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THE able to show a’ distinct tendenoy. What hetped confidence was the | semi-official announcement that dis- counts rates will not be increased in the immediate future, a8 previously believed, and reports that an addi- upward Adama Taywost tional shipment of $40,000,000 sold will | Ad. Rey i soon be forwarded from London was | 0. Rumely the stock market to-day, , Bankers |s00n be forwarded pet and brokers urgently advised their! Call’ money was in liberal supply Alsske J Clients to teke advantage of bargain ative Pet adhd mid-afternoon Alt Nore ‘ counter prices, and the result Was! sugar stocks were the only group |.Am. Reet smear that most of the issuer rose 100 points | that failed to show a pce gros Pare | re Beech Mag, lige Rae tin % fe ter tone. Theke issues were sold be- Can, ees. re. OF more, The second. 41-48 rose 10° | cause of the boyeotting of sugar. by | Am, Car a Wing, 190% Latiahs Vettes points, and showed a gain of 260) the wig preserve and jam manufnc- | As. vm & My pf, 108 109 108 + [Lote tne. points compared with their recent|turers. Losses in this group averaged |Am. Cotton OM... 41% 41% 41% + ts | Larillad low. bi two points and more. @ = [4m Somatre 67% 8B OBB % Masel Mets 2 tket continued to display « ig Mynd... 1% 11% 11% + | Maxweld Mote, tat, 40 Renewed confidence in the situation Ph ag Rn ta tha Ma ‘ot THe cometon, ‘Aa, feeds 25 11% 124% + | Maxwell Mota, « 2d ) was also expressed by the stock | with oils and railroad issues being Am. Hide & 1, r 15% 10 + | May Deo, Store inarket. During early trading it wa@| features of firmness. ‘ Am. Mide A od Mis ST BT = | Mex Petr -| Cotton futures lost about $5 per inter, Corp a4 X14 + m coms ey tap Ap erty toe jesapnrdunress ld POCA Mehmet le a eae rng reel 7 1% 1 +1 | tutin Raly ditional Hquidation, but this was soon | Pee | oO tore than #20 per Am. Locomi Mm ees oe aes Boe taken care of, and by the end of thé} pale, Foreign exchange rates were A. Ine of, % 68 + WS] Minn, & Mt. LN, rst re y i Am, Sefety Rant. 14% 13% 144% + %lOfo, Kan, & Tei first hour prices of most groups were ' practically unchanged rp eae 1% 14K + Oto, Kan, her "Am, Smelt, & ‘Met We %WA4 | afuesana er Am. 6. 4 8 wf. so 1 — SM) Middle States Oil oN — Am, Steel Pirie, . 374 SO% «STK + Sl Seanatl Scere 191% Am, Sugar 126 Natt Aoma _ Aarmerfy ror JA .Tol & Tel, Oo, i Neti Aniline of" Voge , | Am, Woot ...... 100 Sul; “Dome e am. Nat] Koam & 6 Am Natl Lewd rank G.Maguire }2 est : NY Alrtraxe 647 Eighth Ave. Near 42p. St. fees ee NY Crate. Ann Aitor hit: 10 10 10 ay ek: a eek M4 P ¢ R d ti Aneta Reais 1% 3%. I — 3 Ane > ‘ s . | Norfolk & Went deo Dry jouds.. 30% 0 » Jorth C | SlashingPrice Reductions {f =". = 3 2=s/". i . * , Atchison Ry 70 76K 78% + 141 Guts Citta E'RE not philanthropists nor are we profiteers. See ty os Bo So 4 ee ee We make these great reduction’ in’ our prices At ule & WT 180% 18% WMH — 16 Gotarlo Bitrer 4: because we keep up with the spirit of the times Sn hs Oh me Owens Bottling... and let no other merchant beat us, no matter what itcosts. Barrett Co, + 120% 110% 120 — 4 | Taeine Der. Com... Believe us, there's not one left in it for us to pas -venger lint Sami alae nea oro Ee our expenses except your good will and confidence, whic wy 8% SK ~ +c | dasa . is, after all, the way we are building up this great business. nH 1% 11% aad Ge ee, Enough of words—let the values talk! hae ba eK a People's a9. ..4+.4 ; M ’ v Yi M ’ S Butte