Show SERIAL S STORY T waw LL Z IV Z WATA 10 A wb V JB by JACQUES autret FUTRELLE 1 W by M N mh mb ettlin th 41 4 M by ibo loial tuy u SYNOPSIS count ill dt nosing nl nl tho italian ambr li Is at dinner with dillom 1 t hen it nies messenger cummons him to t tho he em bagao baay where a beautiful fu I 1 youir woman woma n ask anka tor r a ticket to the embassy ball tito ticket Is made out in fit the namo of alias mla isabel thorne chief campbell of the arct service and mr air crimin his hl head detective are barnea that n plot blot I 1 in in washington and grimm tj tho state ball for information we ills nt la is called to aels aabel thorne thoin who with tier her companion A shot khot im id aimard find senor alvare i of the ho legation pi li found woun wound fril or ani Is id altia lid it 11 lie he vl 1 ihor dwan di d ag n cledge or of iho hie affair and arrests cletro atlas 1 thorne leorna visit illta old bomb maker and mey fIl fillous sous ft a wonderful yond erful experiment expert thousand d dollars Is stolen from the office of senor the minister from froin venezuela anti whilo while detectives ure re ln lit vesti gating the robbery nils ml i thorne thorna mp pears as a guest kneat of the legation leK accuses lir ier of tho the theft the money in d but ft a new mystery bevurn in the tha of monsieur pois smut tho the fri 1 ijohn ambassador ailen thorne thorna reappears bearing a letter which 1 states idles that the ambassador has hag been klel naw duped d and deman linx ransom the wn am returns and again str angeir dis dl app rard later I atar he li is rescued from an old eld house in the suburbs CHAPTER XVI letters letter prom from jail for two weeks signor signer pietro petro elnel known to the secret service as aa an unaccredited agent of tho the italian government and the self confessed IMS ae gallant of senor alvarez ot of the mexican legation had been taking tailing his age in a cell ile he had been formally arraigned and committed without hall bail to await tho the result of the bullet wound w which had been inflicted upon ape the dip lo matist from mexico at the he german germa embassy nail bali and since then undisturbed and apparently careless of ahe he outcome he had spent his time in reading and smoking ile he had and answered questions with only a curt yes yea or no when ho he deigned to answer at all aud and thara had been no callers or inquiries for hlin him ile ho had abruptly declined a suggestion ot of counsel twice each day morning and night he ard naked asked a question of tho the jailer ft who bo brought his simple meals ilow how Is senor alvarez ire ile la Is artill in a critical condition the answer was wag always aluais the samo earne whereupon the secret agent would return to hla his reading with not a shadow of uneasiness or concern on his face occasionally oc c as tonally there canic came a courteous I 1 it little it e cotla from miss Th thorne erite which lie read without emotion afterward casting them aside or tearing aam them up ile he never answered them and then one day there came another note which for no apparent reason seemed to stir him from ills lethargy outwardly it was like all the others but when senor scat scanned ined the sheet his eyes ees lighted strangely gely and he stood staring down at it as though to hide bide a sudden change of expression la in his bis face aco ills gazo gaze was concentrated on two small splotches of tak it ll 11 where it seemed tho the pen had scratched as miss thorne bad signed her name the guard stood at the barred door for a moment then started to turn away the prisoner stopped him with a quick gesture Re sture oh guard may I 1 have a glass of milk please plea seT he asked no tee fee I 1 p prefer it tepid ile ho thrust a small coin between the bars the guard accepted it and passed on then still standing at the door the prisoner read the note again my dear ab nb friend nd 1 I understand from an indirect source burc that there has been a marked improvement in senor alvarezs Alva reza condition and I 1 am hastening rosend to send you the good news new thera here la Is every horo hope that within a short while it lie ha eon con finues to improve wo can arrange a n ball bond and you will be free until the time ot of trial anyway might BlI glit it riot not be well for you to consult an attorney tit at once drop roe me a line to lot me know you received this sincerely ISABEL THORNE finally the prisoner tossed the note on a tiny table in a carlier corlier corner of hla his cell and resumed his bla reading after a time the guard returned with the milk would it be agal against the rules rulea for mo me to write an answer to this queried signor nial and he be in the note certainly not was waa the reply it I 1 might trouble you then for pen and ink and paper suggested the signor and he smiled a little believe me I 1 would prefer to sot get them tor jor myself 1 I guess thava thata right the guard conned good again he went away aay and tho the prisoner sat thoughtfully tipping sipping the milk lie he took talf 1 alf of it then lighted a cag alg rette lirette puffed it or twice and per mitti 4 the light to tio 4 as after A attl |