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Ee Bese aceasta si “18 m avaurne | FINANCIAL NEWS AND PRICES COMPLETE CURB QUOTATIONS |. Laat, % *Hoctien 1 4500 1 1 yn00 +8 ¢ Mines 6 Group a Toy 600 Silver King of Aviz 00 # Bilver Lead 0 *Rtewart Min Min Relmont i Shares Wi 1100 Vnited Profit Shaling, + | 1800 United Ret Candy r 8 {4:0 Waltham W : STANDARD OILS HH it Drags, POW NG By et ESDAY, MA CURB: FLUCTUATIONS IN OILS AND INDUSTRIALS eceneerenemenneed I | Maxwell Motors | Maxwell Motors ts “fomopeh Cash Boy | Maawell Motors Geleniat Tire. oN INDRPEND, 0118 309 Tonopa ft Ihe Allis Chadee rs SF roe a | toate o 00 Tono-sim Th 13 FAM Ag Chen © 4800 General Asphalt! 000" Allied OU 00 *Tonopah Midway » Aen Hon, Sagar... \y + 400 Grape O18, " Df Soc*Amal. Royalty ” Tonopah Min 1% Me he Aa Bow Mag. 100% 108107 2 | Midvale Bteet " Spe Grane Ota. ved fit | 200 Ark Nat Gas t 1 | eee Ronenah Attenen te 10: 10 A OM, vero ON 40% ~ 1% | Mia, Kan & Tox © 400 Herauies 6% | 2600 Berner: O11 Gas om . 00 *Tono Rereur Kula 18 th Am CG & Pound... 155 e132 % | Mime Tac, er An 21M | ‘000 stoone O11 ‘ % 9%] 510 United Kasern ue fy Aw Cotton Of 16 > 1% | Midle Staten Oil 00 Perfection afy| 808 Boston Wroming “" Bo) ae not oti an 89% + 1% | Mamata Sugar. 1400 Preeemen 2% «2% «2H | 20 Cartty Byna 1h A Ee ee nid | National Ace .)., - 900 Bato Com % 8 2% | 20 Carib Trading Recent 1 ne coe SK National Aniline .. 3 % ©0 Resic Com 2% «9% ay] 100 Cites Bere Betts 38% 1710 “White a : 2 Am Hide & of, OT 2% | Nat. Conduit .. —-% 990 Ranier Motors 2 04 @ 880 Cont Hef. 5 1700 Wilbert o O% 1 6 Am Toe. bd “ -1 | Net. Ea bp, =e _ 10 RF Remolds 800 600509 | STOO Cushing Pots | 2000 *Yerrington ‘ $ Am Int Corp « Site National Leal .... <4 p00 Rh 2 Reveciée new 41% 40% 41 | 2100 Dominion O11 BONDE Am Licwerd Nevada Cond, .... =—% 400 Tire ud. 13% 344 | 1200 Kogineers Wetro! i | sore allies Packer 62 9%, Am Locomotive New Or). T, & M. : Oa. abr 127 | 1200 Femeralda O11 4 1000 Am ‘tel 6s 1% Am. lee pa , N, ¥. Atrbrake me 1% 1% | 200 Gienrock Ou ioe Am el Ge, 1084 3 Am, Gafety Razor. N.Y, Central... pe, Fe) 200 Home Ol... i | 70:0 Angld Am Oil 7% 100% Am, Ship & ky WY. NFL & M, 80 Bt | 400 Home Perrot a% 9% 3%} 13900 Consol ‘Text Te 07% Am, smelt, & Raf Norfolk SAtern ; a) 2% ay} BO Hedwon O11 “OM fel & Undson ta 100% 100% 100% Am, Stonl Frias, Norfolk & West... y Ms FY 2 400 Tut, Petro! Ais oe eh ‘Tire te O41 058 96% “At, Sugar F | Northern Pac, .. % aa 700 Inland Oth pier me Oe ar angigirl oit% Mi 9% AM Tol, & Tel... 4 | Nova Gootia Stadt... Fe “" *. | 200 Livingston Th im. 10 | spe poke Geers 6 8s 8s A, Wont 112% 10 10% — 2% | Ohio Cities Gas i , Pain after Eatin {200 Tame Star Casa a ct Ga! ae | aeee Reams Oo 955 oe eM ABW Puree e140 40 Ontabome P&B + % {000 Metropol. Pet m4 4% | 1000 Western leo ony 98% «th buf, 0... Obie Ite , Corp, « % 4 oy 2300 Morton 1* h a a4 pyaluiysadeery pa a * am To, Se: 60% 4 4 | Pacific Gas...., -— 4 ‘ ° 100 No Am 0) , |am Zine 19% 15% 18% — Hh] Pecifle T. & 1 1% is s ‘e 200 Ohio ‘Futt Sty 88 Anaconda ........ 67% 06% 674 — 0% | Pan- Amer, Petrol tM 40 Omar 0) pea ial Assets Reaiisation 4% 4% 4%) — | Peon, Railroad 1 1900 Phittipe Pie Atohison ity, 80 —1 | Penn, Sea, Steel.. - lie | 2060 Phitiips Pets rts 1%, 1% 1% ; acy ta, on 15% + te! People’s ¢ + % 7 600 Prod & Met. ‘ * ar lea Corp... u ¥ m * | Seowmad heuee On ag | Atlantic Comt Line st 3% . rt urn 2800 Ryan 00 j At Gut & W. 1. 166% My | 100 Salt Creek Prod. Baktwin Loco. 1M Prexe Oe... + | 000 Sequoyan O11 % | Quiet though persistent selling pres- apedieg Mpa Rt Dawe & West Va.. 4 ae tomac | 0 Reale te Pr 24 | sure wii felt by the stock market | penulis Minwe,., cay 1 hea SA : Ha ites add 84 1% 18% | agnin to-day, aitd prices of practically | Mets, Motor ou PPA deirror geo sie u Dizziness | 900 Spencer Pat ....sscscss 2 wou tom | all speculative Tavorites lost ground. ow. Bteo! Ole - | Punta Sugar 3 é ‘>: | hv Stayton ott % | During most of the session the mar- | Hem Sind Bees rill ak fl hag igen J “- Rip cetesrengs 5S | Ket had a purely professional appears | Bliyn ita, Taa,. 12! 