Cap, & Zino 7% 1% | 1% a co 7. EN’s AND YounG Men's Suits A Oc TR A t PYRO ALL COLORS. ALL SIZES. “o im ow wee * . By 0 Bh + 1K a, $56, 38, 840, $82, #45. ..eccccccalesese, Now $29 | Paraeor ie & & Euits formerly $ 50 Canadian Pea... 6 + = . Cent Leather Oh + 1% (& Pag ton se fi . Now ar fo Dy ARE ket t MO EE ORO. (Li ceiivisin Ss echive ics Now $49- tan boule "DIM ¢ | Math Sieh ovine oo HODGMAN RAINCOATS, FORMERLY 815, NOW $9.50. fice ee ae . hi Ss ifit d 83% 4% | Remington Type... 00% urnishings Sacrifice eat eae 18 4.1% | Reviogle Stent * Regularly Now 4% Royal Duteh F. & W. and Arrow Collars 2 x 10% + 4 |Serare rms, Athletic rig eey oy | De + jag age na Arrow and Metric Shirts. 21% + 1% | Sea. Line. Arrow and Metrie Shirta!t Bi + am [Seam extack 200 Notaseme { ilk Half Hose. K+ % palo ia Notaseme Lisle"Half Hose. oo + 1% z wich hated Hose, oo - < ‘ownes Silk Gloves..... 1% + 13% — o +4 ue+ %& 90% + 14% — 2% eoy— 1% o —-1 w% — 2% Mm + \ ( 1% + 1% Mi \ 10% + % ¥ ye A \, 7 3 Are F ig \Y) FOF St Sites % % Union Pacific Union’ Oil OPEN SATURDAY EVENINGS 1% lnited “Aur Our Liberal Credit Terms Apply to Long 4 | Onted from. ‘ Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. ole eee MOTOR TRUCK DELIVERIES i) Cited Food 86th St. Crosstown Cars Two Blocks Away OR Geraci ahe ald, S4th St. “L” Station at Our Door |General Motor . ‘ice ee 3d Ave. Street Cars Pass Our Door General Motora pf.. Sle gestion, 08% General Motom De. P ALL GOODS MARKED IN PLAIN }} ‘Gooarich ... a ee Oe - FIGURES Granby Minn 161 Susi geen % Va, Cam, Chem... Ti ig | Vanadium Steel Wales .. | Wabash pf. A. West Maryland, | Went Pac Corp, Westinghouse Wheeling, 24 | White Alolors > 1 | Wien Go, Worthington. Int, Mer, Mar. of Ex diviiend, CLOSING STOCK QUOTATIONS Miah. EVENING WORLD, FRIDAY, MAY FINANCIAL NEWS AND PRICES Shares High. Low. Las. | » MISCELLA 1800 Acme Coat % 4] % 8X] | alia | 800 Butler Judson | 40 Brit Am Tob cobp ate] 800 Car Lie % 34] 1300 Central ‘Terese pt ae 4 710 Clevetand Auto Cr , 2l 700 Columbia ¥merald . ee a 00 " o 6 os | 1000 Grape Ola Wem 1K! 1000 Grape Ola phe. ah tt 1% 4% 4% Wi 84 a v(t ae) 0 Radio Com m 1% 100 Radio Com pt wu 0m 000 Htepubile ‘Tite Ru aes | 100 Rod Regnolex Bw “4 600 Moy de France 5% 5%} 10 Singer Mtg. 10 fo | 0 Submarine Boat he 1k! 000 Hweets Co. oe 1 8 1% | 800 UB Itigh Speed Tool. 30% 30 ay, f 1% 1% 1K] 1m 1% 1%] 1% 1% 1%] 1% 1% 1% 0 United Het Candy..9.., 1M) 18% 4 STANDAND OILS 10 Prairie PL 1s iss 195 08 Ol of Cal oc... BO 30308 INDEPENDENT OU 100 Alten O11 y 2 7700 "Allied O11 7 1:00 Arkansas 3) ee 40 Big Mean Pe th 2800 Boone O11 + 3M 5600 Bostén Wyoming we... % i 500 Carib. Synd a) 20 200 Cithes Service “B" etfs... 35% 35% | BO) Comten & Co 0% rom) {soo Cushing Pete 1 1 1 210 Dominion. Olt 1% 10% 10% 400 KIk Basin Pet. A ae | | 5000 Federal On % 4% aK] 100 Gilitiand Ou a, eS he 4500 Glenrock OM 1% 1% 1%] 100 Granada 8% 9% 9K) 10) Home 01 ™% 3% 2K) 1900 6 6 63 1000 % of 4 30 aa% 33s | 2000 a ar a 1000 % 1% 1% 1100) Livingston 1 % %! 400 Lone Star Gas wo 26% 26%] 200 Merritt iL MWK MM Mex Pan . BH 13% 200 Morten Veto . See | 10 No Am O11 3% 3%! 100 Ohio Fuel 3 | 1.0 Okla Nat G % HM 34% 900 Phillips Pete 5 MM 300 Pittsburgh OU. MM 1% 11% | 1500 Pfoducer & Nefiners Hh % MH] 200 Red Rock OU . % -%* %! 200 Royal Dutch rts wok Se 1000 Ryan Olt... % 3% 3% 2400 Salt Creek Prod . Mo Bm a8 100 Sapulpa Met .. 