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way#, itt.\ {?. ; ~*v%. :ttiP'•'M - " - ? i&zi*-':.J--'-Vjr^AM % Secret Adversary •#fftC**P VCD"*** , A. CARTER ...v>' ' BTOOPfelS-RealUtn* that*. Sfti *»»• a possible chance of being saved, as the Lusltanla la sinking, a stranger gives a young American girl a package which he asks her to deliver to the American ambassador in England. She 5s saved. In London, former Lieut. "Tommy" Beresford and Miss Prudence Cowley -- "Tuppence" -- discharged army nurse, form an organisation. •"The Young Adventurers, Ltd." They are both broke and consequently ready for unorthodox methods. They write out an advertisement. Tuppence makes a business appointment with a man, Edward Whit tin el on. who offers her easy employment, but on giving her name as "Jane Finn," which she had heard on the street, Whlttlnpton shows agitation and Tuppence to tokl to return next day. CHAPTER II--Continued. "Th thank you." faltered Tuppence. "I suppose you don't know Mr. Wtaittlngton's address?". "Afraid I don't. They left rather suddenly." Thank yon very much," said Tommy. "Come on. Tuppence." < They descended to the strept, where they gated at one another blankly. That's torn It," said Tommy at length. "Cheer up, old thing. It can't . be helped." "Can't It though r Tuppence's little chin shot out defiantly. "Do you think this Is the end? If so. you're wrong. It's Just the beginning!" *Hie beginning of what?" ^Of our adventure! Tommy, *?lon*t yon see, if they are scared enough to ran away like this, it shows that there mnst be a lot in this Jane Finn bust* ness! Weil, we'll get to the bottom , of It We'll run them down! Well be sleuths in earnest!" '•Yes. but there's no one left to sleuth." "No, that's why well hire to start all oyer again. Lend me that bit of pmcil. Thanks. Walt a minute-- don't interrupt. There!" Tuppence handed back the pencil, and surveyed the piece of paper on which she had written with a satisfied eye: :> "What's that?" •"Advertisement" "You're not going put that thing In after all?" "No, it's a different one." She banded him the slip of paper. Tommy read the words on It aloud: "Wanted--Any information respecting Jane Finn. Apply Y. A." The day of disillusionment had been a Wednesday. On Thursday the advertisement had duly appeared. On Friday letters might be expected to arrive at Tommy's rooms. - He had been bound by an honorable promise not to open any such letters if they did arrive, but to repair to the National gallery, where his colleague would meet him at tek o'clock, y Tuppence was first at the rendezvous. She ensconced herself on a red velvet seat until she saw the <>mw«y ; <gure enter the room. ^ •' "Welir "Well," returned Mr. Beresford pro- •okingl.v. "Which is your favorite picture?" 1 "Aren't there any answers?" Tommy shook his bend with a deep and somewhat overacted melancholy. "I didn't want to disappoint you, old thing, by telling you right off. Ifs too bad. Good money wasted." He •:Sighed. "Still, there it is. The adver- - y flsement has appeared, and--there are only two answers!" Tuppence snatched the two precious envelopes from him unceremoniously, and scrutinized them carefully. "Thick paper, this one. It looks 6 rich. We'll keep it to the last w1"* open the other first" "Right yon are. One, two, three, go!" Tuppence's little thumb ripped open the envelope, and she extracted the contents. . "Dear Sir: * * "Referring to your advertisement In . ;."*hls morning's paper, I may be able' „ r to be of some use to you. Perhaps % >Jyou could call anu see me at the above !> v- address at eleven o'clock tomorrow f - . morning. V ' • Tours truly, wyV.-' "A. CARTER." v Oarshalton Gardens," said Tup- P«we, referring to the address. "That's teS , Gloucester road wa^j. Now for the ||?^ v.;; other letter, m read it: > ^ -"Deer Sir: K „ " *Re your advertisement I should p||\ - be glad if you would call round sK**;,- somewhere about lunch-time. P?v,,. " "'Yours truly,--. Si ' "'JULIUS P. HEKSHEIMMER.' % "Bar said Tommy. "Do I smell a Bocbe? Or only an American mllllonaire of unfortunate ancestry? At sll events we'll call at lunch-time. It's • good tlme-j-frequently leads to free food for tw Tuppence nodded an eager assent ^,vV" "Now for Carter. We'll have to hurry." 