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stocks should read the official 40-page book “America’s firmness become more Steck Market” ‘We will give a copy without obligation — and, suppl nes among the short inte But is was evident that . per prices were again m und the metal for delive: now unobtainable at less t cents a pound Davison Che jon, but this did other chemical shares. Chemical rose 7 points. covered carly better tone was and oils. a as , | —ee | Increased outside buying, came in evidence shortly the session progressed. further encouragement to Inous Players rose mot Ietroleum 43-4, Otis Elev. above refers to one of the high- prade securities listed on the New Stock Exchange, - Margin Accounts Invited Liberal Terms Extended Telephone, write or call for » BECK & COMPANY ‘we. STOCKS AND BONDS. Ove wall tor 4, All American Linseod 2 | 2 TO 3. ee out the list in the final which carried pri W Bt. ‘Phone Rector 28: ‘New York. Sinclair Cons. Boston-Wyoming Internat’! Pet. Simms Pet. Write fer Z-9 i. L. WINKELMAN & CO. 62 BROAD STREET, NEW YORK Telephone Broad 6470 Branch Offices in Leading Citieg Direct Wires to Various Markets A Plan and vided. A list of the securities, entitled to participate in the Holders of Preferred Stock and Common Stock end Agreement. J. & W. Seligman & Co. 54 Wall Street, New York pronounced throughout the list during the noon hour. ‘The ease with which pools] staldwin Loco vw Second Largest working in specialties marked up| talt & nie thelr favorites caused much uneasi- | Halt & Ohio p strength was not due alone to pool operations or short covering. preferred and common shares, the ear!y months of the new year is cal has « sharp reac- ot check the rise losacs, and own by turn of the noon hour continued as] Ohle RT & than three points, American Iee¢ 21-4, Mexican Gult States Stecl[Ou © No ny ical 43-8, Nova Seria St pints, There was a rush of buying through- | Columbia Graph BANKING AND FINANCIAL. " Cosden & Co. Gilliland Oil What the full import of the recent 190 ‘@ advances in crude oil prices signifies to the above-named big In¢ependent producers is graphi- cally demonstrated in our special review now ready for distribution. Reorganization of ditions of such participation may be obtained from the Reorganiza nai iN eee cee i Atohisoa Ry pl... +, Atl Cost Line... AU Gulf & WI... Atl Gulf & WI pt Atlantic Fruit..... Haldwin Lovo, rest, Batopie Mining . | 1 increasing 2 Heth Steet Heth Steel B...., Tooth Fisheries... Brkisn Ray Te cuts ‘oad borids, | Canadian Pac. industrial | Bk Union Cop- | Brown Shoe Fy AUPE ite & Bunetioe Mutterick Co Caddo Cent if Packing wit Petroicum Cazumet & Av izona Comteal Leather... Cont Leather pl... Cerro do Pasco Chandler Motors Ohes & Ohio Chic & Alton Ty CMe PRR, which be-|C M & st P nt.. after tie] Che Pneumat Tool co. This lent{O RI & 16 pc pools, Fa-[C RT & PT vf Chi Gt Wet. Obi Gt Went pt. ‘The was strong investment buying in the bond list, particularly railr and in the petter class of han 133-4 ou. Mathison Steels re- a much motors led Chem- el 3, and Chile Copper Ohino Copper Cl Cin Cht & StL Cluett_& Peabody Covon-Cola é Cot & South... Col Gas & Elec. half hovr|com» Tay & Rec. Pp to new] Coosol Gas... SSH | Consol Textile . Inter-Cal Min Com prodacts . Crucihie Steet 0 Sug pt. Amer Sugar 1 | ities, Liem bask, Cbs Ady Rumely 11% us Adv Rusmely 4 Sl Ajax Rulsver 10% WM + M4 § ‘i | ered ing revenues were | Masha soll ' , 110 TO li. ) cer into substantial net) Matha Juneau ate | eins, and nec for the month was | Vis hhaimem though private advices from Wash- | Hiker than for September: Much | {tee 4 ta | of the