. NJ.
The visitors lineup will be chosen
from Grieve, Fine, Horowitz, Jacob
son, Rasmussen, Polkowitz, Connolly
and Macmillan, while the Rutgers
team will be chosen from Lowery
Griffith, Main, JeliR, Hindie, Alden
and Rowland.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-19
AMB0Y LEADER
IN COMEBACK
Replies to H. B. Club Manager
in Regard to Nine Games
BoWIed

Regardless Of the fact that Art
Jensen of the H. B. Club bowling
team recently made known that his
team won two sets out of three from
the Perth Amboy bowling team of
John J. Dolan, the latter manager in
a comeback contends that his forces
had the better OF the games, winning,
five out of nine played.
In these games the AmboyS rolled
SIS. Ss5. $40, SAC. S77, s3s. 76s. S2s
and $50 for a total of 1919 as
against scores of s4S. 745, S42. 1853,
S67, 755, 772. 8S3 and IT'S for a 7,199
total. The Amboy team bowled over
$40 more pins than their opponents
In these games.
The Amboy manager is satisfied to
decide the controversy by rolling an
other match on any alleys chosen by
the opposing manager. These two
teams have bowled some OF the lead
ing combinations in this vicinity to
date this season.
Manager Jensen can reach the
Amboy manager by communicating
with him at ass Washington street.
There is q possibility that the two
managers will get together for a
match on the Argonne or Bohnsack
alleys in the near future. The match
can be arranged without any future
presentation OF facts in these col
umnR
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-19
BRIEF BITS OF SPORTS
IN ALL FIELDS

The apparent easy setback OF the
Kingston basketball team by the
Perth Amboys on Wednesday night
was somewhat of a surprise to the
big crowd of fans.
No decision bouts are entirely re-
sponsible for the introduction of the
speedy" boxing managers. When a
big fight is staged in this state or
any other no RECESSION state, seldom
do the paper decisions agree.
son for his important battle with
Billy Murphy in this city the first
Tuesday in February.
The next important match in the
,Elks local bowling league will bring
together the Madisons and the lowiy
PAGERS. The Madisons are tied with
the Starfish for first place in the
league standing at the present time.
Great interest is being taken in the
Rufus B. Allen IS athletic officer of
the local post Of the American Le-
gion.
From present indications there
will be few big trades affecting big
league baseball teams before the
start of the 1928 schedule. Numerous
trades have been discussed, however.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-19
B. bOWLERS
BEAT DU POINT
Powder Workers Lose Three
Straight Games to Locals
at "Y"

The H. B. team Of pinmen won
three straight games from the du
Pont bowlers in a match rolled on
the local z. NJ. c. A. alleys last night.
The first game went to Amboy by
ffty-one pins, Larsen's 2eS being
high. Post, the visiting anchor man,
led his team with 1876. The second
game was won by a nine pin margin,
Nehrkorn, of the visitors, being high
with 100. Pfeiffer's $50 was high
for the H. 3. combination. In the
last game seventy-nine pins separat-
ed the teams, A. Jensen being high
with 191. Post with 16S again led
the visitors.
High average for the night went
to Larsen, the local anchor man,
with 1856. Post, of the du Pont quin-
tet, led his outfit in average with
174.
The scores:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-01-19
By BILLY EVANS

al hAN1
John McGraw calls Frank Snyder,
clever backstop of the New York
Giants, 'the perfect catcher"
In discussing the great catchers
the National League has produced,
McGraw says:
Frank Snyder IL the ideal
catcher. He is the equal of any
backstop the National League has
developed.
I'm paying that compliment to
Snyder, 1 am not unmindful of the
fact that in Roger Bresnahan.
George Gibson, Charley Doom,
Johnny King and Jimmy Archer,
the National League boasts some
great receivers"
In referring to Snyder as the-ideal
catcher, McGraw has in mind his
physical makeup, his fearless ma
ture, his mechanical excellence and
his ability to think.
Has Had Unusual Career
Snyder'S career is indeed unusual.
He was considered a brilliant
catcher during his term with the st.
Louis Cardinals. Something hap
peneE to the right arm-rheu-
matksm, or something that took the
smoke out of it and in 1918 he was
put on the trade block.
Snyder offered for trade was a
shock in National League headquar-
tiers. The year before, Miller Hug