12% hw Gemrae icv” ‘amps | °° :::": fh M4 J ance, though at times it was evident | Bram, Tom....... 7 Oi Ole rg raat) “ be eee oe Sell | that liquidating sales were a potent | Burne Sir, Ces Aes ST. Soa nee Pee et Hate laos Mabthty "8 V4 4% | factor in the decline Butte Cop gk Zi Fy OW Ws pete soe 00 Yules Ou 4 ‘ iu am |, Ue, Se. Steel ‘broke | through | 94, |Cudyo Cod! Wil Pra ore ! pia 3 | for a loss of a point. Mexican Petros | Calif Packing MINING leum, which was first strongly |Calé ®et piu fist atiua stiet 1% bought because of the Mexican rev mar & Aris ripen Algenges ‘| olutionary outbreak showed a loss of au Mee Gib Bait MP Ger ioe % % 4/10 points, compared with yesterday's Cem Leuth cakes tS 13 A a 2% <4 2% | high mark, and equipment, ofl, mis- | Corro De Pasco proarsie + “evade sighed lad an ai * cellaneous industrials and railroad | Chandier Mot sacs | pet ears LSoe: Si | Shares all falled to show much re- | Chee & ste Heep” |, foe Sie lates .% «| sistance to pressure. OM Mode PRP Ry ee Gus ok mar ; ate eee ‘4 4% 4%! ‘The reason for the seiling move- | ul & sa" Ry tea en aw ae "i j {1100 Bowon & Menten 7 | ment was again generally ascribed to | CS nu Tol iki. Bea we fib een gg 2% 4 | unfavorable money market condi- | Ht te |mreass. Go. on Th 8 | 1800 Columet & Jervis. 4 & %jtions, ‘The opening and renewal rate |(™ AMeo i. Tees & Bac, i. 4 4 400 Gonads Cop } ‘+ for call funds was 7 per cent., but |C. Gret We | en} h 5800 Candslar \s| brokers vainly endeavored to secure |e. & Neto R so Prod 1% 09 Conver Sliver. % | substantial amounts of time money, | Zils Carxre ‘Trans, Oil. 2 1060 Cresson Gold . Mey that is funds repayable in 60 or 90 brig blac nar aks Transus & Willians 1800 Crement_ MeNainare sl days, though as high as 9 per cent, [Co Put & Irn, | Union Pacitip % 2000 Divide Mxt.. was bid for such accommodations Alaa sgn . 2d Col, Gis & FY Col, Graphoeiiome Coo Cols é Con, In-Col, Minu Continemal Can, 1 it is a known fact that efforts to re- 1%| duce commercial borrowings are not 1%| meeting with much success, and it % still is the prevailing belief in tm- sebastien ® | portant banking quarters that a sus- 00 Gold, perv aE | ; 7 | tained upward movement in the stock *1000 Gold market cannot take place until the +2000 Gold credit situation is materially im- i roved. This, it 1s admitted, is not | Cructile Steel pt | 1200 Gold w i» |@ likely development of the imme- | Cts Canc Sug. Hecla 4h 4% | diate future. Cn, «| ‘Ou, Am, Sug. Gon, Text, Cor, Den, & Rio Gea Late in the day call money rates | rose to 9 per cent. and this inspired | further bear selling. Steel, at 93-4, % %| Was within a point of the low price Dw. & Kio Gr. | 1100 Magma Cop jof the last three wepks, Wiora Coal ..... . +4000 Motherlod ¥ | An endeavor also was made to | Bndivott-Johueton LOUIS A. SARROW, Pres. | x00 Murray Moeridae fi 5 make bear capital out of the fact that | Brie. « ten Manafecturing Retailers | 100, Nptional Tin ‘ ‘ | te Cabinet was called in sesvion, but | re | . | 200 Nipiming this did not meet with much success, | Fisherbody 18 Eqst 16th St. Between Unto Be. i! 000 North Kiar. -Bortign exchange rates were | Fisk Rober ‘open batert 8.80. | 90 Ophir Silver Thigher, Francs were the feature, | Freeport Texas kel | 900 Prince Con rising 80 centimes, The cotton mar- | Gaston WS. & Wii * 400 ‘Rex Ket was dull but firm. General Cigar Geyeral Klee. General Motors Geu Motom Dv! Goodrich ; Graty Mina Great Nor Ry pf. Great Nor Ores Greeme Cananen ... Haskell & Barker. Tospiration Lopper. Jaterboro Con Inter Agri Corp .. ns Int Harvester lot Mer Marita. | fw M Mer ut Int N. & In fron Produ, Kansan City Keily Spring 110 Kelmy Wacel.. a Kermecot!, 2% Keystone Tue, .... 10 Low's Ine......65 he Wackeverna Sul. 78 Lee Rab, & Tire Wy 10% Lehigh Valley N% 41% 100 Ling) t & Meyers 100 mentand labor saving appliance. Ever- growing production is marketed under 3.00 a zone selling syStem which holds sell- | ing expense to minimum. 