Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-06-23
zee of Race Around the World
before the Adrienne was due
Y LINTON WELLS

| before the Adrienne was due In
| Yokohama harbor
! Days passed. bright and glorious.
as if to make up for the rigors Of
the heavy storm. Jimmy was con
tent. He had the Jump on his rival
as surely as he would have had 1t had
the Japanese government approved
! his request for an airplane
! He rested during the daytime as
| the ship was nearing the point where
he was to he picked up It was
necessary that he have plenty nj
sleep. AS the hours ahead were likely
| to be strenuous.
! The last day came Toward eve.
| ming. Jimmy awakened from a long
and refreshing afternoon nap and
arose. 1t was growing dusk. he could
see through the portfolio. Switching
| That operation had to be consun,.
| mated at once; he would he leaving
| the Adrtenne during the night
| But suddenly, with his razor poised
over a mass of lather, he stopped. his
eyes on the crack AT the bottom Of
the door TO his stateroom bit Of
paper was being showed underneath.
With little cry. he leapt across the
room and reached for the knob
The door was flung open. Between
him and the skyline in the distance.
there flashed for an instant a ghostlv
| figure; then silence. He reached the
end of the passageWav, but no one
was in sight. Puzzled. he returned to
his room and picked up the paper.
| II was an envelope, unsealesi and
unaddressed. He pulled out the single
| slip inside. and read:
Don't take drink tonight. Good
luck. A friend"
"A friend" he repeated. in puz-
zled amaze. a friend Now what
the devil
But one thing was clear Some
one knew something of his plan and
was trying to help him. Some one
apparently knew. too, that It would
be folly for him to take drink.
/ But why? He wasn't drinker
or II not Rogers. somebody else.
planned to drug him.
There was no time. however. 70
| speculate. He decided to obey the
| message. II couldn't lead him in the
wrong direction. at any rate He
| decided that Howard Danforth was
| on the job again. But why would
| Howard remain so mySt erious? The
man was bound for a correspondent <
berth at Peking-a position Jimmy,
had held for a time. Why did he
want him not to know who was
helping?
Jimmy shrugged. There was nc
! answer.
| He ate dinner alone-the captain
with whom he usually sat. was absent
probably asleep. Because Jimmy
| was leaving At sea that night. Olson
| had preferred TO take the early
| morning watch, so AS TO see him off
without the news of his departure
becoming known.
Following the dinner hour. Jimmy
returned to his cabin and packed the
few thiHgS he had in his light bag
All was ready now. AS a last duty
smilingly he tucked away the message
he had received. Some day he'd
| check up. he promised himself
Then. still smiling. he repaired y"
the smoking room and sat alone
After a few moments he called for
a drink-"Some Holland gin. straight. "
| he ordered And some water"
The order came Jimmy sat hacr
! and considered it, The gin Wa
slightly amber: but there was scarcely
any difference between it and the
water Not enough. if. He did
| it. Half of the water in the larger
glass he spilled carefully on the floor.
The pony Of gin he raised to his
| lips, his fingers covering the glass.
| Apparently he tossed it off: and then.
as he was about to set the glass down.
with deft movement. he emptied
the full gin into the remaining
water.
For a few moments he sat there.
quietly. Then, with a sigh. he arose
and started for his cabin. In half
an hour he was asleep. Whoever his
enemy might be. the latter might be
| certain now that he was drugged.
| (Copyright. 1926. by North American News
| paper Allance.)