0archait6n terraw proved to be an unimpeachable row of what Tuppence called "ladylike looking houses." They rang die bell SA No. 27, and a neat maid answered the door. She looked ectable that Tuppence's heart Upon Tommy's request tor Mr. Carter, she airawed them iatp la small f tudy on the ground floor, wjiere she left thein. Hardly a minute elapsed, however, before the door opened, and a tall man with a lean, hawklike face and a tired manner entefed the room. "Mr. Y. A.?" he said, and smiled. His smile was distinctly attractive. "Do sit down, both of yon." They obeyed. He himself took a chair opposite to Tuppence and smiled at her encouragingly. There was something in the quality of his smile that made the girl's usual readiness j^esert her. As he^id not seem inclined to open the conversation, Tuppence was forced to begin. "We wanted to know--that Is, would you be so kind as to tell as anything you know about Jane Finn?" "Jane Finn? Ah!" Mr. Carter appeared to reflect "Well, the question is, what do you yourself know about her?" I Tuppence drew herself up. "I don't see that that's got anything to do with it" "No? But It has, you know, really It has." He smiled again in his tired way, and continued reflectively. "So that brings us down to it again. What do you know about Jane Finn?" "Come now," he continued, as Tappence remained silent "You mnst know something to have advertised as you did?" He leaned forward a little, his weary ^volce held a hint of persuasiveness. "Suppose you tell m e . . . . " "We couldn't do that, could we, Tommy?" But to her surprise, her companion did not baek her up. His eyes, were -Hal" M Tommy, D* «feeTI a Bocher ^ fixed on Mr. Carter, and his tone when he spoke held an unusual note of deference. "1 dare say the little we know won't te any good to you, sir. .But such as it is, you're welcome to It." Mr. Carter slewed round In his chair. His eyes asked a question. Tommy nodded. "Yes, sir, I recognized you at once. Saw you in France wben I was with the Intelligence. As soon as yoa came into the room, I*knew--* Mr. Carter held up his hai»d. "No names, please. I'm known as Mr. Carter here. It's my .cousin's house, by the way. She's willing to lend it to me sometimes when it's a case of working on strictly unofficial lines. Well, now"--he . looked from one to the other--"who's going to tell me the story?" "Fire ahead, Tuppence." directed Tommj. It's your yarn." And obediently Tuppence told it, telling the whole story from the forming of the Young Adventurers, Ltd., downwards, y Mr. Carter listened in silence with a resumption of bis tired manner. Now and then he passed his hand across his Hps as though to hide a smile. When she had finished he nodded gravely. Not uiuch. BUT suggestive. «Jiilt*, suggestive. If you'll excuse my saying so, you're a curious young couple. I don't know-^-you might succeed where others have failed. . . * I believe te luck, you know--always have.- »~. .* „ -\5! • He paused a mometot, aid tflWa went on: "Well, how about It? You're out for adventure. How would yon like to work for mf? Expenses paid, and a moderate salary?" Tuppence gazed at' httn. "What should we have to do?" She breathed. Mr. Carter smiled. "Just go on with what you're, doing now. FIND JANE FINN." % "Yes, but--who IS Jane Finn?"1 Mr, Carter nodded gravely. "Yes, you're entitled to kno% that, I think." He leaned back In his chair, crossed his legs, brought the tips of his fingers together, and began In a low monotone : "In the early days of 1915 a certain, document came tnto being. It was the draft of a secret agreement--treaty-- call it what you like. It was drawn up ready for signature by the various representatives, and drawn up. in America--at that time a neutral country. It was dispatched to England by a special messenger selected for that purpose, a young fellow called Danvers. It was hoped that the whole affair had been kept so secret that nothing would have leaked out. That kind of hope is usually disappointed. "Danvers sailed for England on the Lusltanla. He carried the precious papers In an oilskin packet which he wore next his skin. It was on that particular voyage that the Lusltanla was torpedoed and sunk. Danvers was among the list of those missing. Eventually his body was washed ashore, and identified beyond any doubt the packet was nilssing 1 The question was, had it been taken from him, or had he himself passed it on into another's keeping? After the torpedo struck the ship, in the few moments during the launching of the boats, Danvers was