Show 1 v Y Y y RAY WAITERS agog ty 0 y SYNOPSIS at the expense of a soiled hat rtobert ornia orme saves fro froin it ar arnat arn r test at a girl in a black I 1 touring car who h has as caused a traffic jam on state street lie ho buys a now hat and 1 to glyen given in change a ive five dollar bill with Ite member the person you pay tills this to written on it A second time lie ho helps the lady a 1 I y in the black car and learns that in lorn i lind anil they have mutual I 1 fi lends but gains n agns tie no further hint of lie lier 1 identity lie discovers another lu lit on tile the bill which in a futile lit tempt to decipher it lie copies an and rii places 1 1 c the copy in a drawer tn fit tits hla ts a p a r t i e i i senor honor 11 orito south american ameria a 1 1 calli c a I 1 I 1 s and claims tile marked bill ornia r a refuse 9 and LL a fight ensues I 1 in 1 which lor loretol itol Is overcome lie ile calls il in senor minister from tits his country to vouch it for or him 0 orme ame still refuses to give up tile the bill urme orme goes for a walk and sees two japs japa 11 lie rescues him returning to ills his rooms L urine is attacked by two japs who effect a forcible exchange of tile the marked bill f or r another ornie orine finds the girl barl of the black black car waiting tor for him film she also wants the bill orme tills its his story she recognizes c 0 loizes one ofilio japs as her fathers father a b re butler u t 1 e g r the tha s second e cond inscription on the bill Is tha tho key t to 0 tho hiding place of important papers from her fattier both japs capo s anti and south americans americana want th the papers a s orme rine and tho the girl start out in ill fh pe the black car in quest of the papers in tho the university grounds in evanston Uv anston the place Is located and allot another ot her jap are there orme fells fella maim and an I 1 tile other jap escapes orme 11 anda s in mahus pocket a folded slip of paper lie tak takes t the h girl karl whose tiame nama Is still unknown lino t to behim lam to the home of a friend in evanston Ile turning to the university grounds orpie ornia gl acta ts in conversation with a euard guard at tile lifesaving life saving station they hear ear a motor boat in trouble in the darkness n es s on an tin lw lake thy find the crippled b boat 0 a t in it tire are the jape jap with the papers rs li and n I 1 girl she jumps into orme ormas s boat but but the jap eludes pursuit pur sult girl explains chains her presence I 1 in tile the boat ormo orme boards a car for the city and finds on D n it and trails him in hope of finding the he jap who has the papers CHAPTER vill continued orme followed and when mak u turned west again at the next street swung rapidly after him and around the corner with the full expectation of seeing him hurrying along half a block away hut but no one was in fit sight had lie he slipped into one of the nearly nearby buildings while ormo orme was puzzling a voice at ills his elbow said bald hello ila he turned with a start flattened in a shadowed niche of the wall beside him was waa hello the japanese said again well exclaimed orme sharply trying to make tho the best of the situation you mus pot not follow me the japanese spoke impressively follow you 1 I saw you in a mirror at the other end nd of car so that was it orme remembered no mirror but the japanese might apply the word to the reflecting surface of one of the forward windows you lit a match continued 1 I saw then I 1 come here to find if you follow orme considered now that he was discovered it would be futile to continue the chase since naturally would not go to ills his destination with ormo orme at ills his heels dut but he said you cant order me oft off tile the streets 1 I know it if you follow then we walk an walk an walk debbe till nex week ornie orme swore under his breath it was quite clear that the little japanese would never rejoin the man who had bad the papers until lie he was waa sure that he had bad shaken on oft his pursuer so orme simply said goodnight disappointed baffled he turned eastward and walked with long strides back toward the car line ile he did not look to see whether was be aind him that did not matter now ile he had missed ills his second opportunity elace the other japanese escaped him in tho the university campus crossing dark clark street a block north of the point at which lie he and had left tho the car he continued coming out on tile the drive only a short distance from the pore pere marquette and a few minutes later after giving the elevator boy orders to call him at eight in the morning he was in his apartment with the prospect of four hours of sleep but etnere was a final question should ho he return to the all night restaurant near the car barns and try to learn from tho the cashier the address which bad sought surely she would have forgotten the name by this time perhaps it was a japanese name and therefore the harder to remember it it if it were a peculiar combination of letters the very peculiarity 11 might have fixed lt it in her mind and if he be hesitated to go back there now the slim chance that the stame name remained with her would grow slimmer lammer with every added moment of delay he felt that he be ought to go 90 ho he was