1% 4% 4K 290 Sequoyah Ol * * * 100 Shel TT rts an He 8 2000 Simins Pet. MK MK 1% 1200 Skelly Oil + 10 9% 20 300 Spencer Pet . +2 20 30 400 Stanton oir . + 2% 2% 02% 100 Steiner Oi, th 100 Texas Ranger . set lee cet 2000 Texas Pagific Coal .... 47 42% 44 11000 Texas Pacific Coal ris. 12 10% 11 WILL TELL MORE ABOUT BOND THEFT Armstrong Will Reveal How He| Disposed of $100,000 Worth | American Walnut Suite—Colonial Period conasisti DRESSE!| I FFONIE, Toit T TABIE. and BEDY ast ilusteated. $| 75” of Securities. Richard Armstrong, confessed head BANKING AND FINANCIAL. ——— ee The Stoneham [| \ WEEKLY MARKET LETTERS issued every Friday since 1908, N covers the active ues of the OCT a N No one interested in the market, Neither as an investor or specula-N tor, should fail to place his name Non our mailing list, to receive a) N copy of this fall-ot-value publi- INERAL DIRECTORS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS, Al Broad | Setoct. 3 New York Deira Awe ay NO PROMOTIONS maritore Phliade N ESTABLISHED eed The Small Funeral By DR. BERTHOLD A. BAER “We thought you were too busy to personally attend : to such a Pat titaeal ” a man was haerd to say to Mr. Liberty Bonds Frank E. Campbell, founder of ‘The Funeral Church, Bought and Sold for Cash Broadway at 66th Street. at Stock Exchange Prices and interest “Tf you want a thing well done, call on the busy man;. the other kind has no time,” wrote Elbert Hubbard. busy man knows how to do a thing well, He is surrounded with men and women who out not pay his instructions but his intentions, for they are to do things and to think for themselves. There is no funeral too small, none too pretentious 4 Pine Bt, N.Y, Call: or send in registered mail, PURDY & —_—_aeEEeEEE HELP WANT MALE. } wo ealeunen mE reRar eer nat er ice et tor ambitious fore theft day, ing war. tion, Mam new conv! but that it has the | attention of Mr. Campbell. —¥ DUS Gy prosperity. Aah for “Campbell Service” applies to all, a service of effic | tame Sista 16 @ F'ettady, ciency, beauty, consolation and of fond memories. eh espace RE URE HONHORST.-ALICR § OAMPBELL FU- NWRAL OUURGH, Sunday, a PF. M. Herbert prepare preme Court versed the conviction of a band of thieving Wall Street mes- senger boys, the alleged Nicky Arnatein-Nick Cohen conspiracy, sent word to Assistant Dis- trict Attorney Dooling to-day through his lawyer, acting Samuel ready to tell posed of $100,000 worth of securities. Lebowitz said sixty shares of Stutz’ Motors were included in the lot, and that they had been sold to two men es | rominent in Wall Gtreet cor heen mentioned in investigations, em when under heavy pressure the Stutz corner, Leiter neere ITALY-AMERICA DAY FETE, 1 Exerct) Governors of eighteen States, includ- ing New York, have proclaimed Mon- Italy-America Day, a legal holiday. The centre of the cele- bration in New York Will be at the Hippodrome Sunday night, with a meet- May 24, conducted by Soctety, of which Charles B. Hughes ts President, Monday will anniversary of Italy's entrance into the Another state America Society was issued by Wil- Howard Taft. The school children are to have a part in the celebration, O'Shea, Acting The Appellate Division of the Su- in Brooklyn trial to Mt feted of Mrs, 20 ye Hoover yesterday {, | statement in praise of the Italian na- Superintendent Schools, has requested al! princip: appropriate Monday in which the children will be reminded that America wi by an Itallan, and the advance of clvill: ansiaughter on @ chargé of killing Gamuel Silvenberg on 7/1919, to from 10 to ‘The killing is alleged to to @ dispute over w lease, independently of Lebowitz, that he how he had dis- any of the bond who had thought in nem Monday, the Italy-America be the fifth ed a ment to the Itely- Dr. William J. of to programmes for discovered 's share in to-day re- and granted a Rebecca Wansker, imprixonment, | 1000 Kureka Croesus { ss00 1920. Shares 1 §P Tropical OW 180 United Ta OU... 2000 Ol) new 50 Vulean OM .... 