The Tupelo Times. (Tupelo, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 19, 1911 Page: 3 of 8
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I SYNOPSIS
At ths sp-nss of a hat Herbert
Orina saves from arrast a girl In a black
touring car who has caused a traffic Jam
an Atata street 11a buys a naw hat and
la (Ivan a flva dollar bill with: "Hemem-
bar tha person you pay thla to' written on
It A aacond lima ha halpa tha (Irl In tha
(lack car and learna that In Tom and
Bessie Wslllngham thay hava mutual
friends but seta no further hint of har
Identity Ha dlacovara another Inacrlp-
tlon on tha marked bill which In a futile
attempt to decipher It ha coplaa and
places tha copy In a drawer In hla apart-
ment Senor Porttol South American
calls and claims tha marked bill Orma
refuses and a fight ensues In which Pori
tol Is overcome Ha rails In Senor Al-
catranta mlnlstar from his country to
vouch for him Orme still refuses to give
tip tha hill Ha learna that a Jap has
called for him Orme goes for a walk
and sees two Japs attack Alcatrante He
rescues him Tha minister tries diplo-
macy but falls to get tha marked bill
Returning to his rooms Orme Is attacked
by two Japs who effect a forcible ex-
change of tha marked bill for another
Orma finds tha girl of the black car wait-
ing for him She also wants tha bill Orme
tells his story She recognises one of the
Japs as her father's butler Maku Tha
aecond Inscription on the bill Is tha key
to tha hiding place of Important papers
otolen from her father Both Japs and
South Americans want tha papers Orma
and tha "Olrl” start out in tha black
car In quest of tha papers In tha uni-
varsity grounds In Evanston tha hiding
place Is located Maku and another Jap
are there Orma fells Maku and tha
ther Jap escapes
CHAPTER Ve— Contlnusd
So be Jumped to his feet and ran
northward then turned to the west
Circling about be made for the gate
t which he had entered His pur-
jiuer either took the wrong lead In the
darkness or stopped to examine Maku
for when Orme went through the
gafe and doubled back outside the
fence to the car there was no sound
of steps behind him He Jumped to
the chauffeur's seat
“Well?" Inquired the girl eagerly
“Too late” said Orme “I’m sorry
I caught Maku but the man with the
envelope got away”
She laid a hand on his arm “Are
you hurt?" There was unconcealed
amxlety In her voice
To say the things he yearned to
ay! To be tender to her! But be
controlled his feelings and explained
briefly what had happened at the
ame time throwing on the power and
driving the car slowly northward
“I only know that the fellow ran
northward” he said “He may have
worked back or be may have gone
on He may have climbed another
tree and waited”
By this time they had come to the
oorthernTimlts of the grounds but he
bad seen no one
Suddenly the girl exclaimed:
Listen!"
Orme stopped the car Somewhere
from the distance came a faint hum
“Another car!" he muttered
“Yes” she said "Oh but I can do
no more 1 am tired Mr Orme We
' cannot catch that car even if It does
bold the man we want — and there Is
so way of being sure that it does1
“If there is any place to leave you
I will go after him alone" He bad
turned the car as he spoke and was
ending it slowly southward
“No" she said wearily “We — you
must do no more tonight You have
been so good Mr Orme — to help me
tn a matter of which I could tell you
almost nothing I won't even try to
thank you — except by saying that you
bave understood"
He knew what she meant He had
met her need because he had shown
its greatness without her telling him
His recognition of her plight bad been
unaccompanied by any suggestion of
ignored conventions No gushing
thanks would bave pleased him half
o much if
He smiled at her wistfully “Does
it all end here?”
“No” she said “I will not let It
end here We are friends already In
fact Mr Orme as soon as I can do
o I will see that we are friends In
name Can you accept as little a
promise as that?”
“I can accept any promise from
you” he said gravely “And now
hall I take you home?”