dog tired but he remembered the girls anxiety yes he would go with the bare possibility that the cashier would remember and would be willing to tell him what she remembered be h would go ile he took up his bla hat bat and stepped toward the door at that moment he heard a sound from his bis bedroom it was an unmistakable snore score ile he tiptoed to the bedroom door and peered within seated in an arm chair was a man lie he was wais distinctly visible in the light which fame came in from the room and it was quite plain that he was sound asleep and breathing heavily and now for the second time alma his palate vib vibrated rated with the raucous olce juice or of sleep orin onn lynched on the bedroom I 1 lights the man opened his eyes and started from the chair who are you demanded ormo wily why the detective of course detective sure regular force lle regular gular force the stranger pulled back his coat mid and displayed ills his star but what are you doing liero hero gasped orme orate amazed why a foreign fellow came to the c chief and said you wanted a man to keep an eye on your quarters tonight and tho the chief sent me I 1 was dozing a bit but im a light sleeper I 1 wake at the least noise orme smiled reminiscently thinking of the snore tell me he said was it senor Alca traute who had you bent 1 I believe that was his name lie ile was slowly regaining his sleep be numbed wits that reminds mo me ho he continued lie ile gava me 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 police and the few lines written beneath tie ath in fine script were its as follows dear mr orme you will I 1 am sure pardon my seeming jor for your safety and the safety of Pori treasure but I 1 cannot annot r at t using my influence to see that you tire lire well protected tonight by what you y ou in america call a plainclothes plain clothes man I 1 trust that ho he will frighten away the yellow pl bwll ril and permit you to slumber undisturbed if you do not wish him inside your apartment he will sit in the hall outside your door with all regard for your good health believe me dear mr orme yours etc etc andro in view of everything that had happened since the note was penned orme smiled a grim smile must have been very anxious indeed and yet considering that the minister knew nothing of ormes encounter with the japanese and his meeting with the girl the sending of the detective might naturally have been expected to pass as an impressive but friendly precaution the detective was rapidly losing his bla self assurance 1 I had only been asleep for a moment he said yes orme spoke indifferently well you may go now there Is no longer any need of you here but my instructions were given under a misapprehension my return makes your presence unnecessary goodnight or good morning rather lie he nodded toward the door y the detective hesitated look a here he be suddenly burst out q 1 I never saw you befaro nor I 1 you replied orme then how do I 1 know that you are mr orme you may be the very chap I 1 was to keep out far as I 1 know sure enough I 1 may be said ormo orme dryly adding but I 1 am not now go the detective narrowed bia eyebrows not without identification ask the night clerk exclaimed orme impatiently cant you see I 1 dont wish to be bothered any longer ile he went over to the door and threw it open come he continued well here then as the detective did not move heres mccard that ought to do you ile he took a card from his pocket case and offered it to the detective who after scrutinizing it for a moment let it fall to the floor oh its all right I 1 guess he said but what shall I 1 say to the chief simply say that I 1 need you any longer the detective picked up his hat and went thank heaven heave nl 1 exclaimed ormo orme as lie he closed the door but I 1 wonder why I 1 notice hla his hat it was lying here in plain sight ile he went to the telephone and spoke to ze clerk did you let that detective into my apartment ne be asked why yes mr orme ile he was one of the regular force and he be said that you wanted him here I 1 called up the chiefs office and the order was corroborated ro I 1 meant to tell you when you came in but you passed the desk just while I 1 was down eating my supper tho the elevator boy let you in he yes never mind its all right good night but when orme examined his traveling bag he found that some come one had evidently made a search through it it nothing had been taken but the orderly arrangement of his bla effects had been disturbed ills his conclusion was that had bribed the fellow to go much farther than official zeal demanded doubtless the minister had paid the ahe detective to hunt for a marked five dollar bill and make a copy of whatever was written on it which would have been quite a safe proceeding for the detective it if he were not caught at the task A subtle man but tie no subtler than the japanese dismissing the incident from his mind orme again made ready to return to tho all night restaurant lie he 0 2 Is WWI aw IN P he read it over several times paused at tho the door however to give tha situation a final analysis had lost something after hunting for it vainly he had bad gone to the city directory for information which appeared to satisfy him then what he lost must have been an address how would he