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i __ + p -me nm” ms ras cHA1u,o'r'rs'rowN cosnnnin ms, 0, M.. mes

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'9,,,,-ggi. im. In th IM' Tift Still B“~¢-»¢sm»’i¢'s»svii¢.~

N the course of these narratives it has been often rg. muud that Valentine _8tone's unusual adventures “ms to him in unusual ways. Some minor incident he would, with seeming mystery, choose from a host of major ones, and from it would seem to come,

with the ease of some magic tree growing beneath the “ve of sn lndian’s hand, the thrilling adveatukes ,ith whpgli his name has come to be associated. In-

' deed this sixth sense, which seemed with such unenf- mg accuracy to sense the potentiality of the smallest ci,-wmference, seemed seldom to fail, and some pass- ing phase which would have passed by all men but the

mam, ,mg of his uncertain visits, during which the, ,p-i, prcsidential _business had been Joyfl-lily tl1l`“3§

"|50 iiiid the vice presidential mind and heart given that an-niigo mixture of observation, philosophy and, ms). pulmor with which in unprofessional inomeutq 3,, .tiivt-iiture lIunter‘s .conversation wus BD|<‘°¢- Ciogiiig iiiiic. indeed, only interrupted Valentine stones flow of soul, and at its juncture the two friends me, After a few instructions which Ohillingvrorth

found iweceggery to leave they slowly strolled throllt

the building toward the entrance.

Ii wiis at this juncture that Stone. always 0hS9¥""\ 1 looked about him. The great interior oi’-uhe bank IW' iiti-il that peculiar impression between feverish Pxisulrv and listlessness which is always |1PD11!""'f lm' gypdlntoly iiftcr the closing of the doors. The officials, iiei-ii to conclude the duties of the day, worked eagerly: me pil-f depositors that had arrived prior to the C105-» im, hy the floors, stood with the pence of their exact

m,,.,,,-.,,.“i upon them. waiting the ending of their. _ it ‘ -

“_ H S,,,nL»‘ii eyes roved about the great tiled and niixril =p-iccs of the place, the habit of his observation 5 _ _ . _

_ ,. » r slicht detail of the scene. He noticed_ ;ll1i|i\"ll-'t-i_::li°i{i:,.ieii)i'iiciil`ls given to their hasty rgcordlilk. ii.-t-ii nil- niiiii-i~iii:: of ri never that =- ri-11° SP" "F

gil ci-iiiiipli-tl unti cast down. And then, behind the

g||,|,l.| ii-.iii grill of the casliier's window a scene camo’ U, hp, ,ip-.~i iiiul struck liim smartly us zi blogv. ll`i':iiiir-rl iii tho slight' mist which seeme to come

iii-in-i-i~ii tliii writing cashiers form and itself a face stiioii out, clcui' as paper upon black: a face wrung at 0m~._- hy piilii and sacrifice and charged with what

Stiiiic iiiit-oiist-ioiisly analyzed as u noble s`ui'fefrlng. Ill wil; ii \vouiuii's flick. DU,” *md Selina- 'U19 `°rm be' iienili It thc Aiivciitiire Hunter did not even see, with

,nl-ii ii gliiistly tragedy did the expression seeni to strike iiiiii. The cashier, at the woman s front, bent ii woiiii iind voluptuary face upon the llgnres upon

‘ which lic was engaged. The contrast between the two lnipn-.ssioiis was startling, the nobility of the onc. the wt-iii; .sclf-iiidiiigcncti of the other. and Stvne fllrlled. qui.-lily to his fi-icnd to bring the picture before him. Thi-_v both iooltcd round iigaiii. The fiice and the form bi-iii-iiili it of the woman had disappeared. - i _-it xiii- suiidou disappearance of the face Stone ut-