8100 Alas-Br Cot A 1000 Am Tin & Tungsten +100 Atlanta . +1509 Beleher Divide ‘al Melcher Dived at 1100 Big Ledge. *10. 0 Mooth #4000 Toston & Mont #9700 Caled Min. 3100 Candelaria M 800 Crement MoNamara “11700 Divide Ext. 200 K) Malvedor «+ 3100 Kureka Holly 400 49 Mining “4°00 Gold Cons *1500 Gold Devel *1000 Gold Kewana #1500 Gold” Merger. 0 Gold Silver Pick ... 31800 Gold Zone . (0 Meola Mining 100 “100 "1000 8700 2006 100 +2500 100 4100 "500 200 2500 1000 00 1000) 1200 5400 1000 1190 100 § Silver Lead. 1200 *Suceess Mining. 409 Tonopah Telmont. 1000 “Tonopah Cash Boy. 13000 Tono Divide Tonopah Faxteusion... Jumbo Knox Divide Loutslana Co MoNamara Magma Cop Marsh Min Motheriode * Mother Lode new Murray Mogridge Nipiasing ‘North Star. Ophir Silver. Prioe Con. tex Coms.....+ ‘Rochester Mines Roper Group “Ban ‘Top... 18 1000 100 15500 1000 1500 “Tonopah 100 United Kasten. 4800 *Vietory 909 West End ¢.. 7500 *White Caps. 1000 *Wriite Caps Extension. 1000 *Yerrington BON! 21009 Allied Packer Ga... 1000 Am Tel 6s 22 1000 Anglo Amer Ol! 7%: 1000 Belgium Gov 6s 25. 1000 Chic Un 6s. 10000 Inter RT 7s... 3000 Sinclair Oil TM: 3000 Texas Co Ts. 11000 Western Elertric Silver King of Arizona... *Tonopat. Montana Resque Kula... 17000 Atlantic Coast Line Ts., MINING. High. Low. Last. 19 1818 ot, be pa ae % 3% AN % 8 TODAY'S PRICES *LisperTy BONDs. Liberty Bonds 31-25 at 11 A. M. 91.10 up .30; Ist 49 83.20 up .2' is 81.70 up .20; Ist 41-45 84.60; 2d 41-48 83.60 up 1.60; 8d 41-48 87 up .30; 4th 4 1-48 84.30 up 1.60; Victory 3 3-49 95.40 up 46; 4 8 95.60 up .64. FOREIGN EXCHANGE STPADY. Demand sterling opened 3.818-4, up 1-2¢.; frane checks 18.77, up 15 cen- times; lire checks 19.37, up 253 Bel- gian cables 13.15, up 25; Swiss cables 5.66, marks, demand, .0235c, cables 0237¢, peseta cables .1670c, Stockholm cables 21c, U. 8. dollars on Canadian demand .8960c, Argentine pess, de- mand, 1.089, cables 1,036, sterling, de- mand, 8818-4, cables 3.82 1-2, francs, demand, 13.77, cables 13.75, lire, de- mand 19.87, cables 19.85, guilders, de- mand, 36 3-8, cables 36 1-2. BREAK IN COTTON. .NOW BON in Petition for an ice wagon to be city within two years was brought out divorce tried before to-day. Troy, N. Y¥. the stand, said that wee] “I am sorry, Mad grant your request, your complaint — thi on an ice-wagon, ich, r “But, that was tw Honor!” Mrs. Johns not work on an fce cision was reserve May cotton broke 895 points, or nearly $20 a bale, in the early after- noon when a spot house, prominent in the recent bidding up of this option, offered a few nundted bales for sale, It reouperated a few points, however, and ‘at 1 o'clock stood 38.81, off 365. New crop months held steady and dull, being off 27 to 34 points, July was 38.05, off 70; October, 35.05, aris fo December, 33.97, off 70, DIVIDENDS. ‘The Chandler Motor Company de- clared a dividend of $2.50 per share, payable July 1, to stock of record, June 15. Dividend is applicable to entire 280,000 shares, which will be- come outstanding as result of redent declaration of 331-3 per cent. stock dividend. The St. Josaph Lead