3.50 ‘ 3.80 Compare the prices of Vacuum Cup Tires and “Ton Tested” Tubes with those > 5.20 By DR. BERTHOLD A. BAER 5.25 of ordinary makes, Pennsylvania F 4 5.50 prices are standardized net, uniform “It is hardly believable that one man can lead an 5.65 throughoul the United ames, Pay se |] oreanzation as yours, ia often heard, 6.80 more for Pennsylvania products—-do | is today the sole owner of The 6.95 not expect them for Jess. \ Broadway at 66th Street, just as'he has been these last rio I] 8s ot he cook day in the week 7.10 a Ba | e is at his every day in the week. 7.30 netan eeerenies OA. |] fluence radiates through the entire institution, His tached to each casing: es ; ality is indelibly impressed upon every act. 8.05 Vacuum Cup Pabric Tires, 6,000 Mil “Campbell Service” is the result of years of thought, i.50 Vacuum Cup Cord Tires, @,000 Mil foresight, work, planning and doing. 8.85 Channel Tread Cord Tires, 9,000 Miles A funeral conducted by a Director of this unique Campbell personally were PENNSYLVANIA RUBBER COMPANY For no funeral, however Jeannette, Pa. Campbell Is Campbell Institution is as much a “Campbell Funeral’’ as if Mr. leaves The Funeral Church excepting it has the persona! approval of Mr, Campbell. r Union Oi United Adley Ueited Drag United Bruit Un Retail © uscir Vaited Wool U 8 Intnst US Reutty U8 Rudooe U @ Smciters * US Steal, tes ee eree Utah Ser... Va Cao Crsn Vanadium Stes . Wabas's Weout Wea. w We. Woot res ie Vas. pr. 21 Union Aubraxe Gon. w A Wimy over Willys Waite Me LIBERTY BONDs, Liberty 31-28 opened 91.80, up .10; 2d 48, 85.14; Ist 4s, 86.60, up .08; 2d 41-48, 85,28, off .02; 3d 41-48, 89.04, up 04; 4th 41-48, 85.60; Victory i 96.94, Off .02; 44-49, 96.06, up FOREIGN EXCHANGE, Market opened ‘higher.with demand sterling at 3.63 3-4, up 3-4 ¢.; marks demand made a the move at .0203c.; cables, up .W00e.; franc chks were 16. lire chks, 19.82, up 50; Belgian cable 14.50, up 25, and Swiss cables 5.68, up 2; poseta cables were higher at ‘1Tc. and Stockholm cabies at .21-25¢.; U. now high on 0.205¢., ° e est and | tort Ine. |S. din on Can, dem, .904de.; Argen- | : 1%,| tine pesos demand’ ‘1.0350; cables ys ah_jS te Moderate Prices asst | ui g ORK-—Haum, S36 W, Wb) Frances dem., 15.4; bles, 15.40, a, apartment 6, ‘ Lire dem., 19.82; cables, 19.80 Guilders dem, 36 5-8; cables 8 go hand in hand in Vacuum Cup Tires DIEO. RNINGS « " ee, :, pF NK. me lees CAMP r : and “Ton'Tested” Tubes—just the re- ca bep pom tela CHUGH, Brosdway,|..Canadian Pacific, first week . in verse of what dealers tell us is the im- 66th st, Wednesday, 12 noon. Saint,” $51,472,000, seh fon pression entertained by many people. | KNAUSS.—HENRY. Lying in etate CAMP- | 066,000. x ¢ | BELL FUNERAL CHURCH, B'way, 66th, SOT ES. : 2 . (1 — +) NOTS This perfect harmonizing of highest | Riapnee=oe Meet SRN MOIARE) | ora Big Exchange hus admitted (o quality and economical prices results | _ Funeral from his tate residence, 872 We Mieiaaeney curtbeaten toe So gean Sixth Avenue, on Wednesday, May 12. 00 of common stock of $10 par value, from a perfected factory organization Fe eae env oatrick's Oathedrat, ColUmbIA Graphophone Atte, Co. 200,000 operating in an ideally modern plant, 8 A.M. Interment {a Bt, Joseph's Com. Snares | eg a ae ee re) al ees (ear iis inerove: etery, ‘Troy. ember of the Grand Nemours Bostder CoS. pet cent. Cum: | refer FUNERAL DIRECTORS. that Mr. Frank E. Campbell Funeral Church, Inc., His in- directing the arrangements. small, however pretentious, 1940 ASIEN | our to tole the msstery, |place had been unoccupied for months, ily dirty ve ore ea oereNNs Ligeia 94 1920. By RANDALL PAR Plot. Intrigue, Conspiracy | A Secret Service Agent on leave suddenly finds himself plunged into the intrigues of a desperate band of international conspirators, led by a beautiful and mysterious girl. There are thrills and excitement in every baffling chapter. (Copyright, 1920, by Randall Parrish.) SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAPTERS. ‘A secret service man on leave finds & Jewel box abandoned im & hotet . ucssage, tolling ot international ‘uiriguer Ie'tantions en address, "S76" Gene Streotr' and be" vlan | dred feet away, Whatever doubt 1 may have felt regarding my venture vanished in the presence of that un- usual name. This was unquestion- ably the place named in the letter a3 a rendezvous; here was where the re~ cipient of that letter was to go and instructions; where he was} to use the mysterious raps, and the countersign “Cervantes” in order to gain admittance. The knowledge shat I was actually upon the thres- hold of such a discovery brought with it a determination not to lose the ad- vantage, But what could I do? What further steps might be safely taken alone? 