tercil :iii exclamation of disappointment. Trivial

' enough ns iiiu incident would have been to the ordi-_ niiry iiiiiid, it liiul made an impression upon the Ad- , veiiiliri- lluiilcr. lu the contrast und thc position of thrisl- tivo fiiccs lic read some tale ot' the drunin of lift-, pniasilily of complication and of mystery. and thci~e~ forc ilizit wliivh promised to feud tlio liunger for the `unusuiil wlilcli wus his inost ongcr instinct. The wr-iiinii'.~i suddcn disappearance, whllc nuturnl enough, seoiiicii io ciiiphasize the vivldness of the picture and

set li i‘oi~lli. _

"\\'ii:ii! ii woman? You must be dreaming, Viilcn-

ilni-," i'i-iiiiirketl thc banker. laughing. “I've never lecii ii ivoiiiziii in the cushter's cage yet." V

“Ai;iiliist the rules?" asked the Adventure Hunter. y

"_\‘i»_ not criictly-after lioui's,_thar is."_ returned the

vice piw-.~irli-lil, “but its unusual. It'ii probably be his wlft~~tlii-sc lltilo domestic dlfiiiiultlt-s, you know. He proiiiilily (lot-sii't want to go wiierc she wishes this evciiiiiii. l'vt- expci'lenccd thcsc expressloiis of the

doiiii-.-iii' ilriiiiin myself."

` lli- iiiiiiglii-tl and drugged the half rcslstlng Stone to the ciiiriiiicc. "But, my boy," said he, “I refuse to allow _von io liecoiiic interested in some udventuvo with my i-nsliier iiiiw~-really. l'm going up to tlic club, and ln-:iiit you tu come too. We'il have just an hour for

bliiiiii~<ls."

'l`iii-y rf-:ichctl the entrance. The banker and Vul-

entliii- Siiiiic entered the former's mncliiiic. which stood wiiiiliig at the door, Stone grumbled audllily, for li was scldoiii that his desires for adventure were deicnluil by Ilus zealousness of frlendsliip. He suf~ fetcil liliiis-elf lo he led to the ciuii iiud to billiards-a lnfft tliiit lie conslsteiitiy regretted for two days. For agiilii uiiii iigilln, and recurring with n persistence wlili-ii tit-nil-‘il all attempts to overcome lt. that picture gud iis possiiiilltles recurrcd lo the Adventure

iiuii-r's uilr.-5,

iii- was. i»-deed. thinking of this and experiencing

his tlioiisiiiidlh reproach, when, standing on the ele- vated, he waited for a car. It stopped and I1 strewn if li"--plc trickled forth-a stream that he watchcd meciiiiiili-iill_v-when suddenly his face and body tuub- encii iiiiii iiocriiiie tense- ’i‘wo faces of that stream

_ _,__ __ __`_ Kayser-

` TiHE.Al"l`Am»»OF THE '

fL;1|ef§PMHhB tom-Yieve my husbanu ar-nrsr, the

lyme t ousented to overlook it and to permit the re- gowevnr 3° l‘¢Pilymeiit: could be made. Suddenly, band te . e seemed to change and informed my hus-

" hat the matter would have to com "

e out.

hilt sudden change?" sultl Stone] thoughtfully

tom m\(!l1tsmsso’ui\c letter that the cashier received. He

"Then " said Stone “that letter is the hln

_ ' _ ~ ga upon

W{|_|U\ Ynui relief iuriis. Did you st-e it?" ‘ -

I do not know " the woiii 1

I fancied that 'Ott V ‘ nn rep led. doubthilly. "I

a tcr vililth iluttertd to the noni- ng pa

§iJ0k0 01' lt, and which hc hurriedly picked up was the One tllllt llc referred to, but I do not know. 'I do not ' know what it contaiiicd. I only ciuiglit one word, eighty, iiud part or the slguutuie t tl ’

_ _ db .. , _

Adventure Hunter found that personage kccn and arg; that is ali. ti it en luitt, me to tim possibilities that hung upon it. qrtoliiztnthe thopeiessness of the wouian's voice seemed

at wo" “Hahn” tm-ends it was ¢hi1|;¢¢0k.,__ ras very straiigely with the sudden light of

A-‘ld °"° lmL|si'act10n 'hi ' < M “Hamm” on the Dccnuon of his visit to ms n.|end§H ' f vi th had come to the Advf.-uturo S _V un er's ace.