Company de- clared an extra dividend of 25 cents a share and the regular quarterly divi- dend of 25 cents a share payable June 21 to stock of record, June 9, This is same as three months ago. EARNINGS, Western Maryland Railway—First week in May, $284,274; decrease, $5,530. From Jan. 1, $5,777,099; in- crease, $1,109,275. va EES Hyman Ressler leted as Sugar Profite ‘The Federal Grand Jury to-day hand- ed in to Judge A. N, ‘Hand an indict- ment found against Hyman Ressler, a wholesale and retail grocer of No. 71% Mulberry Street, charging him on eight with profiteering in the sale Ptr Pindicement all Passyt b 4.40 and $16.40 per hundred pou: sin g20°008to $28.00, 1” Johnson to Use Air- plane. WBESTHRVILLE, O., May 21.—Will- fam EB. (“Pussyfoot) Johnson will make @ part of his Western itinerary speak- ing under the auspices of the Anti- have occurred, Relea Leet NL AIRNED Accunned by Wite Statement of Stabbing Her. Chief of Police Will ‘hhurst, L, L, and a posse of citizens to- day surrounded the Cedarhuret and Long Beach in a seargh for the Rev, Edward Simpson, deacon of the Colored Baptist Church in Cedar- hurst, who, according to her late last nit, his wife, Sivia, with Mrs, Si pital, her lungs ple covered with outs, be dying. Simpson, cording ‘to his Ww! Both of Jerome Cedarhuri and the deacon uc —— ; - JAMAICA RESULTS. FIRST RACE—For fillles, two-year- olds; claiming; purse, $800; five fur- longs; Hope Princess, 109; "Buxton, 2 to 5,'out and out won; Segurola, 98; ‘SchWarts, 15 to 1, 3 to 1 and out sec- ond; Mary Erb, Ponce, 10 to 1, 2 to 1 and out, third. Time’ 103. Dream Crepe also ran. = 108; Bi Archer, 1 Diuraior 112: Heception Hearoblignt fird, the (2; Kastern, 40 11g; Paddy, Doss, iat, of that | Ranat ft Meat | tle, Te Rapid Rise of This Man Revealed Alimony. That it is possible for @ helper on salesman of bonds and stocks in this| in testimony in an action for absolute alimony for support of and'her eight-year-old son. @ bond broker in Wal POSSE OUT FOR FUGITIVE. impson is at St. Joseph's Ton. {te going out with another man, were employed in tthe household - eae JAMAICA ENTRIES. E—Vor, three. Douglas Fairbanks, | 108; lihberty Gilet, ° 11 arc 14; View Obaimman,” 1 vent, 100, JOND' RACK—-For Lig alle (0; Comin, Glow, 1085 xl Wooden Shows, 112) Major ive: forkonan mee coher eerie 2. eam Ormonds. 1° xb: one 3 S wate: toa! Partin, 1d D BROKER $20 a Week come a successful Justice Giégerich Mrs. Jennie Johnson, plaintiff, who| half chewed cigar tilted between his was married to Edward 8. Johnson in| teeth. A white rag was bound round Sept. 3, 1903, recalled to| his head, through which a few drops jof blood’ had oozed, leaving a dark she wanted $20 a hy lam, that | co i as you state in at your husband earns only $18 a week as the helper| motion sald Justice Giege- 0 years ago, Your jon sald, “f “He does wagon now. Street.” Ante-Mortem liam Ryan of Cedar- woods between anti-mor- night slashed @_ carving knife. reed and ‘her ‘body She ts believed to who Is jealous, ac- accused her of ome, ‘the wife as o ‘Washington three-year-olds and up- i sixteonth,- “Ar. 5 Aba 5 O' Mino, ir Oh) Tew 1; 0: Aan Be i. the Colo- refi, Hoots, 112 Sy Swectica ‘okin and "t Miaater. "16 ? 