seen speaking to a young American girl. No one actually saw him pass anything to her, but he might have done so. It seems to me quite likely that he entrusted the papers to this girl, believing that she, as a woman, had a greater chance of bringing them safely to shore. "But if so, where was the girl, and what had she done with the papers? We set to work to trace her out. It proved unexpectedly difficult. Her name was Jane Finn, and it duly appeared among the list of the survivors, but the girl herself seemed to have vanished completely. Inquiries- into her antecedents did little to help us. She was an orphan, and had been what we should call over here a pupil teacher in a small school out West. Her passport had ben made out for Paris, where she was going to join the staff o fa hospital. She had offered her services voluntarily, and after some correspondence they had been accepted. Having seen her name In the list of the saved from the Lusltanla, the Staff of the hospital were naturally very surprised at her not ar» riving to take np her billet, and at not hearing from her In any way. "Well, every effort was made to trace the young lady--but all in vain. No use was made of the draft treaty-- as might very easily have been don and we therefore came to the conclusion that Danvers had, after ail, destroyed it. The war entered on another phase, the diplomatic aspect changed accordingly, and the treaty was never redrafted. Humors as to Its existence were emphatically denied. The dlsapjtearance of Jane Finn was forgotten nnd the whole affair was lost to oblivion." Mr. Carter paused, and Tuppence broke In Impatiently: "But why has It all cropped np again? The war's over." "Because It seems that the paper* were not destroyed after all, and thai they might be resurrected today with a new and deadly significance." Tupl>once stared. Carter nodded. "Yes, five years ago, that draft treaty was a weapon In our hands; today it Is a weapon against us. It was a gigantic blunder. If Its terms were made public, It would mean disaster. ... It might possibly bring about another war--not witli Germany this time! That Is an extreme possibility, and I do not believe in Its likelihood, myself, but that document undoubtedly Implicates a number of our statesmen whom we cannot afforJ to have discredited In any way at the present montent. He paused, and then said quietly: "You may perhaps have heard or read that there Is Bolshevist Influence at work behind present labor unrest?" t Tuppence nodded. * That is the truth. Bolshevist gold is pouring Into this country for the specific purpose of procuring a Revolution. And there Is a certain man, a man whose real name is unknown to us, who -is working In the dark for his own ends. The Bolshevlkl are behind the labor unrest--but this man Is BEHIND THE BOLSHEVIKI. Who is he? We do not know. He fs always spoken of by the unassuming title of 'Mr. Brown.' Qtttoa*1) ter crhtrtnit marvelous o< the peace propa was originated la tt* ngie.'-lte iMtsatlon. Most of gasmi during the war and ftaipeed by hlm; HIs spies are everywhjim," A naturalized German?" asked Tommy. On the contrary, I have every reason to. believe he is an Englishman. -He was pro-German, as he would have been pro-Boer. What he se.»ks to attain we do not know--probably supreme power for himself, of a kind unique III history. We have no clue as to his real personality. It Is reported that even his own followers are Ignorant of It. Where we have come across his tracks, he has always played a secondary part Somebody else assumes the chief role. But afterward we always find that there has been some nonentity, a servant oi a clerk, who has remained in the background unnoticed, and that the elusive Mr. Brown %as escaped us once more." Oh I" jumped.. "Yes?" -y % "I rem#tfft>€& IB it*.^ office. The clerk -- he called hlm Brown. You don't think--" Carter nodded thoughtfully. "Can you describe him at all?" I realiy didn't notice. He was petite ordinary--Just like anyone else." Mr. Carter sighed in his tired m«llr ner. , That is the Invariable description of Mr. Brown.! Brought a telephone message to the man Whittlngton,: did he? Notice a telephone In the outer office?" No, I don't think I did." Exactly. That 'message1 was Mr. Brown's way of giving an order to ills subordinate. He overheard the whole conversation of course. Was It after that that Whittlngton handed you over the money, and told you to come the following day?" \ Tuppence nodded. "Yes, undoubtedly the hand of Mr. Brown!" Mr. Carter paused. "Well, there It Is, you see what you are pitting yourselves against? Possibly the finest criminal brain of the age. I don't quite like It you know. You're such young things, both of yoa. I shouldn't like anything to happen to you." It won't" Tuppence assured hlm positively. «s -. . I'll look tfter fcw, «fc," said Tommy. <r * ^ "•?