say shown by the raiis| Sor Aer Ober rt C qi these statements Union | Sm Beer sume - friction has arisen in the secret | % Bessions of the Limitation of Arma- was one of the stocks mak~ ment conference, ihe stock market new high for the year . i: this morning refused to be dis-| Gs Stocks made a better showing | art turbed by such reports and, tuo, the any other group. Both Con- : Various foreign cxchan: rates} Solidated Gas and People's Gas were ; were practically unchanged able to touch “iew highs for the year, |Am Cetin 0 a it little trading was carried on in iswues 1s Jarsely hf hae Wee & death 11% : eat Stocks was mostly professional, nature and is based | 4 Still, the trend, if it may be euid| on easier money conditions and the |4™ us &L + one existed, was upward. gradually improving prospects of | 4™ ae A ite @ large number of specialt all public ufility companies. Steel ed “dps Bane two er three railroad shares| stocks, motors, olls and tobucoos | Am | International, able to register new high} showed little change. aa tis oll 8 for the year. oe aa a from the Limitation of Arma- i TO 12. Ate Cheek | ment Conference there was little . 3 ‘Am Gifety Ras0r Baws of iniportance. The Jong- Rrra Am Shin & Com. { awa! road returns for Octo-| Specialties continued tv command] yi, gu ‘i er began to make their appearance | most. interest. during the second | A™ Suet & Te: and were fully up to expectations) hour. American Ice and Davison | qi gicet jury... in that in nearly every instance de-/ (Chemical joined those stock (mn sogar — = touching new highs tor the year.| (rn Sigr yl... NKING AND FINANCIAL, | Chemical shares closely rivalled gas | qn) cmatra Tod. stocks in point wf strength. Ania & Tel, = | Rails continued firm, but miscellanc- | Vi, tay... ous industrials anti ceils continucd | me, yf new | to Muctuate according to the whims] qin 4 e man one sionals and showed Htte! Ain | change either way 4 * | Call money renewed at 5 per cent. 1 Wool pf * h with funds repayoble in 30 and 60 Writ WhO wants fi 3 Cree eA] se ere samo, figure. Demand sterling At} Ae zine of. oe | $3.995-8 showed, a tractional ad-| \naconda ......, to be posted on dividend French’ ftanes were off. 6| amas daiiastion, records, earnings, and Cotton clined $1 a Dbal®,| Awo Bry Goode. . evidences of many ares ae ranging from one to well three points close of Wednesday Buying was particu in the rails. & Southern rose points, and many dividend payers rose trom two points, This shared in by stock issues. The leading industrials rivalled the rails ond in specialties in which pools work there were advances spectacular, compared with highs tor the day and for advances beyona the dirty aggressiy¢ Union Pacific touched a new high for the year on a rise of more than two points. Colorady more than four of the standard one to strength was railroad preferrds closeiy several are at on the BANKING AND FINANCIAL. Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company dazernent dated November 1, 1921, for the Reorganization of Missouri sas & Texas Railway Company has been under which the undersigned will act as Reorganization pared, agers. Holders of bonds or notes of Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company and of subsidiary companies, of the classes which are dealt with in the Plan of Reorganization or Certificates of Deposit therefor may become parties to the Plan and Agreement in the manner and to the extent therein pro- benefit of the Plan and the method and con- n Managers. of of Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Com- pany, may participate under said Plan and Agreement of Reorganization by depositing their stock with Equitable Trust Company of New York, the Depositary for that purpose, at its off Street, New York, and making at the time of such deposit the initial payments required by said Plan ice, No. 87 Wall Deposits of bonds, notes and stock must be made on or before January 7, 1922. Copies of the Plan and Agreement may be obtained from the undersigned Hallgarten & Co. 5 Nassau Street, New York Reorganization Managers [Inter High. Low, baat Crom 1% Bie Bm — 2 ‘ ¥ Hudson. 