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Show II 8YN0PSIS. At the expense of a soiled hat Itotx-rt Ormo naves from arrest a itlrl In a black touring rar who ha rauard a Irafno Jam on Stale street, lis buys a new dat anJ given In channel a Hve dollar bill with: "Kememlier the person you pay this to," written on It. A second time ha helps the lady In tin. black ear. and learns that In Tom and liensle WalltiiKharn they havs nnitual friends, but sains no further hint of her Identity. Ha discovers another Inscription In-scription on the m irked bill, whlrh. In n tulllii attempt to decipher It. ha copies and places the copy In a drawer In hts apartment. Hennr I'ontol. Houth American, Ameri-can, calls, and ctielma tint marked bill. crm refuses, and a fluht ensues In which i'ontol Is overcome. lis rails In Benor Alcatrante, minister from his country, coun-try, to vouch fur I1I111. ilrnm still refuses to rive up tha hill. e irnm Roes for a walk and sees two Japs attack Alctitrienle. He rescues hltn. Ilcturnlur to his rooms (trine Is attacked by two Japs who effect ef-fect a forcible: exchange of the marked Mil for limit her. Ilrnm Amis the itlrl of the black cur wnltliuc for hltn. Him alto wants the hill. Drum tells his story. Sl.e fec.nnizes one of tha Jupn as her father's butler. Maku. Tha secund Inscription on tha bill Is the key to the hiding place of Important papers stolen from her father 11. nli Jups and South Americans want the (apers. urine: and the - t r I ' start out In he blark car In uuest of the papers. In the university Krounda In Kvuimton the Iddlng place Is located. Maku and a riot ri-ot her Jap are there. Orme fells Maku and the other Jap escapes (irme Amis In itaku's pocket a folded slip of paper. He takes the irlrl. whore i.ame Is still tin-Known tin-Known to him. to the home of a friend In Pvsnston. Keturnlnic to the university grounds Orme gets n ronvrrsatlon with a guard at the life-saving station. They bear a motor boat In trouble In the ehirk-rtess ehirk-rtess (in the lake. They find the crippled crip-pled boat In It are the Jap with the tiapersand "llirl." She Jump" Into Urine's ioat, but the Jap eludes pursuit. Orme Puds on the paper he took from Mnku the address, "341 N. i'urker ireet." He Koes there and finds that Arlrnii teiiiher of Jiu-jitsu Is on the third floor H" rails on Alia, clairvoyant, clairvoy-ant, on the fourth Moor, descends by the Are-escape anil conceals himself under un-der a table In Arima's room. Alcatrante, Alca-trante, 1'orltol and the Jap minister niter. orme Hilda the papers In 11 drawer under the table and substitutes mininir prospectuses fur them He learns thai the papers are of Intern. 1-flonal 1-flonal Importance with a time limit for dirnaturca of that niaht midnlKht. The Muhstltution Is discovered. The girl appeal CHAPTER XI. Continued. "Do you mind telling hip how you happened to come to this place?" ho asked. She answered Indifferently: "Sup polling the Japanese hnd stolen the papers, pa-pers, 1 searched Maku's room at our tonne. There was a torn envelope there with the name 'Arlma' primed In the corner." Alcatrante bowed. "You are cleverer clever-er than niost Americans, my deur young lady," he said. His Hps curved into a smile that disclosed his fangs. 'That." she replied, "Is as It may be. Out I have not your admiration for trickery, Mr. Alcatrante." Again he smiled. "Ah," he ex claimed, "trickery is the detail work of diplomacy." Then with a shade of seriousness In his voice, he asked: "Why did you use that word 'unless?' " "Why. Indeed?' She made this noncommittal non-committal answer, and If Alcatrante bad hoped to soothe her Into friendliness friend-liness and draw from her a clue to her suspicions, be was disappointed. There was another period of silence, broken at last by the Japanese. "The fact that we have failed, my dear young lady," he said, "makes concealment conceal-ment unnecessary. I know, of course, that this matter will never become public. pub-lic. You understand that the representatives repre-sentatives of great nations often have to take steps w hlch. as private citizens, they would never think of." "Yes," she answered, "I understand. There U no more to be said. Good-day." Good-day." There was a step and the sound of 1 ho door closing. She bad gone. Alcatrante and the Japanese looked at each other. "We have not failed yet," said Alcatrante In French. "The girl does not know where the documents docu-ments are, or she would not have come here. If her father does not have them before midnight our plans are safe. We remain merely at a loss as to the details of the documents, and we already know what they contain In a general way." "Yes," agreed the Japanese, "things do not look so black, perhaps. Hut 1 am Interested In your former advice." Yes?" "Kind the American! That is what she will try to do." "We had an appointment with him this morning," said Alcatrante grimly, "but when you said that your man had the envelope. It no longer seemed necessary. nec-essary. We you and 1 still have the same object III view. I suggest that we now. set out separately." "As you wish," said the Japanese I calmly. Doubtless he knew that Alcatrante Al-catrante was grasping at a straw which might still give him the ad vantage In luture negotiations. "1 am honored by your co-operation thus far." He bow ed formally. Alcatrante returned the bow and, beckoning to Poiltol, left the room. The Japanese minister turned to Arlma and talked rapidly In his native tongue. From his manner It was plain that he was "iving orders. At last, with a little gesture of authority, he put on his bat and walked out. The; door closed after him with a slam. Arlma, now alone, seated himself in a chair and appeared to meditate Again his hands were clasped about his knees and his bendy eyes fixed on space. For fully fifteen minutes lit Rat thus; then, with a little ciuckinr found, he leaped to his feet and hur ried Into the next room. Now was Orme's chance. He lifted the table cover and rose to bis feet Arima had not closed the door nftei him, but (irme was not In the line ol direct view into the other room, ant! he hnd to rick the possibility of beliif seen before he reached the window. Or rhould be try for the door? It al depended upon what part of thn nexi room Arlma was In; but the window seemed safer, for the opening and closing of the door would be sure tc attract attention. Orme moved toward the window slowly, watching the opening through which Arlma had disappeared. He got half way to the window; three more steps would bring Mm to the Kill. And then, without warning. Arlma leaped Into the room. Even in that moment Orme caught a glimpse of a mirror In the farther room, and knew that the Japanese had seen hts reflection. At this Instant another man ap peared, close behind Arlma. A bandage band-age was wrapped around his head. It was Maku. who presumably had been in the apartment all the time. Orme stood little chance of overcoming over-coming the two. Quick as cats, with muscles like steel springs and a great variety of scientific tricks of offense and defense, tbey could handle him as they willed In a direct encounter. If Fas Fullv 15 Minute Ha Sat Thus. |