James H_ Ciiulingworth, the vice president of the Con _ F0 M

r artin H. Hewitt was n figure in the dnanclal

tmmmil Surety Bank. The Adventure Hunter had _\,m,.ld mme umnlstakahm Under

»

_ _ ' ` _ S' __ 'By ¢%mz[&ra~

'As lie spoke the woman started-to a sudden alert-

:nt-ss ot' expression and hearing. "lf I could get the letter?" she said slowly. She paused awhile, and then the dawning light of a resolve swelled into her eyes. “l'll get lt," she said. "Your name?"

Stone. on a sudden at a loss as to 'the womsu's ex-

pression and her means of obtuiuhig the' note, handed the card to her almost mecliaiilcally. Iii a moment she was away-had dashed down the elevated steps and- lost herself among the streams of the' crowdt-il sl'i-cet. Thou thi- Adventure llunter, with a sudden exclama- tion, rushed after licr. Ho saw too into the iiieuuliu; of her rgsolvo. He saw that the lcttur could lic ob- tained but at ii hrlce, w-liich,,hud lie known it before, he could iiovcr have assented to. Tlic fuco of the cashier was his answer. Stone it-it troulilcil at the nobility of the sacrifice which, for lier husband, the woman was prepared to make. Next day sho came back, her face wh te and strained; but the glow of something ap- proaching relief in her eyes. Sllcntly she handed him the note.

“'i‘liers is the letter," she said.

the circumstances In his chambers that night he t.houg~htfiilly went over one oi'

sbyss, would probably be enabled, in the least’ time, N ,, next day, and -had trace the _thugs and the letter. ° sentstive uid

"Well," said “Blinlt,” expectantly, "souiethlngi the A.dvent\l'e

doin'?" » friend was “I tlil.nk so," replied Stone, smiling. He brieiiy re- many had

counted the circiimstances of his quest. over

"Some one from down about this district took that

letter," said he. “lf it isn’t ‘Stanton you probably wllir.

know who ll is. And,-Blink, it‘s important. Do you think you could get any lint- on lt?"

The astute "Blink" 1-- f-oil snilllngly for a at the Ail\'eiitui~ie llii .intl then chuckled got it on you this ii. iii~ said. l~Ils hand

down into ii greasy po _ .ind brought something

lt was it it-ltcr. Y

"Muii_v liiippy returns of the day," said

The Adventure Hunter wus frankly

"'.[‘liat overcoul. looked too good to muh,'

the active "Blink," “to be left lyin’ where it wus, the back of un with -no one to to it

Stoiic uioriil scruples pocketed rutogni/ed, now, ho was with

\ ¢~

- V'~` f.. _

room,

tlie

that down

The two hall! mtl

with an

at which was The second. .seemed obvi-

exactly

, ,

..."»=» ~ _..._

He Attracted Her Attention and She Raised a Face so Turned hy Despair That All Its Traces of Beauty Seemed to Have Gone from'It ll

any 1

even he. 'lie » mud ,you u.. am. guess

thrilhof npprebeuion. What

move hiiti the infinite expettiency of Hewltl. turned'.upon.him'.' The Adventure Huntzrfhow- turned a calm and unmoved eye upon the Dells

to rise, but sank back at the look of tbl'

" the-man, “or you'll die.” Mi

fellow across at Stone. who nodded lb

yourqiurpose is tw* V ' "

,just keep oompanywrith you like,” laid th?

man, “til'l after four o'clock to~!no'n'ow.

you c|\n't»get.to a certain place to-m¢\

addedtshrewdly. “We’ve got olden not h unless-we have to, but you must:a‘ulpesk is

no ons. See? If you try it you_know' what'll`-happm.'\ Heiooked expremively towardthe window. . _ '

ln_.an instanttstone suw the ingenuity of the¢U\

ranqement. The-whole of his plans rested upon‘tia production of one'letter at`tlie meeting next . tha method of‘whlt:l_|lhad not yet been decided upon. not ierier-should be produced at iiii depeiieeaiiupoa.