10 107% 100 ti | 280 Acme con Dol Lack & We 2% 10% At © Aina! Leather rg | 100 Am Welt Pape 100 Bradley # P Nett C0 Husne Theos "1" ut 24 | 00 Cal Oh Prue He 4] 300 Car Cane Freep ‘Texas | 200 Carls: Tire jen) Anpbalt 1 | F000 Cris & Rast jGa Wi « Wie ty 0 Chie & Hast |fieverslChaue 4s 1 “4m Cotumbin Emer clevtrie, 00 Curtiss Aero neral Motor SCI Ceuerf Motor pt t | laud 8 General Motor 6 pc tab Gad aiden 0s Intee Harvester lotor ltnter taper 200 Southern Coal inter Mer Marine, 100 Standart Motor Inter Mer Mar uf, 200 Sweets Co Inter Nickel $000 U 8 Stetam , Invincible Oi; 100 Un Cig of Can 1400 Copper fates Oil. | 1800 up| 100 500 1300 100 Livingston Pete lgons Pete . Montana Power Mullins Body + Heb tette Pacific Der Carp, 1500 Texon 0 & L. Pacific Gas + ‘41 100 Tidal Osage . Ns OM ss 0 We 500 Tuckenay Out Pacific Tel & Tel 38 ip rie 5500 Unje Tex OM Pan-Amer Petroleum | 1000 Copper 1 600 *Cortez Silver «] 2600 Cresson Gold * 1] 3700 *Divide Bx “1159000 *Eureka Croesus 7] 2000 ‘Goldfield Fiore “ Pittaburgh Coal... Vite & West Va. Pond Creek Coal. Wressed Steel Car. Pullman Company. . Punta Aleg Sugar. . Pure Oil ...... 3009 *Gold State; 800 *Gold 2 Rail Steel ‘Springs, mm 16630 Hardshell. Ray Copper 2000 *Harmill D Reading .... . 1% 100 He Mining Reading 24 pf... Homington Type. Roplogie Steel .... 1% Kop Tron & Stcel 1 Submarine Boat Rep Iron & 3 of. ‘1 | Superior O11 emrblic Mtor SI] si Steel. wae Superior Steel Rae oe ou “| Tenn Cop & Chm Ne isd . + 4 ‘Texas Companys. : irate : Texas & Pacific... Liste § Pren ‘Tex & Pac Coal, StL & San F pf,. ‘Third Avenue StL & Southwest To Product i at L & South pf , ‘Trans Oil : fame Motces ‘Dwin City Rapid poe At Ye | Underwood Type Ste. He f, 4 U ae ee ae Seneca . ” ‘ioe : ; + % | Union Pacific 1 Shell T & La ta] Union Pacific + ‘| United Alloy . als, + 4] United Drug Souther Pacific ., + 1%] Chited Drug Southern Ry ....., 10 + %4[ United Fruit ..... Southera Ry pf... 40% 40 + %| United Food Prod... *Stand Ol of NJ, 17: 100% + Wy] Un Ry Inv Co... Stan Oof NJ mh dit 11% 11165 Un Ry Inv Co of. Stromberg 30% 80% 80% Un Retail Store Su er Ti TH + “IUS CI Pipe... Studebaker pi 13 105108 + 11 BOL Pipe ot. U 3 Ind Alco... U 6 Realty & Imp, MEETINGS. U6 Malte soe US Rubber tat ¢ To the Stockholders of the Alaska| {) § Smelter Telephone and. Telogra; ; =p ROTORS MEI EY rary oa PAN eoting ot te ‘worn of the Nlagka “Tele: | US steel 0 fone and Telegraph Company, a Now Yt 3 Sop Borations will ge cheld- at tnelicvolock maoeean | Uta Copper Utah Securities Vanadium Steel Caro Chemical to Chen pf Viraudou Wabash as Wadash pf A. Wabash pf B Weber & Heil Wells Fargo . the Mth day of December, 121) AU the offies oF the comoration, No 113" Broadway, Horie oF Manhatten, York City, New York, for tie Purpose of considering. and uupoa the oro gaition ty aniend Section 0 or Article Vo the By,lae OF aid worporation to" red we folions: Section #. If the office of Di ector, Prenident Vico IPreaudeit, Novond Vice President, or Treas: | one OF tore, ecomen Facant by feast ‘signalon,” disqualification, of ouhermiae woffices’ are oreated, the Vote of {out at any remular oF epclal board