1 crossed the street, and, hidden securely in the shadow of the build- ing opposite, studied intently the dark outline of the old factory. It exhibited not the slightest sign of life, remaining black and silent fron top to bottom. However, the place might be utilized at times for secret meetings, or as a hiding place for revolutionary material, it was plainly enough deserted now, Yet ‘within there might be found evidence that such gatherings were held there, or some clue revealed which would point the way toward a revelation as to the purpose of the conspiratorse} Dangerous a9 such an investigation might prove, the inclination to at- tempt a survey of the interior could not be driven from mind. It tempted me beyond resistance. However, it] was early yet; people wero upon the} streets, and the next hour might even bring some of It would be dest to wait watchfully until later, thus doubly asuring myself that 1} could prow! about with no peril of discovery. i The night was dark, perfect for my| purpose. A slight dri in the al no one abroad except from necessi A dim light showed through a dingy window of thé*garage where some mechanic was still tinkering, but be- yond that no sign of life was visible for the full extent of the block, un- ti the saloon on the further corner cume into view. Its gleaming hospi- tality invited me, and I strolled along the opposite walk, my coat-collar turned ‘up to shut out the driazle, and finally crossed over to where I could peer in through the dingy windows. The man behind the bar was unmis~ “what Is it, George? takably Polish, and of no high type, “That Gans Street party is on ‘the 2nd, at first, T saw no other occupants wire, sir.” of the place except two roughly dress-, “Oh, ail right. Excuse me, Severn, ¢d men at a table just Inside, who "ve been ay 5 were playing cards silently, a halt- but I've been trying to get connection P tah ee hount emptied mug of beer at each elbow. The room was clean enough, and CHAPTER Ul. (Cofftinued) 8 soon as possible 1 sought out Burke, the manager. of the hotel, with whom L had a speaking acquaintance, and, without confiding the extent of my discovery, questioned aim rela- tive to the mysterious box, and the guests who left it behind. His mem- ory of the incident was clear enough. and he took trouble to verify the date by reference to the hotel books. Two men, both well dressed, but with nothing particularly to distinguish them, had registered “together late in the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 27, and on request, had been assigned to one room with twin beds amd a bath. The room given them was known as E. 87. The larger man, who had inscribed himself as “PL Horner, Detroit,” alone had a his companion, Known to the hotel as.“Gustave Alva, Toledo, Ohio,” being without bag- gage. Neither man made any deep| impression on the hote! employees, | and descriptions were extremely vague as to thelr personal appear- ances. ‘The bill was paid next morning by Horner, and the two departed to- gether. It was an hour later when the chambermaid on that floor re- ported finding the box in the room vacated. After holding it for a day or two in expectation that it might be called for, no such inquiries being made, the hotel endeavored to trace the men, but to no avail. A P. 8. Horner was located in Detroit, but easily proved he was not the psrson sought, while no Gustave Alva was to be discovered in Toledo. The fel- lows had either falsely registered, or were entirely unknown where they claimed residence. The first was the most probable condition. | After thirty days, and having exhausted ail reasonable efforts to find the right- | ful owner, the hotef felt