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Show I SYNOPSIS. Al tha enpanaa nf a aollrd hnt Itnhrl Orma aavea from arreal a Klrl In n bho k louring cur who ha i n used a traffic Jim on Hlata i'rc'1. l tuiya h ti"w hat and la given In changa a tlva dollar tilll Willi. "Hf nii-ttiltr iIih p 1 miii ymi p thla to," written nn It. A aecniid time hi- helps I he lady In f lie blink 1 nr. mid liarna Ihut In Tom ami 1I-hmI V allltitfhani lin y hv mutual fili'inlx, Iml khIiik mi further hint of her lijrllllly. Ha allot nver-l another III aerlpllon nn I murk.. I hill, which. In a futile attempt In decipher II. In- -l 1 nit plm-ia 1 ) i npv In a drawer In Ihh apartment. Henor I'orllol. M1.11II1 Annil-ikii, Annil-ikii, ihIIh. hiuI chilina lha marked I'HI Urine rt-fuoi', anil a flxht enaiiea In which I'uritol la overcome Hi- calla In Bennr Aleatrante. minister from Ma rmin try. to vniirli fit; hlin iirrna mill refuses to give tin thr hill Ornn- K " for a walk and aera two Jiips atliitk Ahatritnte. Id reacuaa hint. Ki-turulns to hla ronini irin la atimked by mu Jirpa who i f feel a fun Ihh- i hange nf tha marked bill for another 1 irine tln.lt Ihi- itirl of the ttluik i'hi mult I nn fur him. Hhe mi" wants tha hill, urim- tell hla atorv. Hhr tvcna-nirea 01m of tha Juia a- her father's butler, Maku. The ai-rnnil limcrtptlou on thr hill la Ilia key to lha hldlnK phice of Imporliint pupira atoln frnm her futhi-r. Unlh J mm ami Month Americana want the papcr. Orme ami tha "lllil" atnrt out In tha lilark cur In uueat of tha piipera. In tha university grounds In Kvunatnii Unhiding- place la located. Muku ami another an-other Jiip are there limit- fella M.iku Anil the other Jap escapes I inn ftnda In Muku a purkrt a f otiloil allp of paper lie Uikrs the Klrl. whoae niima la allll unknown un-known to him, lo tha home of a frleml In l.vanilnn Ib-turnlng In tha university (rounda Orma tc-'i In conversation with a guard at tha llfe-savlng alatlon. They hear a motor boat In trouble In tha durk-raaa durk-raaa on tha In. k e Thav niul tha irlpiihd boat. In It ara tha Jap with tha papera anil "flirl." Hlia liimpa Into Orma'a boat, but tha Jap elinlei puiault. "liirl" plalna her preaem-a In tha boat. urine Dounla a iar fur tha ilty and tlnda Muku on It and trnlla him In hopa of tlnding tha Jup who haa tha pupera. CHAPTER Vlll-Contlnued. Orme followej, and when Maku turned went aKln at thu next itret-t, wuog rapldljr after bltn and around the cornrr with the full rxportatlnn of ant ing him hurrying along half a ( block away. Hut no onu wait In tight. Had he sllpprd into one of the nearby near-by building? While Orme vti puzzling, a voire at hla elbow ald, "Hello!" He turned with a atart. Hattrnrd In a shadowed nlcho of the wall b-aide b-aide hlin wan Maku! "lh'llo!" the Japanpne aald again. "Well?" exclalmtd Orme harply, trying to make the best of the actuation. actua-tion. "You mn' not follow mo." The Japaurae apoke lmpreaalvely. , Voom you?" "I anw you In a mirror at the other od of car." 80 that waa It! Orme remembered no mirror, but the Japanese might apply ap-ply the word to the reflecting aurfaca of one of the forward window a. "You lit a mutch," continued Maku. "I saw. Then I come here, to And If you follow." Orme considered. Now that he waa discovered, It would be futile to continue con-tinue the chase, since Maku, naturally, would not go to hla destination with Orme at hla lu-els. Hut he eald: , 1 "You can't ordtr me off the streets, Maku." "I know. If you follow, then we walk an' walk an' walk nubhe till nex" week." Orme swore under hla breath. It waa quite clear t hut the little Japanese would never rejoin the man who had the papers until he was sure that he had shaken off his pursuer. pur-suer. Bo Orme simply said: "Goodnight." Disappointed, bnfUed. he turned eastward east-ward and walked with long strides back toward the ear line. He did not look to see whether Muku was be-nlnd be-nlnd him. That did not matter now. He had mlsned hla second opportunity Since the other Japanese eacuped him In the university campus. Crossing Clark street a block north of the point at which he and Maku had left the car, he continued lake-ward, lake-ward, coming out on the drive only a short distance from the Pcre Marquette, Mar-quette, and a few minutes later, after giving the elevator boy orders to call him at eight In the morning, he waa In his apartment, with the proaped of four hours of sleep. Kut there was a final question: Should he return to the all night restaurant res-taurant near the ear barns and try to learn from the cashier the address which Maku had sought? Surely she would have forgotten the name by this time. Perhaps It waa a Japanese name, and, therefore, the harder to rt-member It; If It were a peculiar combination of letters, the very peculiarity pecu-liarity might have fixed It In her mind. And If he hesitated to go back there now, the slim chance that the name rmained with ber would grow slimmer with every added moment of delay. He felt that he ought to go. He was dog tired, but he remembered the girl's anxiety. Yes, he would go; with the bnre iKssibllity that the cashier would remember and would be milling to tell hlui what she