meeting iS UCM OF BIE h ‘new offices. wig unexpired Cera at ati ‘ae by om it directors fall be Decewary Lo elect s ‘or jersons to. f Shalt hold office tor th Uieig siccemors are ol Nad the proposition Hae ig of eal Oy clame Wilowtie’ "No Miotice hall he required of the meu montis ‘meetings of the fount, Of She reruler ‘And. for the pusvose of trensacting much other West Pacific Corp. West Pac Com Western Union. Westingbouse, . Wheeling & L B. Wiel & LE of. White Oil..... Wiokwire Steal... ‘Willys-Overland, Willys-Overland pf... of. pattie “a ‘nay Drooerty come belore sald) meet: ro “hy, DER OF THE PRESIDENT, J. W. Avright, Secretary, led Nov, INDUSTRIALS 0 Am Prod Exp . Amer Tob coup. 700 1 J Mteynolds B'w ..... ‘& Iron. 30.0 U 8 Ship Corp Elk Basin Pet . Engineers Petrol .. Midvale Steel... 1H0 Fed OU Miu & St Louls, 14] $00 Gilliland O11 Mo Kan & Tex. 12 | 800 Gienrock O11 Mo Kan & Tex pf 500 Hudson Oil, Mo 1600 Imperial O11 Mo aoa | 800-Ant Petrol. Mont * | G0 Keystone Ranger. sonal Acme 1 Magna Ott 6. 123, 300 Maracaibo O11. 2% 3000 3 41% Ra sits 100 Mex Eagle vada Consol i 4200 Mextoo Oi. 300 Victoria @il new Be Amer Petzol ut 48% HY bhi all mee a Poon RB OM......., Penn Seaboa 43 | 12000 ol. ae Veoste's Gas Oe Pere Marque | as “Br Col Philada Com, | 8800 “Biz Ledge . i 12 | 16600 *Bost_& font we 12 | 500 *Boston Ely It seems not Pierce Arrow 141 5000 scatumet & Jerome, Cpe Pierce it 1's] 200 ons Cop M. +. present time High, Low, Last. 1% 10% 2 3 Army, “‘Prirouge iately sold a of Brokers by at a window. Laaaiter's mine, in Government ‘bonds, “What do you walk?” in silence, sharing | o'clock, | time. ‘medium If interest With Major Rivers, Pike sal y Crewe. Hives (nen the name of the fourth partner. CHAPTER IY. gone directly to his office, bre bad been d she anne | 200 Gien Alden Coat ....... ‘| (Continved.) Granby Mining... Pa 200 Goodyear Tire . {4 HAT’S your impression Gt Northern pf. i Tw oe uote of the lawyer fellow?” ¥ 13 M at or . ’ eenroon | 00 ecen aoe ee Rivers after a ' As r ae 800 Heyden Chem . ‘ " silence, Mec ee ak 40% + 4% | 800 Libby MoNell ... “I think he's strwight,” sald Pike. | Howton Oltssvsess, ome tM fa yt te itenle Motore a. His gaze wandered off,into space. Hun Motors....... 10% 10% 10% — | ‘Wont K aa ar el One of his “absent froin the body" Homeriae Min... 65 Wonaar mua” Spells, as Rivers called them, was ino Contra... UT tf 4 4) sae usa tater ‘ coming on. Suddenly he sat up with Tmeplration Cooper, % om +‘) 200 North Am Pulp Paper. a start. “I have a teeling that Boyd Inter Cons Com. J. 2 es i ae Ly is going to laf down on us,” he said. iia Osu Oo F » Morris “He " ; ne Cons Con pf, 5% | aa ia one in too deep,’ id Rivers. Corp pt. 40 i | 6 Seb On “I know, and yet I'm anxious.” Pike Products, 23 i. United Profits Jewel i vf Abe 4 % red a ne a Candy eye was this: “H. S. Boyd Falls Four- jones Te ‘ eC iiag ae, Te] 1000 west End ¢ teen Stories—Banker and Broker In- Kaneaa City 80 pt 150) Willys Corp 5" 45° | stantly Killed—Third Member of Firin Kelly. Springtield 300 Willys Corp ist pt ..... 11% 1 11 |to Take Death Plunge.” Peshecott Copper . 244 He STANDARD OILS. Pike read on: eystono ‘Tire .... 0% + 800 Anglo-Am Of . 18% “ i Rea in : 10 Rereka Pipe fa ‘At ten minutes to 4 this afternoon, Tackawanna Steel.. 42% uy 30 Galen. Signal. 45 H. S. Boyd, of the firm of Andrews, Lee Rubber & Tire 211) uty Ag 240 Imp Ol of Can. 95. Boyd & Hopkins, fell from the window ea ota By ee Teh | eed ECL Ci satis UE) of his office on the fourteenth floor of e M + N E LS, " 4 name Loft | In OK 2 | 8800 atten On, no the Seneca Building to the stree thor Bard a 4 200 Atlantic Pete % Death was instantaneous. ma Loco 3 23000 Boone Ol . 