2 Muwity Witehot ont 1 ‘Cromwell five fur nN Kin 108: 1 learned the purpose. | cracked dome, | aside, so that I should have my back nm | posite ook | do what I say, if you know what is ‘| but felt prepared for any emergency |The Mystery ‘st. Silver Dagge By RANDALL PARRISH (Covpright, 1920, by SYNOPSIS OF PREC! ie ‘int leader of the conspirators, had worn, , meets the Hotel. MeAlpin, and levee Wendeerous, "and there thoy meet We CHAPTER XVII. heart was beating like a trip-hammer as I took down the receiver, Who.could be calling me at this hour? Who except she alone in this city knew my name and hotel? “Hullo!” “This you, Daly?" hastily, instantly aware of who was'on the other end of the wire, yet feeling it best.to dissemble until YY “Who is speaking?” ® “The fellow you biffed with a bot- tle to-night. No, I ain't got no hard feelings. What's the use? It was a fair fight enough, Besides, I got something else to think about than a Say, [got some dope on how that job was did, an' maybe (eas tell you something else of in- eat.”” hat do you mean?” fot to talk with you privately ‘hat’s what. It's a matter for the girl as well as yerself. I'm playing square 4s long ag you do the right thing, but I know who the dame ig, an’ am liabl to squeal if I get a raw deal; that putting it straight, Harry.” “You know who she Is, you say?” "Sure I do. Old Pierre, over at Perond’s, told me. He never forgets 4 face, or #name, that old duffer, He knew yau the minute you blew in, and he knew her too; she'd been there before, slummin; He got to asking me questions; so I ‘pumped him “What's become of your partner?” “Who's that—Waldron? He ain't fo partner of mine. Say, you must have: handed that guy some jolt. t I saw of him he was laid out On a bench jn Perond’s back room breathing 1 a stuck pig, dead to the world. I'm at Costigan’s. Will you come over here?” “To-night?” “Sure, if we pull off wha: lined up, the sopner.th tt meet you half way.” “Oh, I'm on the square,‘old man, and I’ve got some good dope,” he in- sisted. “I'll blow it when you show up. The neigiborhood into which I was venturing Induced me to take a taxi, and within ten minutes I was de- posited at the door of the saloon. Costigan was behind the bar, but at sight of me rounded the end and shook hands cordially, removing his apron and slipping into a coat, in token that he ad changed his occu- pation. | He pushed a passage through the crowd, his breadth of body affording me ample room in which to follow without being obstructed, and opened the closed door with a pass-key. To a wave of his big hand I passed con- fidently past him, and entered. The next instant he had pressed me for- ward, came in also, and closed the door, The sharp click of the lock sounded like the report of a pistol. One startled glance at the interior told me I was trapped, and the swift nstinct of defense led me,to step to the wall, Harris sat in the swivel chair, with feet elevated on the desk, sardonically grinning at me over a Leaning against the wall op- was Waldron, one eye half stain. closed and his lip split, giving his face a look of savag& brutality, pik dered peculiarly sinister by a grim effort to smile. Costigan remained yniess ,with po oe ame loor, as’ though thus barrin = {bility of escape. I had walked into their trap and the jaws had clused, For a minute the silence was in- tense, ominous, I could hear the faint click of glasses without, a muf- fled hum of voice and the shuffling of feet, but within it scarcely seemed that any one of us breathed. The igrin on Harris's face maddened me. “Well,” I said coldly, “it was a was it?) What is the idea?” He laughed, without changing his le. ' atin happens to be our turn to play, Daly,” he returned, apparently well satisfied with his haere] must say you ar Poy Toke! you swallowed book, a all.” sntywen "you have nothing to tell a 8! 