legally justi- fied in selling the trinket. That was all Burke knew of the matter, and his interest in it was not keen. Jt was to him quite a commonplace. We were still talking when a bell- boy came up hurriedly with a mes- sage. Burke turned. he gang. “But wait a ite," my veins a 0 tingling.” “Did. Ga pig Gane: aires? quiet, yet I feit no inclination to en- Where is that? There Is no such €T. ‘Those were not fellows it would be sate to question, and 1 would have name in the city directory. eee UaU DRL iar that instant I Pete ag writ Over Im Jersey, YO% perceived ths indidinet Agure of bd oI “the further corner, sitting Here at least was an opening, a woman in chance—Gans Street’ was in Jersey Destde @ table alone. a . City. Then It was all a dream. I | From my position outside +. Os. tained merely a glimpee, yet her pres- ence stimulated my curiosity, She appeared to be young, not badly dressed, and her being tn such a place unattended rendered her of some Interest. It surely could do no harm if I dropped in for a sandwich and @ glass of beer. I crossed to the bar, furtively watchful, but.no one except the proprietor aoparentiy paid the slightest atteation to my entrance. The two men never glanced up from their cards, and the girl—for she was scatcely more—merely turned her head, and stared at me without in- terest, I spoke to the barman in Eng- lish, and he served me pleasantly, in- dicating a vacant table. I could perceive the girl very clearly now as I sat munching at the rye bread, and this view of her served to increase my interest decidedly. Un- jess it might be the’ intense brunette blacknes of her hair and an extremely clear complexion there was nothing typically Spanish in her appearance. Indeed she impressed me as thorouh- ly American in features, dress and manner, somewhere in the twenties I should judge, with brown eyes, and a face decidedly pleasant to look upon, although with a firmness to it, ex- pressed by mouth and chin, not to be mistaken. She was evidently not there seeking company, nor was she drinking, Indeed I found it impossible to associate her with any such pur- pose; and yet there must surely be some meaning to her presence. The proprietor approached me, lean- ing one hand on the table. ‘“yhere is nothing more?” he asked. “No, this will answer very well.” would at least look over the ground before I gave up in despair, for I had stumbled upon a way out of the blind ailey--Gans Street, Jersey Cits CHAPTER IIL. 'T was late In the afternoon, the day @ark, with a chilly wind blowing off the river, when T reached Jersey City. The first policeman encountered gave me all necess: directions, so that 1 alighted from a street car within a block of my destination, This was not a part of the city I had ever had occasion to visit before, being largely devoted to small manufacturing plants, with very ordinary working- men's houses in between, and along the side streets, Gans Street had been paved at one time, but was al- ready badly guttered by heavy traf- tic and inexpressibly dirty. » j 1 walked up a block, and back, be-| fore'I was able to determine definitely | the number I was seeking, not feel-| ing it best to question the few parties I passed on the way. A saloon on the | upper corner of the block furnished mo the necessary clew and, using $t as a marker, I succeeded in tracing back unt tisfied I had thus safety located “ It was an abandoned | factory, built of brick, two stories high, evidently extending over con- siderable ground at the rear, but with a frontage not to exceed forty feet. The lower windows were boarded up, a number of those In the second story t ation broken, and the main entrance, large | j,4°° Tingered,. temipled’ tn aueatio enough for the passage of a motor) “yo, pawe not been in before? truck, was tightly secured by an im- mense iron bar. A smaller door to the right alone offered any possibility of entrance, although it was tightly closed. To all Perhaps you do not live near?” “[ do not,” I replied frankly bs travel out of Boston, and sell lumber, I have been doing some business with the yard down below." “T see. You