3 tion was immediately established by Sugar Boston Wyoming $3 r yd": a he Blerated cimslana : a Papers in Mr. Boyd's pockets and t Pita CHlisa Rey URN Gs) dee police notified the employees in Marlinaltockwell Cities. Serv ped, 5944 firm's offices. ae AT Works. Citles Serv old.... Me Ir. Boyd had arrived from Europe jay Dept Stores. Cosden & Co pfd, 4% a i e Mexican Petroleum. $006 Cashing. Pete 3 on the Spartic this morning and had to a bit of a Rivers suggested, sented and they went out. turned down Fifth Avenue and walked Suddenly Rivers dropped behind to buy a newspaper. The flaring head!ine that met Pil They Identific+ Since 3 in his private office occupied with business of the firm. and had seen no one since that About 3.45 o'clock Raymond L. Sibelius, a step-brother of the d of trickery An respect. (0 Bis. Tather's uD a nursed 1k With Mary Crewe, ‘sowed her id her Pike was In le with her. plained to Biko that a syndicate composed of himself, Andrews, Whose name he could not disclose without an interview first, had. bought a hal that the other party mad subscquently purchased the remainin Hosd invited Pike to dine with him the Before dinner Pike and Rivers meet at the as- tne ment. declaration of ond of the year wi At the last annu holders Pre s nce would be small. unlikely ¢ buying People’s Gas at in expectation di 1 meeting of ident Ansull asserted tha a dividend would not be ordered before the early part of 1922 and that the rate ‘The best estimate seems to be that when declared it will Wall St. Gossip Current strong buying of Colorado nnually, rthern. that of dend befor at will As far as known, there intimations to The method of reasoning Directors of the Burlington and pra kta el mare tag & Southern stock is based on expec- NY Central 3000 Obto Ranger. tations thut a dividend, probably New York Dosk , aoe eno the rate of 4 per cent, ea oe i etie be declared during the second week Norfolk & Western, 1° fed Rock of December. Northera Pacific... 10 Bran Cons have been no official 0 Salt Cree . pate ; 408 altos BH s-icccc, Hapadae Onpieum Circuit... , | $50 Simms Pet... ee Otis levator... ~ 1% | 100 Skeny om .. Met in a few days to act on the div- Otis Steal... 1400 Southern PR 5% idend, and in order to help the posi- Owens Bottling . : i. 1000 Spencer Pet tion ‘of the Great Northern Pacific it is said that Bur- lington will declare an extra disburse- Burlington controls the Col- orado & Southern, and as the lutt is earning at the rate of nearly $ share annually on its common stock. it is belleved that the Burlington will the Colorado & Southern clare a dividend so that the Burling- ton will be helped in meeting the ex- tra dividend it is expected to pay. de- people the the the be disappointed. stock 2500 190 Magma Cop 100 Mason Valley. R00 Moherlode ¢ Hig 1400 Pitts 1000 Rex Cons 1600 So\Am TP & 100 Tonopah Belmont 229 Tono Divide 199 Tonopah Min 109 United Verde. 309 Yukon Gold... FOREIGN 90000 Argentine 7s 110000 Rerlin 4s ie 8s. 5's. 000 Rio Gi ‘5000 Swiss 21 Allied Packer 2 Allied Packer 65.f Ey 13 Guilt ow (Heine Co Ta. 9 Humble On 74 20% 4 So oo 4M 48 & 1% 16% 16% 13% 18% 10% 5% Oo ” 2% 1009 "Tonopah “Rescue” Eul BONDS, ay 8 Cuban Tel Tips S BONDS 7 Anaconda Copper 6s < | ceived no answer and reported that "aesk chai THE WAX CYLINDER By DAVID GRAY The Story of a Fight for a Fortune and a Girl Cops rigat, 1921, by the Beli Syndicate, Ine, SYNOPSIS OF PRE CEDING CHAPTERS. COL J. B. Pike was Jobh Lassiter, who had sssumed thi & message concernin, just before bis death by accli for New York and met on shi ikers, Boyd received by wireless the news that ois pari ‘Another partner had been sim! ame of Pike to enlist 41 ming his father had bought and imme- nd telling Pike ti ‘war cylloder. oard Boye Pike in unstgned note 6 suggestion that she Kins and one. other, interest in Wiliam half interest. paying Promising to give im el, day they doc! ceased, called and asked to see M Boyd. The office boy knocked, but re- Mr. Boyd was engaged. This was pursuant to a standing order that when Mr. Boyd did not reply he wae to be reported ‘engaged.’ Sibelius waited till nearly 4 and then asked that his name be sent in. The telephone operator called Mr. boyd, but the call was not answered, and Wr. Sibelius was informed that Mr. Boyd had probubly left the office by the door opening into the corrid Mr. Stimson then opened Mr. Boyd's office und the room was found empty. A moment later u policeman entered and announced the accident. S!belius and the office manager went at once to the street and confirmed the identi- eation, It is supposed that Mr. Boyd had been opening the window and losing his balance, pitched out. No motive for suicide can be assigned, though it is believed that the recent death of 8, W. Andrews and the death two yea ago ot Thomas F. Hopkins, Mr. Boyd's two partners, both by falls from high windows, may have temporarily un- balanced his mind. Pike muttered, “the murder theory is established. Do you see where the wax cylinder comes 1? Yo,” said Rivers, “I don't. Do you realize Miss Crewe is at Boyd's house?" “Of course,” Pike answered absent- ly. “Get a taxi.” “At Boyd's house, Mary Crewe re- d Pike and Rivers, Mary.” said Pike abruptly, “do whether your uncle sent you no any wires telegrams from the ship?” “He sent one yesterday in code, she answered, “to a man named Daw- son. The address was the firms, An- drews, Boyd & Hopkin Pike nodded thoughtfiily. “Don't zo out. Don't see anyone except the servants unless Rivers is with you.” CHAPTER VY. HORTLY before seven, Like] entered the towering office-| building where Andrews, Boyd & Hopkins had conducted their | black mustache. business. One clevator was still run- ning. It bore him swiftly to the | fourteenth floor, sank again and dis- | appeared. He crossed the hall to a} lettered door and put his ear close to| the glass. From some inner room came the muffled ticking of a type- writer, halting and irregular. Pike knocked sharply. There was no re- sponse, but the ticking ceased. He knocked uguin, but within there was | no stir of life. He called sharply: “Is Mr. Daw- son there?” Shutfling steps pproached = the door, A querulous yoice led: “The office is closed, Who is it?” “Colonel Pike,” was the answer. “It is important that I see Mr. Dawson.” The door opened a crack and an old pian peered through. “Are you Colo- nc Pike?” “Lam; you are Mr. Dawson?” | door opened and Pike went in. | Mr. Dawson,” he said, “if possible, | h to see Mr. Boyd's private of- | The Iw fice. “You can see it,” the old man an- swered, and opened a door. Three leather-covered chairs set in a semi-| circle faced a flat-topped desk. Be-, hind this stood a swing chair, On the desk lay the, despatch case that had hung from the hook in Boyd's cabin. It was empty. Qn the wall space be- hind the desk chair hung a large en- graving. fothing has been done here, I sup- pose,” said Pike. ‘Nothing, except that on the right has been closed.” Pike se.ied himself in the swinging: and said: | “Mr, Dawson, you stood in rather a, confidenti:! relation to Mr. Boyd?” “That's true, i “Yesterday .Mr. Boyd sent you in- structions by wireless to have certain | apparatus installed. last night.” "Yes, si “The switch [ find under the desk. And here’— he rose and swung back the engraving from the wall, ‘is evi- dently the receiving mechanism. Does any one in the office know but you?” don't 6ee how they could,” Daw- son answered. “It was put in at night The receiver is under my desk in my private office. I keep It locked.” “Good,” said Pike. “Now, Dawson, do you know with who pected to use this a The old man shovk his head, “No, sir, he said if anything should happen to him I, was to deliver the records to Colonel Pike. ‘You can get his address from my niece, Miss | Crewe,’ he said.” “Suppose we see what you've got recorded,” Pike said. “I fancy you were typewriting them off when 1 Knocked. “here is only one, sir, only part of one,” the old man answered “One may be enough.” ‘hey passed out and entered a pa titioned-off space furnished wit desks and typewriters for four | stenographers. On a stand by one of the desks stood the office ghonograph with a cylinder upon it, a third of it scored with the lines of the record- ing needle. Pike listened to the record. “I'm sorry you used his name, but we won't discuss that now. There's one thing that I want to get straightened out right away.” It was Boyd speaking A grinding pause, then a sucond voice: “What's that? ‘About the money that we paid over, It seems tiat none of it was found in his éstate.” “You've got your voucher with his endorsement on it. [ told vou at the time that he bought a bievk of my bonds and endorsed your checks over to me. What he did with the bonds 1 “='t know, All that conce! we gave him the bonds. the window, | story? “No, it isn’ What's the matte: “A good deal's t got to face a show-down,” “Well, we'll have a show-down, I've got all the receipts.” wish you'd let me Lave them. will to-morrow.” went ‘em to-nignt.” “T can't go into this matter now told you when you telephoned me au asked me to come In. I've got an ay pointment uptown at haif-past four." “Did Lassiter say hing to you about where he was suing to keep nie securities? “[ don't think he did. don’t remember. Doves then! Anyway | ne boy know it was I who made the payments?’ “He doesn’t know anything abou! you, not yet; but I wish you'd get those receipts for me tu-night.” “I tell you it’s impossible to-nigh “You'll let me have them’ in the morning?” “Yes, indeed.” Pheve was a grind: ing pause. “Say, Harry, did you ever see anything like this?” i Another grinding pause. “Do you see the penrl light in it? Hold it this way. Now look.” No more words came. Boyd thrown the switch. Pike stopped the machine and too« out the ear-pieces. “Dawson,” he said 91 last, time was this record saade?” “It finished at twenty minutes to 4 sir, [ heard the buzzing of the ma- chine stop and I looked at my wate.” “And you have .no idea wao Mr Boyd's visitor was?” “No, sir. I migt 1 could make out Mr. Boyd's voice because I know it, but for the other"— he shook his head. Five minutes later, with -the type written transcript in his pocket, and carrying in his hand the cylinder .n its wool-lined box, Pike again was threading the desolate canon of Wall Street. A Madison Avenue street cai set Pike down at Boyd's street. He suddenly found himself in the path of a man. They looked at each other and the man passed on. Boyd's butler admitted Pike. “They're just finishing dinner,” he said. “Will you wait in the library?” Pike had hardly seated himself ve- fore Rivers came in. “Everything all right?” Pike asked. Rivers nodded. “Just before 7 Felt- ner called. Strong chap, mentally, physically, Tall, spare. rat-like eyes, eil turned out, “What ie had “what man about sixt: There was a Crewe came in. ‘Rivers has