,. the conference which he had projected with his-com-, -` panions that evening. That. except under the chculh

stances of private arrangement' with Hewitt, it not be produced meant at once'his helplessaessto aid tiielwlte of the unfortunate asaisbinr cashier-and the. success of Hewittis coup upon tlu- liii ii lt. It inmo Wlyl tlfeidirectione to go ahead could bc ;,`=<»i t~-_hiirfriends his 'whole cause was lost, and for the iii-sr tiiiie the Ad\nnture-‘Hunter would have been proved unequal tol his oqcasion. ‘ l

As 'Valentine Stone thougl:it,ot these things -,thug

wssin movement at the entrance of the dinlngihnm and Stpnseis two associates appeared. The lsrgercmh spli-ami-, eyeing'Stone steadily, saw by the exprqdun

ot -his-race-the position by which Stonefwas faced.

"Oh, you-gut two friends, I see. I'1l just go.-acpq

andtell tliem-that you don’t_wlsh to see i.hern,’I H8-Ht

His voice broadened into' the jovial tunes ferred to as he-utldodz-“l’ll tell ‘um you'd likv"nm §i sit Jmt-there"--he pointed to is distant corner-F\;Q

see how 'you are enjoying yours-ieif."_ He lennied., further. "Fil tell 'cm whut‘il.happen to you jf't§q= attempt to leave the room before it closes or iftanyfofl' your friends attempt to approach this table.”

Stone shrugged and smiled, while the'|.nu.niw-en! ta.

fullill his intentions. The Adventure Huaterfwaittjoj

him and saw the surprised faces ot`l1ia friends fellow did so. A1id~Valentine Btione smiled vi sppuer-lation of tlis'ingvenulty of the plot while

was ooaseious of a certain chagrin. ' Because the

seemed in its way complete. Blanketed, as he-'nn-` donbtodly was, he was defenseless. He purvileslfhis dinner thoughtfully as he exchanged- glances wi .hh two friends in the corner of the room: Brough th':_}@|.’ of exsmiiiaiion through wliicli those glances went - l dered them iiioeuouii so far as the purposes,_o&'v';1 conimunicution went. How to get the m ' Lhrough-that was the problem that faced the At

veiilmre Hunter. The plotters saw the 'ctuilllclingr pressions vrlilch crossed Stone.-'s tace and smiledgr

as they did so. They knew that lt was not . for the waiter to convey any message of any Their eyes covered his every action like thoss of q

hawk.

And so the dinner went on from the surrountlingal

this sileat play. Frorii course to course it went,

two ennslpraturs alert, vigilant; Stone, though - seeking in solve that silent problem of how to county. i the words "go on" that would release the letter, thai i would sesolve the various en‘eots he wished to`b ' about At ilcssiirt, however, he had not solved H213 tht- linger bowls wlilcli came in found him still at Q hiss. e gliiiiccd ui them mechanically as the rnitsg placed one before each, and in one there seemed to by n .~ilight>flnw. The glass glowed with s tint of '

' as the in-liiiant lights trom the table gleamed upon Q

_ Stone ,limited ut the miter in it curiously for a mo-

ment. ' . -

_iiii i _..-___

3?.

“Uglgl it feels greasy to my fingers,” “rg M,

"Wl.is§ is the matter with that water?"

Theiwiiiter, solicitous, failed to sec anything fha

mattsir, but Stone i_nsisted on ii fresh bowl. 'lt was brotghnbut Stone still seemed dissatisfied.

"It' feels greiisy, I tell you," said be llnpadtlflpi

He turned to the waiter. "Bring me a little lemon,- said he. "That will sharpen it np." The waitin bowed and departed.

And then it was that Stone showed hh real MQ,

,V ianco.

