Show LL SYNOPSIS at the expense of a tolled hat herbert orme saves from arrest arre s t a girl in a black touring t 1 car ca r who w ho has haa caused c au sed a traffic jam on n state street ile buys bayr a new hat anil and s given a 1 ive ve dollar bi bill 11 with kemem er the person you pay this to written on t A second time he helps tho the girl in the lack car and lear learns ns that in tom and jessie aa NV allingham the they that have mutual re r blends rl ends but gets no further hint of her dentley entity lie ile discovers another insert inscription on the marked bill which in a futile attempt tempt rit to decipher her it he copies and places the copy in a d drawer rawer hil in his apartment senor south sout american calls and claims the marked bill orme refuses and a fight ensues in which port tol Is overcome ile he calls in senor al carrante cat rante minister from his country to vote vouch it f for or him orme still refuses to give up t the ile bellr bill bil lr i he le learns that it a jap has haa called ed for him arme ROCS goes tor for a walk find and sees two japs attack ile he rescues him tha tit minister tries diplo tracy nacy but falli to get the marked bill returning to ills his rooms looms orme Is in af attacked tacked by y two japs who rho effect a it forcible ex cx h ange of the marked bill for another arme r e finds the girl ot of the black car wait ng tor for him she also wants the bill orme tells ells lit hl story she recognizes one of the japs ape an am her fathers butler aisaku i copter Ct PTER IV continued the alil laughed it was really ridiculous lie he over speeded and was caught by one of those roadside motor car traps 10 or 12 miles out in the country they timed him and stopped him by a bar across the road from what ahat tho detective says I 1 judge he be was vas frightened almost to speechlessness ile he may have thought that lie he was being arrested for or stealing the car when they dragged him before the country justice who was waa sitting under a tree near by he be was white and trembling they fined him 10 ile he had in his pocket only 1163 and the marked bill 1111 was nearly half the sum ile he begged them to let him go offered them bis big watch his ring his scarf pin but the justice insisted on cash then he told them that the bill had bad a formula on it that was valuable to him and no one else I 1 the justice was obdurate and mr finally hit on the device which you have seen it fitted in well with pis his sense ot of the theatrical and the detective says that there was not a scrap of paper at hand the point was vas that mr was more afraid of delay thun than anything else lie he knew hat I 1 would put some come one on his track rack when did all this happen a asked orme yesterday afternoon mr came ame back to chicago by trolley and got some money ile he went back to the country justice and discovered dla covered that the marked bill had bad been paid out ile he has followed it through several persons to you just as did and as I 1 have done but I 1 heard nothing of the japanese you have attempted this slone alone said orme solicitously she smiled faintly 1 I dared not let anyone into the secret I 1 wils was afraid that a detective might learn too much she sighed wearily 1 I have been on the trail since morning and how did you finally get my address the man who paid the bill in at tho the hat shop lives in hyde park I 1 did not get to him until this evening while he was at dinner ile he directed me to the hat shop which of course was closed I 1 found the address of the owner of the shop in the directory and went to his house bouse lie he remembered the bill and gave me the addresses of his two clerks the second clerk I 1 saw raw proved to be the one who had paid tho the bill to you luckily he be remembered your address orme stirred himself then the japanese have the directions for finding the papers sly my predicament said the girl Is complicated by the question whether the bill does actually carry definite directions it carries something a set of abbreviations said orme dut but I 1 could not make them out let us hope that the japanese cant the best course for us to take Is to go at ak once to see walsh the burglar ile he assumed that she would accept ills big aid that la Is good of you she said bald hut but it seems a little hopeless it why what else can we do I 1 suppose you saw to it that no one else should have access to walsh yes father arranged that by telephone the man Is Is in solitary confinement several persons tried to see urn today on an the plea of being relatives nono none of them was admitted what money king was this girls father that he could thus regulate the treatment of prisoners so there were abbreviations on the bill she asked yes they very elaborate and I 1 puzzled over them for sume some time the curious tact fact Is that for all my study of them I 1 cant remember much of anything about them what abat I 1 have since been through ap has driven the letters out of my nead bead t oh do try to remember she implored even it if you recall boniv one or two bits of it they may help tie there was something about a wan ruan named evans he be began S it evans it was evans that Is strange I 1 cant think achink how bow any one of that name minie could lo ba involved then S R evans evana Is not your father