remembered, remem-bered, h" would go. He took tip his hat and stepped toward to-ward the door. At that moment be heard a sound from his bedroom. It waa an untiijxt.tkatiie snore. He tiptoed tip-toed to the In ( ro. .111 diior and peen d within. Seated In an arm chair was a man. He w distinctly visible In the lUlit whiih laiue ill from the siting sit-ing room, atnl It quite plum tl.nt he was si "i mi ashp ami breathing heavily. And now for tie second tune hla relate vibiated with the rautois tiice of sleep. Ortt:e v ''cfct on the b drooui lights The man opened his eyes and Hliirlid from the chair. "Who lire you?" demanded Orme. "W hy -the detective, of course." "ih ti dive?" "Sure - -regular force." "Id gular force?" The Ht tjiiiK'-r pulled back his cont nnd displayed his nickeled star. "lint what are you doing here?" gasped Orme, amazed. "Why. a foreign fellow enme to the chief and said you wanted a man to keep an eye on your quarters tonight and the chief sent me. I was dozing a bit-but I'm a light sleeper. I wake at the least noise. Orme smiled remlnlscently, thinking think-ing of the snore. "Tell me," he said, "wns It Honor Aleatrante who bad you sent?" "I believe that was his name." He w as slowly regaining hla sleep benumbed be-numbed wits. "That reminds me," he continued. "He gava tue a note for you." An envelope was produced from an Inside pocket. Orme took It and tore it open. The sheet within bore the caption, "Office of the Chief of I'o-llce," I'o-llce," and the few lines, written beneath be-neath In fine script, were as follows: "Dear Mr. Orme: You will, I am sure, pardon my seeming overanxlety for your safety, and the safety of I'orltol's treasure, but I cannot resist using my Influence to see that you ate will protected tonight by what you In America call a plain clothes man.' I trust that he will frighten away the yellow peril and permit you to slumber undisturbed. If you do not wish him Inside your apartment, ho will sit in the hall outside your door "With all reg.T-ii for your csMlnued good health, believe me, dear Mr. Orme, Yours, etc., etc.. "I'KIHtO A I X.WTH A NTK." In view of everything that hud happened hap-pened since the note was penned, Orme smiled a grim smile. Ali iitraute must have been very anxious Indeed; nnd yet, considering that the minister knew nothing of Orme'a encounter with the Japanese and his meeting with the girl, the sending of the detective de-tective might naturally have been expected ex-pected to pnss as an Impressive, but friendly, precaution. The deteeUve was. rapidly losing his self assurance. "I had only been asleep for a moment," be said. "Yes?" Orme spoke Indifferently. "Well, you may go now. There is no longer any need of you here." "Hut my Instructions " "Were given under a misapprehension. misapprehen-sion. My return makes your presence unnecessary. Goodnight or good-morning good-morning rather." He nodded toward the door. ' The detective hesitated. "I-ook a here!" he suddenly burst out. "1 never saw you before." "Nor 1 you," replied Orme. "Then how do I know that you are Mr. Orme? You may be the very chap 1 was to keep out, far as I know." "Sure enough, I may be," said Ormei dryly, adding: "Hut 1 am not Now go." The detective narrowed his eyebrows eye-brows "Not without Identification." "Ask the night clerk." exclaimed Orme Impatiently. "Can't you see I don't wish to be bothered any longer?" He went over to the door and threw It open. "Come," he continued. "Well, here then" as the detective did not move "here's my card. That ought to do you." He took a card from his pocket case and offered It to the detective, who. after scrutinizing It for a moment, mo-ment, let It fall to the floor. "Oh. It's all right, I guess," he said. "Hut what shall 1 say to the chief?" "Simply say that 1 didn't need you any longer." The detective picked tip his bat and went. "Thank heaven!" exclaimed Orme as be closed the door. "Hut I wonder why I didn't notice his hat. It was lying here In plain sight." He went to the telephone and spoke to clerk. "Did you let that detective detect-ive into my apartment?" he asked. "Why, yes, Mr. Orme. He was one of the regular force, and he said that you wanted him here. I called up the chief's ofllce, and the order was corroborated. cor-roborated. I meant to tell you when you came In, but you passed the desk Just while I was down eating my supper. sup-per. The elevator boy let you In. didn't he?" "Yea. Never mind. It's all right. Good night." Hut when Orme examined his traveling travel-ing bag he found that some one had eWd mly made a search through It. Nothing had been taken, but the orderly or-derly arrangement of his effects had been disturbed. His conclusion was that Aleatrante had bribed the fellow to go much farther than official t al demanded. Doubtless the mlnixterhad laid Oe detective to bunt for a marked flvedollar bill and make a n py of whatever was written on It which would have been quite a safe prtweeOltg for the detective. If he were not caught at the task. A aub-lle aub-lle man. AUatrante; but no subtler than the Japanese. I'istalsslt g the Incident from his tr.lrd. Orme again made ready to return re-turn to tha ail night restaurant He |