“Not home It is too far But 1
bave some friends a few blocks away
who will take me In Turn here
please”
Under her guidance be took the car
through several streets drawing up
at last before a large comfortable-
looking place set back from the
street with a wide shrub-dotted lawn
before It Several windows were still
lighted He descended to help her
out
She hesitated “I hate to ask It
Mr Orme” she finally said “but you
can catch the trolley back to Chi-
cago They will take care of the car
here”
He nodded “But one thing Girl"
be said “I am going to find that
other Japanese tomorrow I shall get
the envelope Will you call me up
t the apartment tomorrow noon? If
I am not there leave word where 1
can find you”
“I will do that But don’t get
yourself hurt” She let him help her
to the ground
“At noon” he said
“At noon Good-night my friend”
She offered her hand
“Good-night Girl” he said and
then be bent over and kissed her
fingers gently
He stood by the car until she bad
crossed the lawn and ascended the
steps — until the door opened and ad-
mitted her
CHAPTER VI
A Chance Lead
To follow the girl's suggestion and
return at once to Chicago was Orme’a
Intention when be said good-night to
her The hour was close to midnight
and the evening had been crowded so
full with bewildering adventure that
be was tired Moreover be looked
forward to a morning that might well
test his endurance even more strenu-
ously He had now committed himself
definitely to continue In the field
against the Japanese Except for his
desire to serve this wonderful girl
who bad come ao suddenly Into his
life he doubtless would have permit-
ted the mystery of the marked bill
to remain unsolved But since the
recovery of the stolen papers was so
Important to her he was prepared to
run any risk In the struggle
Who was she? But no that was
question she did not wish him to ask
She waa simply “Girl” — beautiful ten-
der comprehending — hla Ideal In-
carnate As he stood there hesitant
before the bouse Into which she had
disappeared he pictured her again—
even to the strand of rebellious hair
which had blown across her cheek
He could discover no fault In her
perfection
A man came Into view on the drive
at ttie side of the house a servant
to care for the car of course and
Orme with the uneasy feeling of one
who has been trespassing moved
away toward the corner of the block
He looked back however and saw the
newcomer clamber Into the car and
send It slowly up the drive
At the same time a light Illumined
one of the upper windows of the
house A shadow was thrown on the
curtain Perhaps it was the girl her-
self What explanation bad she given
her friends for appearing so late at
their door? Probably she had told
them no more than that she was tired
and belated She was not the kind
of girl from whom an elaborate ex-
planation would be asked or ex-
pected Then a thought startled him Was
this perhaps her home? No she
had spoken of the people who lived
here as her friends and she would
not have tried to keep the truth from
him by subterfuge If this were her
home and she had not wished him to
know It she would have requested
him to leave her before they had
come so far
It dawned upon him that It would
not be hard for him to learn who
lived In this house and possibly
through that knowledge to get a clue
to her identity His heart warmed
as he realized how completely she
had trusted him His assurance that
be would not try to find out who she
was bad satisfied her And Orme
knew that If she had been so readily
assured it was because she had rec-
ognized the truth and devotion in
him
With a happy Sigh he turned his
back once and for all and walked
rapidly away But he did not go
toward the electric-car line which
he knew must He a few blocks to the
west Instead he retraced t he
course they had come for he had de-
cided to visit the university campus
once more and try to discover what
had become of Maku and more espe-
cially of the other Japanese who had
secured the papers That he would
be recognized and connected with the
attack on Maku was unlikely
When he came to the corner of
Sheridan road and Chicago avenue he
hesitated for a moment Should he
Co north through the campus and
seek a trace of the Japanese who had
escaped? Nearly half an hour had
gone since the adventure among the
trees and the man must bave got
completely away by this time Hav-
ing the papers he surely would not
linger to learn the fate of Maku
Orme found himself wondering bow
the Japanese had got to Evanston
Granting that It had not taken them
long to solve the abbreviated direc-
tions on the flve-dollar bill they could
hardly have come by motor-car for
they had had a good half-hour start
and yet Orme had discovered them
before their work was completed
Ohly on the assumption that their car
bad broken down on the way could
Orme admit that they had used a
motor-car Moreover how were two
Japanese whose appearance did not
indicate the possesion of much ready
money — how were they likely to have
a car or even to rent one? And had
they believed that they might be
pursued? Would they not have come
to Evanston by an obvious route of
train or trolley?
