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NTICIPATING the possibility of my train arriving late, I had named the hour of meeting with Cummings as 8 o'clock and, in conse- quence of our reaching the city exactly on time, was compelled to loiter idly about the hotel through the corridor my attention was “x | occupying a small side room, and, merely to pass the time pleasantly, I en- + “| tered and began examining the strange collection of wares on display. There were several articles I jin- ered over, tempted to purchase, but drifted on, rather undecided, until my eyes perceived a very quaint lacquered box, entirely different from anything of its kind ever noted bi It was evidently old, bat of a Indeed as I looked at it, endeavoring to trace the markings on its silvered front, I could not determine whether it had originated in Orient or Occi- dent; seemingly it combined features ‘of both schools, uniting the peculiari- ties of each. The proprietor, per- ceiving my interest, joined me. “The jewel box attracts you,” he said pleasantly, opening the case and forth. “And the closer. you examine the work the more you + % — % - % - 4% -—%* — % = 2% - 4% —1% -% -1 + % a +1% - % — % + % +1 — 2% | —3% + % -1 —%* — 1%! — —1% =e +1 + 1% *Stndebaker pues ty St. L, & San F. oi Sell T & T.... —% ‘Tenn Oop & Chom ah ‘Texas Co. —% Tors & Par... —1% ‘Tobacco Products. . —% ‘Tras Oi Union B & Paper. -% Union Pactic, —™% Union Oil, -—% United Attoy, — % United Fruit... —%% Un Retail Stores, —% uscr % United Pood, —%* U § Indust + % U 8 Realty —% U 8 Rubber. -1 U 8 Sten. —-™% U 8 Steel of. + % Desh Copper 1% Ya, Caro, Chom. -* Vanadiom Steel . — 3% Wabash . Wabash of A —% Wells Ferwo _4 + % + % =o -% Public interest’ apparently is smafler than it bas been in a number of weeks. Good news failed to lend strength to the stock market to-day, and after opening generally-higher prices in late trading, sank below the final quota- tions of Saturday. Losags in specu- lative favorites ranged mi substan- tial fractions to more than three points. Transactions approximated @ million shares, ‘Trading was of a professional char- acter and the bulk of the selling ap- peared to come from such sources. PERSONALS. UCCIONE, take notice ig critically {1 and needs communicate at once. LOST, FOUND AND REWARDS. PACKAGE of paid checks left th train, Buin ay. and ebch gat noon Saturday. May. 8; no value except to bank, Reward paid for return wo Guarnty ‘Trust Company, M: HELP _WANTED—FEMALE. o1co. i KNAUSS.—-HENRY. Lying in etate CAMP. BELL FUNBRAL CHURCH, B'way, 66th, MACKEY.—On Saturday, May 8, 1920, Julia, beloved wife of the late James Mackey, in her eighty-fifth year, Sotemn requiem maay at St. Josoph's jadison ay. and | Money conditions seem to be pri- marily responsible for the profes- sional attitude toward the market. The New York Federal Reserve Bank statement issued faturday showed slight improvement in condition as was the case with the report of the Federal Reserve system as a whole, Also money renewed to-day at 7 per cent. and did not rise above 8 per cent. But Wall Street, knowing that this quotation does not acourately reflect credit conditions, and believ- ing that an upward movement in stocks cannot be more than tempo- rarily maintained until commercial borrowings are greatly reduced, con- tinues to sell stocks. An indication of the current pro- fessional speculative mood was fur- nished to-day by U. 8. Steel. The report of unfilled tonnage for April stood at 10,359,747 tons, the highest figure since August, 1917, and an in- crease of 467,672 tons over April. But Steel was heavy throughout the day and finally broke through 95. NOTES. U. 8. Steel's unfilled tonnage totalled 10,359,747 April 30 against 9,892,076 March 31, 9,502,081 Feb. 29 and 4,800,685 April 30, 19) a ooo Consumption Tax In Abandoned. ‘WASHINGTON, May 10.—Republican members of the House Ways and Means Committee to-day definitely de c ‘to abandon the pi a tax oh per cent. on all retail sales as a R. ©. Church, Babylon, L. 1, Tuesday morning, May 11 9 o'clock. means of raising revenue for a soldier bon once placed in our seemingly unii "The Superior “CA is the result of combined with t of materials at Call‘‘Columbus 8200’ FRANK E. Broadway at 66° St. Flowers for all oce FUNERAL DIRECTORS. ee A FUNERAL ARRANGEMENT tion to every detail, no matter how THE FUNERAL CHURCH vine. ON SECTARIAN FUNERAL DIRECTORS. hands means atten- tant. MPBELL SERVICE” ears of ape e lection a olane price. * Any Hour, Dayor Night CAMPBELL | 23” Street at 8% Ave “MY HAND TOUCHED AN 0) JECT ON THE FLOOR OF THE ABANDONED AUTOMOBILE, AND, RAISING IT TO THE FLICKERING LIGHT, | 8AW IT WAS A LONG, THIN-BLADED DAGGER—AN OR- NAMENT RATHER THAN A WEAPON. THERE WERE BLOOD STAINS ON THE STEEL. “| KNEW AT ONCE WHERE j| HAD SEEN IT BEFORE—AS A PIN IN MARIE GESSLER’S HAT.” will appreciate the design. You have love for such things?’ jt at least,” I admit- ticle from his hand, much of my "Rather extensively; collection has been gathered from foreign shops; but I confess this puz- gies me. What is the workmanship— surely not Japanese?” “No,” smilingly. “Although posi- tively I cannot answer as to its origin. I studied it for days, and even now can only make an intelligent guess. The inscription, which can only be read with a microscope,” he traced the line with his finger, “is ancient Arabic, but no wild Arab ever did the lacquer.” “Who then?” “My decision would be a Spanish Moor, a wondrous workman. There were such artisans, rare geniuses, in- deed, for I have seen other specimens of their skill.” I turned the box over, whirling the gold key im the lock and glancing inside, “Yet so strange a curio must have a history, an imaginary one at least. ‘What is the story?” “Positively none,” he admitted re- gretfully. “Perhaps T am a poor salesman to admit this, but the fact is this article was found by a cham- bermaid in one of the hotel rooms and turned in to the manager, He made every effort to trace the guests, only to learn that they, two men, by the way, had registered falsely. He even advertised, but with no response, and finally, after thirty days, was persuaded to accept my offer for the article, No doubt there is a story, and an interesting one, connected with this box, but this is as far as my knowledge goes.” “You are too honest for your busi~ “Quite probable, yet I have found frankness to pay in the long run.” “You have put a price on this?” “Yes, ridiculously low, no doubt, yet bringing me a good profit. The fact is, strange as the workmanship 1s, only a few collectors appreciate it You are only the second one to show for an hour, However, in passing attracted by an unique curiosity shop the box in my hand, I yielded to the temptation, and bought it. ‘The ar- ticle was sufficiently small to find Jodgment in an overcoat pocket, and, as Cummings appeared a little later, was soon forgotten in the earn- estness our conversation. The occasion of our conference being merely @ matter of business, has no Airect bearing on this story, and con- Sequently does not need to be dwelt upon, but we later had dinner to- gether, and attended the theatre in company, my mind so occupied with other matters that I scarcely once thought of the strange purchase I had made, which remained securely hidden. It was only after returning to my own room, then nearing mid- ity | fl Al \ night, that it was again recalled to memory. Only an idle curiosity, and a feel- ing of sleeplessness, induced me to draw the article forth, and remove its wrappings, but the sight serve; immediately to increase my interest. It was certainly a wonderful find, ar- tistically beautiful, and most un- usual in design. It rested open on the writing desk, under the full glare of the electric light, its strange workmanship expostd to scrutiny. There was a mystery that must have exercised a atrange spell over my imagination, for I dreamed of the jong, dead workman who fashioned it, forgetful of the passing night hours. A clock somewhere in the neighborhood struck, and I counted ‘twelve, arousing myself. Perhaps I was already half sleeping, for as turned to rise, my sleeve struck the box at the edge of the table, and before I could prevent the fall, it lay upon the floor at my feet. There was no crash,,no clatter, the thick carpet deadening the sound, the overturned box, I was astounded to discover the bottom slipped par- tially aside, as though some secret spring had been touched, revealing so eye would never suspect the possi- bility of its existence. Closely as had examined previously no concep- tion of any such secret hiding place had so much as occurred to me, yet now I could not doubt the evidence of my own eyes. Not only was there a false bottom, but the opening re- closely-folded a thrill running vealed a grasped this quickly, >. Wh through hat ancient and long buried mi 2 was about to be un- folded? work from the dead sought reveaiment? But no! This was plainly modern: fa clean, white sheet, no folded pareh- could only guess at particular interest.” | Me Bamed @ price, and, ati with ruptly; 1 imoanlag, heaps emaioas yet we narrow a receptacle that the ordinary paper, I t fragment began and ended ab- z wales its Do Not Miss To-Morrow's Thrilling hose upon my mind was both «tnister © and menacing. I wanted to know more. “108 eatled Saturday from Stockholm. Will deposit letter of credit with Krantz suggest Watonia. Can