3, I have; I've got a io 38 tell you. But first of all you are go- ing Yo tell me a few things. Push back your right sleeve to the elbow, shirt and all i pi “what's tha: : Raver you mind what it’s for; you me “Oh, ye: st for yourself.’ ber looked at the faces of the otbers, but they were hard as flint. My hesl- tancy caused ware to lower his feet , angrily. ng Sit Ub Mat sere, you, or rm have ‘Waldron 0 Xt f r you. We've you foul, you foo! Bet YoWvaldron. toucheg me,” I said firmly, “he'll have the, surprise of his life, and that goes for all of you. may have been.a fool for ever ectni here, but I am no kid to be made a monkey of. There is going to be some fracas if you start anything rough, However I'll oblige you now, I stripped back my sleeve, exposing my right forearm, yet never removing my eyes from their faces, What their purpose might be I could not guess, of action. Harris and Costigan bent forward, intent on the operation, but Waldron never shifted his position. Harris slapped a hand on the desk, ‘land gave utterance to an oath. “By God, Dan, we're right! bird’s not Dal 4 “Not in a thousand years he ain't. He's sure a dead-ringer, though. Well, maybe the guy will talk now we got his number. This ifornia Handi and up) mix fu Lion 1 aan Ms c Rileagm 113; Pastoral ere a ‘and. Bewin, | Harris straightened tp, the same Intrigue, Plot, Conspiracy and Love DING CHA ‘daneer Semler Mins cag ‘ hateful than ever, but he waited ant deliberately lit his stump of a cigar you, haven't we? to think the ‘third degree’ is only angels’ ever get out of our hands. herd Severn, I ain't got any direct. that'll put you in the chair at Sing Sing but after I Tlevery bit of that interi Randall Parrish. ’ PTERS. fence and “What then?” he echoed finally “Well, in the first. place, Say, you chorus after we get busy You'll squeal, \elleve me, before yor ee that’s true enough, but, unlest the two of you cough up liberal, I'l turn something over to the police o this town what will give you @ te in the jug, as accessory, and fix thal fly dame of yours for all time.” ou are bluffing; you have no such proof.” “Oh, haven't I? Look here, you do you know where I got that?” He whipped something from out thd concealment of an inner coat po and flung it fully revealed onto desk—an ornamental dagger, glitt ing in the light, which I recognized. He read the my face, “Bver see that baby weapon fore?" “Yes,” and I felt a sudden refiet the discovery. “You slashed open mJ. valise and found It. * “Exactly; that’s what I did,” evi+ dently proud of himself, “I cut eye-teeth a long while ago. I did cotton to all your story out there that factory. Of course at that tim I thought you was Daly, all right eard of Alva's nrurder got it into my nut that maybe yo was double-crossing me. That's set me to look through your bags: It was an easy enough trick. I ju hung around until you went out an then marched up and asked for key. You'd given me the room ber, you know; but I had to slasti the grip to get into it. Just as as I got eyes on this pretty pla; ‘Alva out of business—an’ I knew I knew I'd got the sticker that ‘Oh, bell! do you think I ain't gol any eyes? That skirt wore it in het hat when sHe and Alva went out tod gether. : ft “Oh, did she? ‘This same pin, wad it? Say, Harris, I wish I could be af bright as you think you are. And did you happen to observe also thal the