These considerations led Orme to
think that the car which he and the
girl had beard In the distance could
not have been occupied by the es-
caping Japanese
The fellow then bad probably made
for tbe electric-car line and in that
event he would be well on his way to
Chicago by this time The car he had
caught must have gone southward
from Evanston about 10:45 The con-
ductor would be likely to remember
having had a Japanese on board per-
haps he would even remember where
the Oriental had got off Tbe natural
course for Orme therefore was to
take a car himself and If he did not
meet the other car returning to get
off at the car-barns and make
qulrles The possibility that the Jap-
anese had changed to the elevated
road on the North side was great but
the conductor might remember If the
change had been made
Rut Orme did not turn at once
toward the car-line Though his logic
pointed In that direction he was ir-
resistibly Influenced by a desire to
walk eastward along the drive where
It skirted the southern end of the
campus A half-hour might go by
and still he would not be too late to
meet on its return the car which tbe
Japanese would have taken He
started therefore eastward toward
the lake throwing frequent glances
through the Iron fence at his left and
Into the dark shadows of the oaks
He came to tbe lake without en-
countering anyone The road here
swept to the southward and on tbe
beach near the turn squatted the low
brick building which the girl had told
him was the life-saving station
man was standing on the little veran-
da His suit of duck was dimly white
In the light from the near-by street-
lamps “One of the crew” Orme surmised
end he sauntered slowly down the lit-
tle path
The beach sloped grayly to the edge
of the lake where a breakwater thrust
Its blunt nose out like a stranded
hulk The water was calm lapping
tbe sand so gently that It was hard
to believe that so gentle a murmur
could ever swell Into the roar of
northeaster A launch that was
moored at the outer end of the break-
water lay quiet on the tideless sur-
face Good-evening” said Orme as the
man turned his head “Are you on
watch ?”
The life-saver slowly stretched
Till 12" he answered
“Not much longer then?”
“No thank heaven!”
Orme laughed “I suppose you do
get more than you want of It” be
said “But on a fine night like this 1
should think It would be mighty pleas-
ant” Not If you have to put in several
hours of study after you get through
Study?”
Yes You see I have a special ex-
amination tomorrow”
“A service examination?”
“Oh no — college”
“Are you a student?”
“All the crew are students It helps
good deal If you are working your
way through college”
Oh I see But surely the univer-
sity hasn’t opened for the fall?”
No but there are preliminary
exams for those who have conditions
to work off”
Orme nodded “It’s a fine campus
you bave — with the groves of oaks
Yes”
Just the place for a quiet evening
stroll I thought I’d walk up the
shore”
There’s a rule against going In
there after dark”
Is there? That’s too bad”
Something funny happened there
just a little while ago”
So? 1 What was It?” Orme was
getting close to the subject he most
desired to bear explained
Why one of the cops was walking
along the shore and he found a Jap-
anese stunned"
“A Japanese!”
“He evidently bad wandered In
there and somebody had hit him over
the head with a club”
“After money?”
“Probably There’ve been a good
many hold-ups lately But the slug-
ger didn’t have a chance to get any-
thing this time”
“How so?”
“He was bending over the Jap'when
tha cop cams up Ha got away”
Thara After Dark”
“Didn’t the cop chase him?”
"No tha fellow had a good start
so the cop stayed by tha Jap”
"And what became of tha Jap?”
The life-saver jerked his head
toward tha door beside him “He’s
In there getting over his headache'
“Is he?” This was a contingency
which Orme had not foreseen Nor
had ha any desire to come face to
face with Maku But If he betrayed
his surprise the life-saver did not
notice It
“The cop Is taking another look
through the campus" he continued
“What does the Jap say about it?’
asked Orme
“He doesn’t say anything It looks
as though he couldn’t speak English
Tha cop Is going to get Asukl”
“Asukl?”
“A Jap student who lives In tha
dormitory”
“Oh” said Orme
The fact that Maku would not talk
was in a measure reassuring His ap-
parent Inability to understand Eng-
lish was of course assumed unless
Indeed he was still too completely
dazed by the blow which Orme had
given him to use a tongue which was
more or less strange to him But
what would he say If he saw Orme?
Would he not accuse his assailant
hoping thus to delay the pursuit of
his companion?