have been likely to lose it ormes fatigue was so great that he repeated the question to himself several times without seeing any meaning in it lie he forced his tired brain hack back td the first statement lad had lost something yes he had lost something what was it he be had lost oh yes a paper it was futile ills brain refused to work had lost a paper A paper ahl ah ormo orme was awake now flow stupid he exclaimed for he had entirely forgotten the paper which he had taken from the pocket of the unconscious there on the ile he had thrust it into his pocket without looking at it and in the excitement of his later adventures it had passed utterly from his memory another moment and he had the paper in his hand ills ilia fanger shook as he unfolded it and lie he felt angry at ills hia weakness yes there it was the address written inan in an unformed hand if he had only thought of the paper before he would have been saved a deal of trouble would have had more sleep ile he I 1 read cad it over several times three forty one north parker street so that ho he would remember it it the paper should be lost im glad write it in japanese he be exclaimed CHAPTER IX number three forty one when orme was aroused by the ringing of hla his telephone bell the next morning and heard tho the clerks voice saying over the wire eight sir it seemed as it if he had been asleep but a few minutes during breakfast he reviewed the events of the preceding evening strange and varied though they had bad been hla thoughts chiefly turned to the girl herself and he shaped all his plans with the idea of pleasing her the work he had set for himself was to get the envelope and deliver it to the girl this plan involved the finding of the man who had bad escaped from the tree the search was not so eo nearly blind as it would have been if orme had not found that folded slip of paper in makus pocket the address three forty one north parker street was unquestionably the destination at which had expected to meet friends to north parker street then ormo prepared to go much as he longed to see the girl again he was glad that they were not to make this adventure together for the reputation of north parker street was unsavory ormo orme found his way readily enough there was not far to go and he be preferred to walk but before he reached his bis destination he remembered that he be had promised and to meet them at hla his apartment at ten ills his obligation to the two south americans seemed slight now that the bill had passed from his bis hands bands and that be knew the nature of port lots actions nevertheless he was a man of his word and he hurried back to tho th o 3 pere marquette etto for the hour was close to ten ile he was influenced to some extent by tho the thought that and on learning how he had bad been robbed of the bill might unwittingly give hint him a further clue no one had called for him ho waited till ten minutes past the hour before he concluded that he had fulfilled his part of the bargain with them though he did not under understand sta n d it he attached no especial signi significance fica nce to their failure to appear once again he went to north parker street three forty one proved to be a notion shop through the window ho be saw a stout woman reading a newspaper behind the counter when lie he entered she laid the paper aside and arose languidly as though customers were rather a nuisance than a blessing she was forty but not fair orme asked to see a set of studs shedred Sh she edrew drew a box from a show case and spread the assortment before him ho selected a set and paid her offering a ten dollar bill slie she turned to a esh e sh register and made change which included a a five dollar bill orme could hardly believe tits his eyes the bill which she placed in his hand bore the written words person you pay this to ile he turned it over in the corner was a familiar set of abbreviations there was no doubt about it tho rho bill was the same which had been taken from him and which ho ha had last seen in the possession of alabu what an insistent piece or if grren green paper that marked bill was it had started him on this remarkable series of adventures it had introduced excitable little and the suave to his apartment it had made him the victim of the attack by the two japanese it had bad brought the girl into hla his life and now it came again into his possession just at the moment to prove that lie he was on the right track in his search for and the man who had the iho papers tho the queerest coincidence was waa that tho the bill would never have come into his possession at all ila had it not been for ills his farst meeting with the girl who at that very time was herself searching for it the rubbing of hla his hat against the wheel of her car on so little thing as that had bad hinged tho the events eventa followed this Is strange orme addressed tho woman it hurt it any said the woman indifferently 1 I know that but its a curious thing just tho the same the woman raised her shoulders slightly and began to put away the stock she had taken out for ormes benefit who paid this to you persisted orme how flow should I 1 remember I 1 cant keep track of all the persons that come in the store during the day but I 1 should think that anything so |