"Come, gentlemen, for ri night of it,” ssfdhe gnyyy, *N

Hedaslied tothe piano and coinmencedto play

- 'g showed a spirit-at which the two captors opened ibm

Wide eyes of won/:si1nieii_t_ At three ofclock he craved

m“rk"'! """"“"|"°5 °“t"“ weak and 5°|t`i"d“|g"`"t Valentine Stone was ci-rtuln that lic was ilii- write.-r of his whole plan oi’ procei.l\ii'e :is lic gazcd out oi' his win- ture lluntcr. must watch himself if he would carry! . _

mmwul’ ""`- “ "ruined “nd ten" temmlne 'me' tht- iiiissivc. Muster of iii’i‘ulrs uiitl iiiilliiiiis its the ' ` `

mm" l ""‘P"`dY- ABM" 'md come “lm” mm' as If tiiizinrler wus. it had comc to Sioiiu tliruugli i'liiliiiig- ""`°"*4f‘ ` "-=‘ -*`U"1l\lZ9 IIIKIIUIBUBIII lhill |10 Possessed- worth that Ilcwiii wus reiiclilii;_f out to iiiill the <‘oii~ mos" 'm““`* ill "W bank- iliicntal Surety lliiiik iii i_ii:it ciiiiiii of llmiiicliil liisiitu~ This “’""- h"‘V¢V°l`» U10 “C9 °f the “Ulmer Wa” 'wt thins which he air(-ntl) coiiirulli.-ti. lf this were so, the nncoiiscioiis of the presence of the other. It nodded ,,,L.,,,,mg of H". WU,-.1 --,,l,y|ify" was ,,\,\-loud . iii one '°"°h"° "¢‘l¥"UVil (0 501119 0|>\'l0US Plea- The ‘~`°"¥"|'~` oi' those thousuiitl \v:i_\'s iii wlilcli thc ;;i'i-iiit.-.st sccrt-is him Sf‘l1=ll'Litt-fi fhgmgeiveg from the P05! Of U19 13901118 nf iiiaiiuycd iiislituiiozis lcuk to those that iiro iii- Dibiseiigl-rs und stood a little apart, and Stone \vutL‘ll0d tcrestcd. in itiio\viii',: ilii-iii, the nssis_t:iiit. t::lslilci~‘s mis- um Mm" ‘|"""ll'i 9050555 b@f0l'° |1|m'“fl1° W°m°~n Pm” take iind'thr- ciishit-i"s linowlcdge of it liutl como to the uilng with her every energy the quest for something n,,,,,,.,-1,-r_. Tm- iiiliimliie he iiiteiidiid lo iiisko llic lever

tliiii tiii- ni.-in denied. oi' his desi-cnt upon ilii- biiiii;_

Hel. Husband in Troublm The iissistiiiit c:isiiii~i~ liiid been the appointment of

The _“_ - the

ld r i lliod niid, ircseiitly ciintiwillliiy <-lenient of the

( ‘°"“"`° Hunter wmbed “um th” “mt trans' liisi(i)iiii(.;i¢iii,, und llic'lnii<¢iultc, properly :_\'pIi»i|t-ti ui ilic

“""'" °V°"' 'hen with 5 much 5° "Wm: and Hymn* proper tlnn.-, could bt- iiintlo to scciii :i culpulii'liiy oii ilic of I " mm it might “lm°5t hlwe bee" th” much "f "ne p.'|rt of the present iiiiiiiiigi-inciit ut the in-xi iiicctlm;

"ff UWH scx he attracted her attention, mid Sh” of the stocltlioldsrs \\'ltlihoklIiig tlic infoririiiuoii till

rslst-Ll li fare s t d

5' seemed to have gone from it. h

beam _ ` -9 “WH by 49517311' thu an "5 mice” °t tlicu anti tlicii sud(-li-iily uncovcriiig it could, with :iii

.ly i c preparations wlilcli his crafty mliid could dc\'isc., ml ou are I" “°0Ume»" Ulm |10- "YOU d@5"`e som* swing the stockliolrlcrs i’i'i»iii thi- old iunntitroinciit iiiiil MUS f0l‘ liuother. Will Nil |10! ¢0llBt‘|9l-ll me? I 'mn clcct the ticket which lit-ivlit rv/iiild nbsoluiifly control.