lady's hat was’ held in place by exactly the same pin to-night whet she was in Perond's? Well, it wast now how could it be in your and in her hat at the same time?” I had tried to keep my eyes on tht three of them, but his movemen} caused me to step back closer agains} the wall. I feared the Jew least; hé had neither spoken nor moved since our entrance, and I felt he had ne stomach for any further fighting. Yet I judges wrong. Suddenly with one quick dash forward he gripped my wrist as I reached back for @ re- volver, and flung his burly framé against me with such force ag t¢ have thrown me headlong but for the support of the wall. Before I could wrench myself free the others closed ia desperately, content to use thel ands, unwilling, ‘hapé, to any alarm with fire-arme nae unequal ‘fight, yet fast and furiou Costigan went for the throat, at’ tempting to strangle me with hi huge hands, while Harris pummeled me viciously with his fists, shoutl: out orders tp the others, All before me was blood- which swam thelr faces and straight for them like a wild bel Then, suddenly, trom behind, a pill descended on my head. crushing to the floor. I went stumbling doy as though struck with a pole-ax, lay motionless. For the instant 9 must have retained a measure ot consciousness. I knew where I was: I even attempted vainly to regain use of my limbs, and I heard swear In disgust. id you hit him jit Sat at the ter) di for, you idiot!” he yel; don't want to kill the ry to wt more to us alive, Here you, Waldrom lift up his head!» és Then all knowledge left went out into the dar » CHAPTER XIx. MUST have remained unco: for an hour or more, x never really knew how long, for my , Watch had disappeared, yet it was still night when I again paing fully opened my eyes and endeavored, t0 perceive my surroundings, ) My head reeled dizzily and was ine) tensely sore to the touch, yet the seemed to clear as I became readily respopding to the sense sight. I was resting on the floor of bare room of ordinary size, containin, no vestige of furniture, What ap, peared to be a bedspread, originally white, had been thrown over me, my head reposed on an old coat, up, for a pillow. The place was cold with that indescribable ¢hill to unused apartments, and trou one window, which was unshaded by a curtain, poured the direct light of an almost full moon. In this eilvery light jor stood rex vealed in its hideous bareness, the roughly finished walls, with patches of plaster scaled off, the dirty floor the single door and window, the ragy amid which I rested, It was a hope- less scene. The door was locked and_there no exit that way. And the time in which to act was short. The fellows might already have her in thelr power, and, if I waited until dayl /to attempt action, the danger of dis- covery would only be increased, Darkness, and the lateness of the hour, alone gave the slightest oppor- fil tunity; if I escaped at all. it. must be accomplished before my jailers re- turned, before they dreamed that had aroused from unconsciousness, { had strength enough to make the | tempt, Yet what possible way sug. gested itself? I felt in my pocket hateful grin still exposing his teeth. ‘We've got your number this time son,” he announced. “Farry Daly has a tattooed anchor on bis right aim, 1 an’t know it, but Dan did." Sarris’ grin was more malicjous and § eee = they were utterly empty, except for 1] @ single overlooked bill. Th of egress other than the nd that seemed hopeless, Exciting Chaps