The danger was by no means slight
Orme decided quickly to get away
from this neighborhood But Just as
he was about to bid the life-saver a
casual good-night two men came
around the corner of the building
One was a policeman the other a
young Japanese Orme unobtrusive-
ly seated himself on the edge of the
little veranda
How is he?” asked the policeman
AH right I guess" replied the life-
saver “I looked in a few minutes
ago and he was sitting up Hello
Asukl"
Hello there” responded the little
Japanese
Come” said the policeman after
an unsuspicious glance at Orme and
mounting the steps he led his Inter-
preter Into the station
Now indeed It was time for Orme
to slip away Maku might be brought
out at any moment But Orme
lingered He was nearer to the solu-
tion of the secret If be kept close to
Maku and be realized for that mat-
ter that by watching Maku closely
and perhaps following him home be
might be led straight to the other
man If Maku accused him it should
not after aU be hard to laugh the
charge away
A murmur of voices came from
within the station the policeman's
words alone being distinguishable
Ask him” the policeman said “If
he knows who hit him”
The undertones of a foreign jargon
followed
Well then” continued the police-
man “find out where he came from
and what he was doing on the
campus”
Again the undertones and after-
ward an Interval of silence Then
the policeman spoke In an undecided
voice
If he don't know anything I can't
do anything But we might as well
get a few more facts Something
might turn up Ask him whether he
saw anybody following him when he
went Into the campus”
Orme had been straining his ears
in a vain endeavor to catch tbe words
of Asukl But suddenly his attention
was diverted by a sound from the
lake It was the “puh-puh-puh-puh”
of a motor-boat apparently a little
distance to the northward Tbe ex-
plosions followed one another In rapid
succession
He turned to the life-saver
“What boat is that?” he asked
“I don’t know Borne nartv from
Chicago probably She came up an
hour or so ego— at least I suppose
she's tbe same one”
Tbe explosions were now so rapid
as to make almost one continuous
roar
“She’s a fast one all right” com-
mented the life-saver “Hear her gol”
“Are there many fast boats on the
laker
“Quite a number They run out
from Chicago harbor now and then”
Orme was meditating
"Exactly how long ago did thla
boat pass?”
“Oh an hour or more Whyr
“She seems to have been beached
up north here a little way”
“She may have been Or they’ve
been lying to out there”
In Orme's mind arose a surmise
that In this motor-boat Maku and his
companion had come from Chicago
Tbe surmise was so strong as to de-
velop quickly Into a certainty And
If the Japanese bad come by this
boat It stood to reason that the one
who bad the papers was escaping In
IL He must have waited some time
for Maku and at last had pushed off
to return alone
Were these Japanese acting for
themselves? That did not seem pos-
sible Then who was their em-
ployer? Orme did not puzzle long over
these questions for he had deter-
mined on a course of action He
spoke to the life-saver who appeared
to be listening to the droning con-
versation which continued within the
station
“The hold-up men may be In that
boat” remarked Orme
Hardly” A laugh accompanied the
answer
Well why not? She came north
an hour or so ago and either was
beached or lay to until Just now”
You may be right” Then before
Orme knew what was happening the
young man opened the door and
called into the station: “Hey there!
Your robber Is escaping on that
motor-boat out there”
'What's that?" The policeman
strode to the door
Don't you bear that boat out
there?” asked the life-saver
“Sure I hear it”
“Well she came up from the south
an hour or more ago and stopped a
little north of here Now she's go-
ing back Mr Holmes here” — he
grinned as he said It — “Mr Holmes
suggests that the hold-up man Is
aboard"
The reference to the famous detect-
ive of fiction was lost upon the po-
liceman “I guess that's about It Mr
Holmes" he said excitedly and Orme
was much relieved to note that tbe
life-saver's humorous reference had
passed for an Introduction The po-
liceman would have no suspicion of
him now — unless Maku—
There was an exclamation from
within the room “What's the mat-
ter?” asked the policeman turning in
the doorway
The voice of Asukl replied: “He
say the robber came In a bicycle—
not In a boat”
But I thought he didn’t see the
fellow coming”
“He remember now"
The policeman started "How did
he know what we were talking about
out here?” he demanded
He understand English but not
speak It” replied Asukl readily
To the policeman this explanation
was satisfactory Orme of course
found in It a corroboration of his
guess Maku evidently did not wish
suspicion directed against the motor-
boat The policeman reentered the sta-
tion eager to avail himself of the In-
formation which Maku was now dis-
posed to give him
Orme turned to the life-saver "The
Jap Is lying” be said
"Think so?”
"Of course If he understands Eng-
lish so well be certainly knows how
to make himself understood In It
His story of the bicycle is preposter-
ous” '
"But what then?”