D y°u'" ` This plan ot’ ncllon (li,-pciirlefl :iloiiv upon the tliscrt-lliiii Stone then li `

mon ld °U° °f M3 UUUUKG Bud lnillilll Ulm- of lliti caislilcr. If iii- woulil u_:_ii‘i-c to ivltliholil his wh s‘ He knew U10 Plea was not for helzelf. For knowlcdgc till the viiiii inoiiiciil' lit-wiii`s lilflli ""i\l'| 'mom 7-hell c0uld it be? "Your husband?" he V011- undoiilitcdly go tlii~oui;ii. So ilic word "clglii_v" obvi-

td. with tho shi

..Mm_ H ue ut her wedding ring in his eye. ously lint-time a bribe.

3 l ll if

miles to lievgsellf. d?§;:gu:“z;‘;;f.'°fl';_" agnehyuzot Dependent Upon a Letter. mth A sh! turned more directly to Stone, and spoke Nom- know hotter tliiiii iiio rliiinclt-r thi- Achllies'

__ certain note of the acceptanc of her sorrow. heel of the dlssoluic iiiipwirliig ciishit-r irliiiiic vicc-z YQS. ll 18 my hu b n _ qi _

muh G llpd. said she Heis the subor were stanipotluiprin his fut-ti. Sui-li faces iiiiil .such been of the man to whom I spoke. My husband has vices iiirvilalily ilml. say. olgiiiy rliot-.wiinfl iiiiliaizs to It w "h“|"°\||J' Weak. but is not of criminal intent. lie a t'-oiiifoi-table amount to iurii to thi-lr uses. Stone ruq'°'n;l\li; mkistaite of aihousand dollars on u check saw all torso things in ii lliisli

,,, I im. aaa he tonne that mistake out wo Y¢~s,"'iié iiiiid sioviii iiiiii `nim¢»=i inmisiin i `

. ' .' 7 ' fi 5'. "lt

. Hs lttemptud to cover it in th h k b t ll ti pe-ads upon tho lciir-it If we ~.u‘d coini- bi' that

raluiinerioi-tlia man who has that isttemelfdlscoe-~ lotta: i tiihik 1 could ,promise that your hiisiinmrs §"‘&°_°‘l°\f lui filled Ill! llllbhnd with s dafslaa- troubles would *:` --vcr. '

tiuw ii. Llit- iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii-il Iiglils which twlnklcd :ill about liliii i`iiiiii the |iri~:it <.°il_v. Suildculy il slight noise coni- liig friiin iii:-hind him in the room attracted his atten- tioii. lfiiiriliy had lit-_ time to t.urn his bead wlieu he fell. iiiiiiscli' si-lzi-rl iiiid his sciisos swiim. 'i`lieri- camo, lio\vo\'i-r. to hliii tht- blur of tivo faces ere coiiscioiisiit-.ss we-iii froiii iiiiii. \\'ii»:n lie ciiuie io himself ugiiin be was l_i'iu;,; iipiiii his .soiii ;::ii_ur;etl and tied. The oil-t:ti'l<~s were lighted and tliii suiiill clock on thc muniel indi- cuicil i”-ildiilglii. l‘lillogoplil\‘:illy but with iniinltc cure, lieiiiziiiagcil iii roll from tlic .<ioi'u and squirm to the bell. \vliii‘-ii, by rzilhliig; his rect, he pressed.