been telling me about stle of silk and Mary ‘Mr. Feltner's visit.” said Pike. “What do you make of him “[ should say he was upset. He said the news had upset him. He told us my uncle had been one of his best friends. He had known Mr. Andrews and Mr. Hopkins.” “He said it was very terrible,” said Rivers, “the three of them all goin: the same way, and yery strange, That was all.” : “Well.” said Pike, “some one was with Mr. Boyd as late as twenty min- utes to four, perhaps late; “How do you know?” asked Rive got the wax cylinder. It's a dic |taphone record.” Rivers looked “You mean that C ness has come off? Pike told of his visit to Dawson and gave them the typewritten tran- script of the record. They read it together under the reading lamp. “It proves this," said Pike, “that the unknown partner in the mine wa: hint incredulously o> Jes Street busi, 4 | with Boyd not more than ten minutes before he fell out of window, It is significant that up to the present he has not thought ft to make his visit known.” “He ma Mr. Sibelius, ave communicated with said the girl, “Haskins say's that Mr. Sibelius came while we were at dinne’ but that when he heard there was soine one with me he wouldn't stay. He said he'd phone later. “You've heard Feltner addressed Rivers. “Some uptown ho- tel must use one of these machines for dictation. Of course I could call Mr. Feltner, but the casiest talk,” Pike T ought to be able to recognize his ” said Rive! et's get a ti We'll be back then, and settle it said to the gir he “You won't see any one?" “No,” she answered, and smiled They had been gone an hour. Then Mary heard voices in the hall, The door opened and they both entered. We had a long chase,” said Pike taking the der out of the box | dropped it. We have the pieces. We' have, to get along without it. It’ pi “Why don't you go to Mr. Sibelius.” she said, “and tell him the whole any one knew about my uncle's affairs it would be apt to br he. You see, they grew up together: He's eccentric, but he's a very intelli- gent man. I know my uncle trusted him.” “How eccentric “He's a strange looking creature always wears blue goggles and a weird fringe of whfte beard.” “I met a man with a beard like that,” said Pike, “as I was coming in this evening, but he had no goggles.” “He was here just before you came,” she said. "I e say at night he doesn’t wear the gormies.” The telephone on the tnbie beside him rang shrilly. He picked up the instrument, “Yes, this is Mr. Boyd's house,” he said. “Yes, she's here. Who is this. please? Just a moment"— He turned to the girl. “Mr. Sibelius wants to Speak to you." The voice of Sibelius Was the voice on the record, She went to the instrument. “Yes. I'm sorry you didn't wait Major Rivers was with me.” “Ask him if he'll see me to-morrow morning,” Pike said. “Colonel Pike is here,” she went on. “Uncle Henry talked to him on board ship. He wants to know if he can see you to-morrow. Yes, that will do. Seg night, She hung up. “He'll see you to-morrow morning 4 s nine.” she said. BAY halteea Pike looked at his watch. “ i we ought to be goinm” hc wathiy Rivers. “Mary ought to turn in, asked Rivers. It was three o'clock the next morn- ing when Rivers waked with apie and noticed a thread of light under Pike's door. He got out of bed and made his way over the carpeted floor to the door. He drew the key out noiselessly and, —knecii +, , through the hole. Paste At the centre table Pike was si: upright, His eyes” were bandage His hands lay upon the iable as if he were playing chess, but only the box with pieces of the cylinder, stoo.i Ben the table jot Miss To-Morrow’s !nterestin, Instaiment, ated wo