he be ventured oh no she laughed a light little laugh I 1 my aly father Is but are you sure that thai the name was evans quite sure aure then there was the abbreviation chi which I 1 took to mean chicago yes she breathed and there were numerals a number then the letter N another number ber followed by the letter E so far north so BO far east I 1 read it though I 1 make out whether the numbers stood for feet or paces or miles yes yes she whispered her eyes were intent on his they seemed to will him to remember what else was there odd letters which meant nothing to me its annoying but I 1 simply cant recall them believe me I 1 should like to perhaps you will a little later she said im sorry to bo be such a bother to you bother but it does doea mean so eo much the tracing of this bill shall we go to see walsh he be asked 1 I 1 suppose so go she sighed apparently patently ly she was discouraged dut but even it if he gives the information it may be too late the japanese have the directions dut but perhaps they will not be able to I 1 make them out he suggested suggest cd she smiled you dont know the japanese she said they are abominably clever at such things thing I 1 will venture that they are already on their way to the hiding place gut but even it the papers are in the pocket of ono one of them it may be possible to steal them back Il hardly ardly she arose 1 I fear that the one chance is the mere possibility ity that read the directions then it if walsh will speak out now let me say something he be said my aly name la Is robert orme apparently we have common friends in the willinghams Walling hams when I 1 first s saw aw you this afternoon I 1 felt that I 1 might have a right 0 o your acquaint actual nt ance a social right if you like a sympathetic right I 1 trust ile he held out bis big hand she took it frankly and the friendly pr pressure assure of her fine firm palm sent the blood tingling through him 1 I am sorry she said that I 1 cant give you my name it would be unfair just now unfair to others for if you knew who I 1 am it might give you a clue to the secret I 1 guard some day I 1 hope I 1 may know he said gravely dut but your present wish is my law it Is good of you to let me try to help you at the samo same instant they became conscious that their hands were still clasped the girl blushed and gently drew hers away 1 I shall call you girl orme added A name I 1 like she said my ta fa ther uses it oh it if I 1 only knew what that burglar wrote on the bill orme started what a fool he had been here he was trying to help the girl forcing her to the long tired recital of her story when all the time he held her secret in the table in his sitting room for there was still the paper on which he had bad copied the abbreviated directions walt wait here ho he said sharply and without answering the look of surprise on her face hurried from the room and to the elevator A few moments later he was back the sheet of paper in his hand 1 I cant forgive my own stupidity he said while I 1 was puzzling over the bill this evening I 1 copied the secret on a sheet of paper when came I 1 put it away in a drawer and forgot all about it dut but here it Is lie he laid the paper on the little useless onyx table that stood beside her chair she snatched it quickly and began to examine it closely perhaps you can imagine how those letters puzzled me lie be volunteered flu hush she exclaimed and then oh this la Is plain you know of course but I 1 see it clearly there Is no time to lose you are going to follow this clue now tonight will read it on the bill and oh these japanese it if you have one in your kitchen you never know whether hes a JIn jinrikisha man a college student or a vice admiral you will let me go with you orme was trembling for the answer ile he was still in the dark and did not know how bow far she would feel that she could accept his aid 1 I may need you mr orme she said simply it pleased him that she brought up no question of possible inconvenience to him with her he realized only direct were possible how much of a journey Is it he ventured to ask not very ery long I 1 intond to be mysterious about it she sha smiled brightly her face had bad li lighted gated up wonderfully wonder rully since he gave her the paper that contained the abo secret of the bill out but he bc knew that she abe must be tired so he be said eald cant you send me t ZVI aass LW OJ A figure swung from the low alono alone on this errand it may be late before it la Is done and J and i w will III not sit a and n d rest you do nil all the work Re besides I 1 cannot forego the excitement of the chase ile he was selfishly glad in her answer do we walk he asked wo we will go in the motor she said where la Is it 1 I left it around the tha corner the thought came to me that mr air might be here and I 1 wish him to recognize it orme orine thought of the hard quest the girl had followed that day battling for her fathers interests what kind of a man could that father be to let his daughter thus go into difficulties curties alone dut but she had said that her father was unable to leave the house probably he did not know how serious the adventure might be or was the loss of the papers so desperate that even a daughter must run risks together they went out to the street orme caught a dubious glance