lielici ciiinc will: tht- bell boy. lIc questioned thc

holbl-:iiiliii-i-iiics, but no'lli¢lit could bc tiiwiwii on tili- iiiyslcry oi' liit- \'ii>i-into. 'The uieiiiis, lioweve-r. we-ro tili\'li,-us oiioiigli. ‘»l’liiite`\'r\i"iiicri had come upon him had pri-bably w:ill:i~tl up the sinirwuy. They were ob~ vlously ui.-qiinliitt-il with rlic number of lil.~: room and cxpvi'l,~ iii .~<i2i~iii ._-i:rr_v. Anti thc reason for t.-but culry was clriir io Stone, 'l`lic caslilci' had wonkent-d ilficr bniiilliiig ovcr tlic lfittcr lo thc ivoiiiriii and had ini’ornu.-il liculli. 'l`lii- wtiiiinn, by sonic liidlscreot |iltcl'ant-c, had pi~oliiilii_v nl lit-r ilvipnrlure ilirowii lhc Atlvcntiirs

lluiiti-r's iiiiuir- iii Ihr 1-;i.~'!ilcr ii.-l ii parting shot.

\`iii<~iiiiii< Stoiii- iiiiou' iiiiiii rho rliiiigor iii wlilch lic

had Ntnoti. .\\';ili siicii lriti-riesia :il sialic lie know what the liiaiiiiii course ii( thu ilnniicler li:\d lit-en. lliiscru- .pulous in :iii his nt-nie, the intitti-r of tlit- recovery of tlio citt.-r was ii sviiiiil uil’:\li'_ livery tiny iii New York city tl:\i,':s fzrc- iiliw-il tofiii-coniplisii .ani-li plirposns Anil. going orci' tlio list iii' such lii.~'|i'u|iicnl.~i_ Stone lixi-rl upon the lciulcr of the notorloiis .\`liiiiioii gain; as tlio niosi proliiililt-.‘ llc betlir,u;:lit liliiisclf ni' ii slially i‘l'l_l-nd of tbl- unllcrivorld with \\'Iif-in ut limes he liiid been L-ii:::ig»~tl u,'i<iii iiriziirtliiiiii iiiT:iIrs. for in his liuui ui'-tcr atlientiire Vsilniitiiic Stone f¢iiiiii'i it iiccessiiry on oc'éasl0n to lic not too scrupulous iii thc iiiiilit-r of nssir clates. "l<lliIik“ Hoimn would be lhe one niiin uiiii, thoroughly undcrstimdlmr all the liitriciicies of lils

rniissioii to ictiri.--a iernii . ii

tliriiiigli siifcly the pliiiitlint iii- lifitl coiicr-ivcd, That, (?;n,,~,'[a|_-lim, grunted, Al iiliiesrile Znmllngntshehirtgg Iicwiit wus ruthless when lie liiifl sol. liiliist-ll’ to it pur~ " breukmst and dm" mem in the (graham in his Red pose Stoiic knew. Tliut-.he wiiiilii iii- tli_»iihi_\' ruthless? G,.0wh,.' nf which he was so f,md_ - The hm men e~_- now that his plan for the i'ccov¢ir_v of llic lcttcr had; J0v1ng»ime,,,,_,,,|v,,_.,_ were _Wt somewhat un,“,_ ' at Lloiio awry the Adveni.ur_e I-Iuiiter was ci-rt.-ilii. 'Fha' m,',s°nn.s s,ph.|m snmpd mo h,gh_ “ey "margi- very dui-lug of the plan that had prcvioii.-:ly ciirricd the d,,,,btfu||y' when s,,dd¢,,xy th, Advenmm Hunt" bug" letter iiwiiy from him (mild liliii willi wliril. liigr-uult_v| Outh, mg V

ilio iiiuiiicicr could act-and ' Slonc wus guarded: »-We}fhs,L,n¢|,,men'~ and he .I trunk om, nrt" pn

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\\'ilh -tlit-.se objects in'vlc\v lin surrouiiilori lilmself` €lhr:,n2e;°u_!.t you don t lst nm 8° n°w your mu W"

whllc in his room wihli 'uiconplc of nn-ii clio.~.u-n from `- i. ii

tli:ii great ulnrlerivorlrl ,with ~\vbicli Stone hurl such _ 'wbmdo you mum’ mm me rngeronbndy' . si1'iln;;cnIl‘llistlon_s. '1‘l_1ey\werc` desperate and courage- The AdV¢nf|~"'¢ Hunfef -“nfll 1