just blow in on your way home. “Yes.” My eyes wandered once more to the girl across the room, and he noticed the glance. “You wonder what she do in here?” he asked. “I tell you, She was my niece, an’ sit here to wait for a friend to walk home with her. It is not a good neighborhood, this, for a woman alone in the dark, So she wait here till her friend come. Soon he will arrive; then they go out to- gether—see”” | i. He moved back toward the bar, apparently satisfied with his exam- ination of me, as well as his explana- tion, I wondered grimly why he had taken the trouble to tell me all this, and ordered another glass of |beer as an excuse to linger there a JABLE IRON | while longer. What was the party ‘like who wi to call for the girl? Would it be a man, or woman? J did not have to linger long to gratify. my euriosity. The side-door opened silently, and a man stepped briskly inside, shaking the raindrops from his coat, he greeted the barman cheerily, “A dirty night, Jans,” glancing swiftly about, sweeping over me sharply. not very good, I suppose?” “Dead, It's no good now -any outward appearances the and perhaps years, It was exceeding- and disreputable, a mere v cant shell, I surveyed the place from loth sides, but gained no information. A lumber yard abutted !t on the left, | while a smal] vacant lot, grown up to/| weeds, was at the right, with a cor- rugated iron garage beyond. From} the sidewalk it was impossible to gain ony glimpse within, Only one discov- ery served to convince me that I might Le on the right track—that T had not| Leen entirely deceived. A small mgn, so covered with dust and dirt as to be almost unreadable, was nailed over the smaller door, In the growing dusk I was obliged to study it intently to decipher the words, but finally made them out letter by lptter: “OFFICE ALVA MALI COMPAN Here was a strange coincidence, if nothing more, for Gustave Alva had been one of the names signed on the hoteLregister, Beyond doubt this old, abandoned iron foundry was his roperty, and what better spot could be selected in which to meet and con- coct a scheme of crime? What @ place to hide arms for shipment: It jooked pecullarly alone in the gath- ering darkness, the street almost de- serted, the only gleam of light a he @aid is ey Business ;stantly he stepped forward, | shadows | appointment, email incandescent sputtering a hun- more, with all the factories closed up iM Ser eer at RISH and Love because of the war. Just some sales~ Man drops in for a beer. That makes me nothings.” The newcomer laughed, evidently put quite at ease by this quick ex- planation. [ was watching him, A rather thickset fellow with a turned- up mustache and a disfiguring sear on one cheek, which gave to his eye 4 peculiar expression. His eyes were furtive, unpleasant, and his teeth gleamed prominently, with a sugges- tion of cruelty. Watching the fellow I must have missed some signal, for he whirled around suddenly an! con- fronted the girl, who had already risen to her feet, and stood expectant- ly, one hand resting on the table. In- bowing eagerly, with white teeth more prom- inently exposed, ‘Ah, Senorita! You were for me to come,” he exc I have not kept you lonj “Oh, no,” she answered quict Spanish, her voice so low the barely carried to where | sat. the surroundings are not part! waiting “Yet imed attractive. You were delayed “A car’ blockade ut the whart. No, thank you, Jans, nothing to-night. You would go, Sehorita?” “There can be nothing to reimain longer here for, surely.” © I watched them disappear through the side door, marking his @racp on her arm, and her quick glance oside into his face, There had been some- thing undeniably awkward ang con- strained. These two were not what they pretended to be—old-time fiends meeting incidently to waik hems to- gether. They were strange ailing together there for the first time by appointment. Neither had previousiy known the other. I had even detected fear, doubt, in the expression of the girl's face. Yet I'dare not move, or attempt to follow them. 1 could only quietly my eyes on the window fronting th street, 1 watched intently, but