Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-27

money TO make the trip from Billy Crane.
Whose SISTER Natalie. a hrenSfi n!iot y an
nersI vim from Tho starf and he crashes
after leaving New York but picked up
~ i my steHo9s rIanr when rtarhrS Sra a5
NJ Chicagn Rt..rs AMI JIMMY both take
the Admenne for Yokohama. and Billy :
, ,hhdno '"inlhunrtuohs are ldlnln,'eu , mttnr
arriF cs IN HaThn ~ time To- eaten The trana
Siberian for NIatha on the station plat
,",hl ne; ,t~nS - NM" ~ Oman iI"' , 81
her tac,.-,he leaves an iuonymous note Of
thanks NJ Nlatkd be = arrested a a spy
Gorte S"N'fl so'4tt'9 M"ErtI " 'sgs -
~oman's lace 81 !, v WIDOW as the train pulls
out
<...... ...,
~ "hilhue" from YESTERDAY STAR
Jimmy had visions of the Nlatka
bastille bat he did not reach II at
once. For the present he was fea-
sonablN comiorta Die. with an IN
limited supply q time. apparentl%'
III Whlch 10 renect upon the lhJust4te
OF ms late ana MhaN mao caused II.
lie was lodged III one 81 tue Euarue4
rooms 81 the 'omnlSS'r once an"
me S'eauN lla'hi' "I " SFH'lA '',
side III" heavy door was me "'\
I'"ira'l"h 'ha' NJ was ''ndrr ''ii',1''
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:h' h!'eS'lS"''"n "H-'n LOON p.'De
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s;n,,al t..,.rt
A. ti,s+ DO v-,s anolapati,
.'yo,,,. ,l,sD...,iI,,s INST he Saircbe5
at once. monsjeur." he said politely.
"Our adviees indicate that you are
under suspicion"
Jimmy watched with a certain in
difference while TWO soldiers rifed his
little bag Certainly they would find
nothing there. lie WAS not in the
least perturhed about his ultimate
be thought of.
The FIRST was How could he make
up for the time he was losing? BS
the time he could communicate with
Moscow and his friends there could
return with a statement Of his char
acter, it would be too late to do any
thing. At I in the morning the
passenger ship would set sail for
konigsbere. bearing Austin Rogers
The second question was: What was
the cause of his predicament?
Both seemed equally insoluahle. To
his demand that he he faced with
some knowledge Of his aCcuSer he
was blindly informed that such pro
ceedln@ was impossible; agents OF the
Russian secret service We're Informed
in some way Of his approach, ana
they had discovered enough TO justify
his seizure and search of his effects.
As to the rest-Jimmys hope of
communicating with Moscow was sud
denly blasted. one of the soldiers
Strengthened up from am examination
of his bag and laid upon the commits
sar's desk thin sheet of paper. care
fully traced with indelibe ink.
Jimmy gasped. 1t was undoubtedly
a map. Next there came several
sheets of finely written script in
hand startlinglv like his own--yet he
had never. seen either before The
commissioner sauVe courtesy van
ished.
These things. monsieur seem to
demand investigation. | do not sup
nose Won will read to me what is
written in English here"
Jimmy glanced at the handwriting.
THE economic condition of the
neasantrv is outrageous !"
..]ViyeS and babies are thrown into
vile prisons and left to rot in Siberia s
,aIa uthi,a husbands ="
w! ~ " - ..I,II road II If Won
x,-;sb- hnt did not write these
thinps," ha nrotested
TIC commissar stood UP with
,,tr+ dicho1iavinc- nod
.,f viii haya then, read" he said
- 30 ,,1ean+ime-'
.,!a,,ad ~ The man who had
nc n ~ H. 80 t,ooyican and gave swift
r,.do,.s in Pussian. A few minutes
oiuei" ,i 49, fonnd himself locked in
la'oi -" ,laa,1,
the small room.