-his as any others that could `lir brought zigaiiist lilm_ "simpkv that I won." said Stone. 'I got E-iq. Sleeping, tive Advciilurt- Huiitoi- knew that he had not sage over last night. I’ve_1iist been with yeuzee" d to leur. Next niovning, _-to niifltc _-issurziiicc. doubly procaulion for my friend the attoniey, but I gmgk 5° l sure,-he dcpositcdwltli ui_1_~nttoi'i'ioy on \vlio~ic prolilty safe enoughnow. I think y0lI’d better _ 'ic ltnt-w"l1c could rolv'tliut loiioi- oii wlilcli so much with your boss-~he’d t "~ ` r

, . _ _ ,_ . . _ wnu to see me. _

iit-pc-nded ri-nfl--wliicli lie km-,iv iii-wilt would co to The mm cgiiiiuifed :or a moment and n o ii\ le tl t bt i I

ii _‘ iii.: i n o ii n. n thi- iiieaiitiine. however, them west to the telephone. 'l'hers'w-ug-& @- i4|o_ii_e's bodyilruard remained. for the Adventure Ilunter and then-he returned, sa,ydng`-.thug “g gggpn ' did not intend to allow the itiipressioii to be _cnlned coin;-." a i .

that the leitcr had gone out ot his lteopiiig. Only at “But one thing I ran't make ont,” and ng

thc public diiiliig tables did he go iiloiio. assiirl-tl tliiit pose you must have got that isessage ng

iliere ut lens! no dcspcr.-llc work could iio occoiiipllslioii. the world did you do it?" :E Axir fliose ciiiployetl by ilmvitt, for it was obvious “,Wi-ll,-lt's just’like t.lil’s." laid the L .- ..

euoi ,,, to thc itdvcniuvc lliiuliir ilint lit- was shadowed ter. "A lrlin can convey s meigggg b , .,' lt -j wliercver lic went. tlit-_v ltepi up ii cr-useless vigilance, read print. lint when youlre in the .Q ,_ i. _:LU active. to llnd ihe lcast possible iippoi~|iiiilt_v to recover ness 1; pgmanhq fr-Qqiinnu in Ulm mm - ‘ '_,\, what thi-ir coiiipimiiiiis limi so stupidly lost. And it nn adventnle hunter if‘he{lsn't plan||*' f" _ “‘»‘ si-t-uicd ilini nil tlicir iisliltoiicss was iiecossary, for on nf colnnitinltltlng with friends wh; "Pt "Wi ',‘*' the next. ilii_\' tiic stockliolili-rs’ nil-otiiig was arranged, to reach Mm. l'd early g (iq) gn . _,i , .V .P ii cliurigcd with such liiiportnnt mivisoqiir-iir-cs hotli for, with my bg; funds, ji mga" b. ',',,, Q-"V, Nioiirvs rrlciid Clilllliiigwnrtli nnrl his :issociiitt-s and paused. a v'~“"f-'. " if- 'i iliut woiuuii for ivlirini Stone had so siiici-rniy rogls- "What ci-»`lor'n it le Il 'v .Z " tori-il his row. "Yellow," said then;:ll<::v,h;l;\T1:‘1vm¢ri{¢.'t“'_ \`= ~ 51 Tliough the consplrators did not know it. firm-eve-r, on "Ccrtainly;" replied Stone. "That m ' " I L '

rliiit very evening Stone had arranm-il for ii iinril con~ I thought lt up -for the purpose of my *,--.- ,_ fi-ri-iice. iii wliiclilils altoruey would rrcvli-c his iiistruc. rushing e poslroom when I was inslda, ii | tions-an fn lha- nsos of the loticr at the inet-llnc A litter " '

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