De passed that way—the two d down Gans Sircet had not t CHAPTER IV, mind worked rapidly as 1 sat there motionless, afraid to make the slightest move lest it arouse susplotom These two people were strangers: they had met in this odd spot by and for some secret purpose. In a quick Quixotic mo- ment I determined to follow them. I finished my beer slowly, and then, selected a cigar from the case, and lit it deliberately, Jans leaned over the bar, speaking confidentially, and I had to remain, although I cursea inwardly at the delay. Yet [I broke away et las, assured that I had finally lulled every suspicion to rest, and passed out through the front door. In which direction had the couple turned after their exit through the side door of the saloon—to right, or left? If to the right could they have crossed the street, beneath the spute ¢ering lamp, without my seeing them through the window? I could not be sure, yet the feeling gripped me, that. in all probability, they had turned the other way, down this black pass- age. Jang had anconsciously pointed in this direction when he told of where the girl lived, and, although that was doubtless a jie intended to deceive, it was no more than natural for him to have thoughtlessly designated the proper point of compass. At least L must take a blind choice in my search, and this appeared by far the more probable, My eyes sought the ground undop the glow of the light, and to my delight T found that their footprints were ye' visible in the soft mud of the crossing as they advanced beyond the safety of the hoard walk—the narrow shoa of the woman particularly noticeable and clearly defined. By bending low and keeping my own shadow out of the way I was able to trace their progress for two or three yards quite easily, and then, to my surprise, the footprints turned abruptly to the left and dis- appeared entirely. Y To all appearances the two had pros ceeded down the alley, I searched be- tween that point and where the side- walk began again, but without dis ering the slightest mark to show they had gone on. Black, uninviting, as that gloomy passage’ appeared, they must have tumed Into it and groped thelr way forward. Where? For what purpore? 1 gould think of but ono object—the Alva Iron Factory, tha mysterious meeting ‘place at No. 876 Gans Street. Beyond all question this alley would skirt along the back of that building and there would be an entrance at the rear. I must have blindly stumbied on the truth, and even found the means of probing it Before me lay a dark alley, and en- tering, I found two imprints of her shoe in the mud after the turn had been made; then all trace vanished, The dim light penetrated only a few ov~ |yards, and, in addition to this handi- cap, a sufficient smount of ashes had been deposited along here to make the walking fairly hard and dry. L crept forward, enveloped in gloom, keeping as closely as possible to the high board fence at’ the left. This was broken jn places, and diversified by an occasional barn, Once I struck an open door, the dark~ ness #o dense I never realized its presence until I ran ful: into it witi my head. The way was rough under foot, ond my progress consequently slow, being anxious to make as little noise as possible, Indeed the passage waa so black, I lost all knowledge as to low far’ I had gone, and was only aroused to my position by fina coming up against a pile of lumber which completely blocked the further end of the alley. I vecalied dimly that the passage swerved here, ning aotiy the side of the Alva fa tory, until it reached Gans Street, Agate led through the fence and T entered and looked about. At that moment the gate latch clicked sharply as another per- son entered, and I sank down into the black ground shadow, every nerve Ungling with alarm, The gate oper~ ated almost noiseles yet my strained ears could detect its stealthy, movement, and hear the crunch of a heavy footstep on the cinder path within, The fellow evidently knew his way even in the darkness, for there wa8 no hesitancy in his move~ ments, no uncertaint (Read To-Morrow’s Exciting Chap« ter.) or outhouse. we