"Doesn’t It occur to you that per-
haps the Jap himself Is the robber?
His Intended victim may have got the
better of him”
“Yes” said the young man doubt-
fully “but the fellow ran”
“That would be natural Doubt-
less be didn’t want any notoriety
-
Getting Away
"Haven't you forgotten something
sir?” asked the anxious waiter as the
thrifty guest prepared to depart with-
out bestowing a tip
“No I think not Here’s my hat
and here’s my cane I don’t think I
have forgotten anything”
“But you’ve forgotten me" said the
waiter In exasperation
"Not at all” answered the other
I saw you standing ther all the time
Bon solr garcoa bon solr”
It's possible that he thought be had
killed his assailant and had aa un-
pleasant vision of being detained la
the local jail until the affair could be
cleared up”
The life-saver looked at Orme
searchlngly
"That sounds pretty straight” he
said at last “I guess you know what
you are talking about”
"Perhaps I do” said Orme quietly
“In any event I'd like to see who'
In that boat out there”
“There Isn’t a boat nearer than ChW
cago that could catch her They have
run her several miles out Into the
lake before turning south or ah
would have been pretty close to Chi-
cago already She's going fast”
The roar of the motor was Indeed
becoming a far-off sound
“Why not telephone the Chicago po-
lice to Intercept her?”
“There’s no evidence against her
replied Orme “only surmises”
"I know but — "
“And as I suggested whoever ms
attacked by that Jap In there may not
want notoriety”
Suddenly the distant explosion
stopped — began again — stopped Bern
eral times they were renewed at short
Intervale— "puh-puh-puh” — “puh-puh”
— “puh-puhpubpuh" — then they)
ceased altogether
“Hello 1" exclaimed the life-savers
“They've broken down”
He picked up a pair of binocular
which had been lying on the veranda
near him and scanned the surface
of the lake
“Make her out?” queried Orme
“No she’s too small and too far
off" He banded the night-glass to
Orme who In turn searched the wa-
ter vainly
“Whose boat Is that moored to th
breakwater?” asked Orme lowering
the glass
“Belongs to a man here In town”
“Would he rent It?”
“No But he lets us run It once la
awhile We keep an eye on it for
him”
Orme took out his watch “It's al-
most 12" he said “You’ll be relieved
in a few moments Do you suppose
I could persuade you to take me out
to the other boat?”
The live-safer hesitated “I'd like
to” he said “But my study — ”
There'll be some sport If we get
within reach of the man out there”
Orme put In
Well— I’ll do It— though the
chances are that they will make their
repairs and be off again before we
come within a mile”
“I’m much obliged to you” said
Orme “If you would let me make It
right —
“For taking you out In another
man’s boat? No air”
“I know Well — my name Is Orma
not Holmes”
“And mine” grinned tbe life-saver
“is Porter"
A man turned In from the driven
and sauntered toward them
"There’s my relief” said Porter
"Hello Kelmsley”
"Hello” replied the newcomer
“Just wait till I punch the dock”
said Porter to Orme
“Punch the clock? Oh I sea the
government times you”
"Yes”
Porter went Into the station for a
moment then returning he ex-
changed a few words with the relief
and led Orme down to the breakwa-
ter The launch which was moored
there proved to be a sturdy boat
built for strength rather than for
speed
Orme cast off while Porter removed
the tarpaulin from the motor and
made ready to turn the wheel over
"Is the policeman still busy with
the Jap?” Orme questioned sud-
denly “Yes”
"He won’t get anything out of
him” said Orme — "except fairy-
stories” Porter started the motor and
stepped forward to the steering-
wheel Slowly the launch pushed out
Into the open lake and the lights of
the shore receded
No sound had come from tbs dis-
abled boat since Its motor stopped
Doubtless It was too far off for tha
noise of repairs to be heard on tha
shore Orme peered over the dark
surface of the water but he could sea
nothing except the lights of a dla-t
tant steamer
(TO BE CONTINUED)
As It Impressed Him
Penuchle Editor — What's the general
effect of the new “hobble skirt?”
Bridge Editor — Well If it Is the on
I saw on one of the elevated loop plat-
forms the other afternoon Is a correct
sample the general effect Is hard to
describe but the particular effect la
to lower the waist line to a point Just
uelow the knees
A good thing needs no puffing but
this truth does not apply to tobacoei
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