from the elerk clerk as aa they passed through the lobby and lie he resented it surely anyone could see the girl led the way around the corner into a side street there stood the car lle helped her in and without a word saw that she was restfully rest tully and comfortably placed in the seat next to the chauffeurs she did not resist the implication of hia mastery ile he cranked up leaped to the seat beside her and took the levers which way girl he ha asked north she bhe answered the big car swung out in the lake shore drive and turned in the direction of lincoln park CHAPTER V evans S R 11 the car ran silently through the park and out on the broad sheridan road orme put on oa as much speed as was safe in a district where thero there were so many police from time to time the girl indicated the direction with a word or two she seemed to be using the opportunity to rest tor for her attitude was wab relaxed the hour was about eleven and the streets were as yet by no means deserted As they swung along orme was pleased by the transition from the ugliness of central chicago to the beauty of su suburbs burls doubly beautiful by night thai th great highway followed the lake and occasionally above the muffled aum ium um of tho the motor orme could hear too to lapping of tho the wavelets waveless wave lets on the acl boach h the girl roused haw lf her bearing was again connect and have you been up way before she asked no girl this Is buena dipna park we are passing now we shall soon beuch the city limits clouds had been gathering and suddenly raindrops tegan began to strike their faces the girl drew her blonk most closely about her orme looked to see aee that she was protected and she smiled back with a brave attempt branch apparently without haste at cheerful comradeship dont worry bout about mo me she said im quite dry with with that she age leaned back and drew from the a light robe which she threw about hla his shoulders the act was an act of partnership merely but orme onne let himself imagine an evidence of solicitude la in her thoughtfulness thoughtful nesB and then he demand ed of himself almost angrily what right have I 1 to think such thoughts she has known mo me only an hour dut but to him that hour was as a year so rich was its experience lie found himself recalling her every change of expression her every characteristic act gesture she has accepted me as a friend lie he thought warmly dut but the joy of the thought was modified by the unwelcome reflection redaction that tho the girl had had no choice still lie he knew that at least she trusted him or she would never have let him nc ac company her even though she cho serl berl ouy needed protection they were passing a great aeme tery the shower had quickly ended the white stones and monuments tied led by the car like dim and frightened ghosts and now the car swung along with fine houses set back in roomy grounds at tile the left tho the lake at the right do you know this city the tha girl asked 1 I think not hava we passed the chicago limits yes we are in evanston evanston orme had a glimmer the girl turned and smiled at him evanston evans ton sheridan sh erldean road evans S RV R exclaimed orme she laughed a low laugh ali ah monsieur Mons leur dupill she said speeding along the lake front the road turned suddenly to the left and west skirting a large grove of trees which hugged the shore share just at the turn was a low brick building on the beach tho the life saying saving station explained the girl and these are the grounds of the university tho the road goes around the campus and strikes the lake again a mile or more farther north large buildings were at their right after they turned orme noted that they were scattered among the trees treed some near the street some at a distance back then the road again turned to the north at a point where less imposing streets broke in from the west and south stop at this corner said the girl orme threw on the brakes we are in evanston Cv aniton on the sheridan road she said and this street cutting in from the south Is chicago avenue chi AV A exclaimed orme she had taken the paper from the tha pocket of her coat and was scan ning it closely one hundred paces north and two hundred and ten east T must menn mean tree orme jumped to the ground tie ile noticed that the university grounds were cut off from the street by an iron fence there was a gate rit at tho the corner by which they had bad stopped tile the gate was not closed it if it were customary to shut it at night there had been some neglect on this particular evening wy pax Y Y V NUTER fERMERI ff MERW anUil JaU 1 alfi xv 1 aby RAY KAY T V avra ji v v aft H p j JL 1 1909 talf y e 1 better go in through the ga gate te said bald tho the girl and follow the we west t fence northward tor for paces then turn east cast at right angles and go 1 10 paces I 1 suppose it must bo be paces no acl feet yes said ormo orme that would ile be the natural way for a burglar in a hurry to mea measure suie 1 I will move the car north on sheridan sherian an road a little way she went on so as not to be in the glare of this street light this was the first evidence she had shown of nervousness and orma onna suddenly realized that en enemies cintes might be lurking among tho the 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