you be ready? Use South A That this letter was had no doubt. never have been preserved and hi den in the false bottom of the box. Beyond question this fragment of @ letter had been torn off and pre- served because of its definite In- structions. Nor was its meaning al- together obecure in the light of cer- tain events. Several illusions were fanMiliar to me and these were caused my earlier suspicions to erys- | tallize into probability. Pt bore all the earmarks of a plot, a revolutio ary plot, and one not yet brought to consummation. To be sure the note was undated, and the box had been left at the hotel thirty days before. Yet the Watonia was certainly the’ name of a ship, and to my memory suggested Central American trade: This did not necessarily tmply that’ the conspirators had abandoned their purpose. More likely they were not quite ready in time to operate on the safling date of that particular ship. Some delay had |, and, pos- sibly, even now, prompt action might overtum all their plans. I sat a long while, staring at the letter, raking my memory, in determination to miss nothing, and more firmly convinced that was on the right track. Then I un- dressed, and went to bed, but not to sleep, for the darkness brought new thoughts and suggestions for the morrow. CHAPTER IL. WAS still in Government em- ploy, although unassigned, and felt this discovery to be a direct call upon my service. While my first inclination should naturally have Ss 6 Hi. jth the proper bureau for investigation, two facts led me in another direction _ —I was sufficiently young to seek ad- venture, and I desired to verify my suspicions before creating any faise alarm, As I rested there, sleepless, staring up at the black ceiling, the words of the strange fragment of letter re- mained vividly before me. I began o analyze them and plan the opera- jtions of the next day. There was no treason why I should tmmediately leave the city; indeed I could not , think of doing so until I had probed | deeper into this mystery. It began to fascinate me; to grow more and more , important; to dominate my mind. Lit. | tle by little I dug at the truth, com- ling finally to this conclusion: “108” was, no doubt, the recognized number | of some agent who had been dis- patched to America on a special errand to the conspirators in this country. He had sailed Saturday, a jonth ago, or more, and must have long since arrived at some port, bring- |ing with him instructions not to be |intrusted to the mail, and sufficient | money, in form of letter of credit, jwith which to finance whatever ne- T | farious scheme of revolution mignt ‘be contemplated. ‘This money was to be paid out to the authorized party through a man named Krantz. Who was Krantz? There was a weil- known banking firm, Kulb, Krantz |& Company, in Wall Street, and It but, as I stooped hastily to recover|was quite probable these might prove the ones involved, although to my knowledge they had no outward junta connoctions of this nature. However, no firm having international financial dealings could be entirely beyond sus- |picion under the circumstances. “Gans” was evidently a street, al- though I could recall none bearing so |peculiar appellation, while the pass- | word was in itself proof almost posi- | the South or Centraj sympathies of the con- If not, it was yet further videnced by the instructions to use the South A code in case any mes sage had to be sent by wireless, These facts were fairly clear as | thus weaved them together, but they were rendered more damning by the other name mentioned--Waldron. If this was Ivan Waldron, I had good tive as to American ment of old, bi ome mystery Of yeS- | reason to know the fellow, and to terday I ap ressing ) connect his activities with any down the unsoiled ¢ re WAS scheme destined to embarase the writing there, in Spanish, so faintly | Government, He was not of South traced I could hardly decipher the | American stock, to be sure, nor had words, yet clearly revealed as of thls!] previously heard of hie being in day and generation. I know Spanish | company connected with revolution- fairly well, having had a year iM) ory propaganda, but he was a pro- Mexico City, yet it required some | fessional agitator of the most pro- time before T could pi out the | nounced type, a socialist radical, who message on this shee n the past had openly advocat: = int Bu, the, war ds together, weigh- | position to all law and order. feb ng each oni ) care as to its ex- |" knew but little of Waldron—bat act meaning, and read them over ‘ with increased bewilderm: ‘The {1m the exciting events before me I | was destined to learn more, Inetaliment. s* ae been to turn the whole matter over to «gilt ye +e “4