-- "And I'll look: after you," retorted Tuppence, resenting the manly assertion. "We|l, tlien, look after each other," said Mr. Carter, smiling. "Now let's get back to business. There's something mysterious about this draft treaty that we haven't fathomed yet. We've been threatened with It--in plain and unmistakably terms. The revolutionary element as good as declare it's In their hands, and that they Intend to produce It at a given moment. On the other hand, they are clearly at fault about many of Its provisions. The government considers it as mere bluff on their part, and. rightly or wrongly, have, stuck to the policy of absolute denial. Fm not so sure. There have -been hints. Indiscreet allusions, that seem to Indicate that the menace Is a real one. The position is much as though they had got hold of an Incriminating document, but couldn't read it because it was In cipher--but we know that the draft treaty wasn't In ciph&f--couldn't be, in the nature of things--so that won't wasji. But there's something. Of course, JaQe Finn may be dead for nil we know--but I don't think so. The curious thing is that they're trying to get information about the girl from us." ~ "Whatr „ ^ "Yes. One or two Htiie things l&feve cropped up. And your story, little lady confirms my. Idea. They know we're looking for Jane Finn. Well, they'll produce a Jane Finn of their own--say at a penslonnat In Paris." Tuppence gasped, and Mr. Carter smiled. "No one knows in the least what £he looks like, so that's all right. She's primed with a trumped-up tale, nnd her real, business is to get as ^mich Information as possible out of us. See the Idea?" "Then you think"--Tuppence paused to grasp the supposition fully--"that it was as Jane Finn that they wanted me to go to Paris?" Mr. Carter smiled more wearily than ever. "I believe tn~ coincidences, you know." be said. • At Least One Could Not Say Thit -- AHm a Job Suitable f Preacher's Son. ij: TAKE OFF ON POLICEChicago."-- After numeross had " beeh Tiiade to serve upon Mil Pearl Kircher, a warrant accusing her of pissing a bad check for $108.40, th# warrant was handed to Messrs. Wil? Ham Gorman and Edward McGulre, de»' tectives of the police bureau. ' "And don't come back with it," sal4 the lieutenant, as he instructed the detectives concerning their mission. "Bring the prisoner. Use your headsi. We've had about a' thousand police men trying to serve this warrant until it's about w^rn out She's a smalt woman. Bring her in." Thsy Use Their Heads. And so when McGuire had pushed the bell button in the Sheridan road apartment building and a sweet voice had_gaid, "Who is it?" McGuire said: "Parcel post," and slyly nudged Goif man in the ribs "in token of his vast subtlety. The buzzer souiided. The detectives went up two steps at a time, and when the door of .Miss Kircher's apartment opened McGuire's foot strategically held it there. "Parcel po--,w began Miss Kircher, in a tone that implied a studied coolness. "Listen, lady," said McGuire, "w« hated to do It; but we thought you wouldn't like a rumpus so we--weQ, we're police bfflcers and we have a warrant for you." Almost immediately the air Was fiflt of woman's rights--and lefts. Meanwhile one of the detectives entered. "Now, lady," pursued McGuire, thought you'd like to fix this thing up. So, come on, and we'll be going. "You'll take me nowhere," said Miss Kercher; "Just watch and see If you do." And without more ado she plopped down on a divan. Off came a dainty fl m <4* irabo meSt th* mpnu of particular when artistic ^ SUPERIOR 5-Pass. Sedan *860 m ,-wsm j Toucan be proud of your Che* -roiet, comWain*. a« ltd 5 degree of engjtaeeriiiL v „ with modern qwlit^t-rfe :'\^£-3featiiree' that appeal to- thr . ^ and the dlacriiii^f^^--rSt^1 ' "~ <^^CaU at our showrooms dla#^; v fpflg fjcorer the astotiishiag value* made possible by the exceptional volume of Chevrolet Hdea| Prkm f. 6. b. TUkt, MHHfrwi . Roadstar . . ii VTtoUwttteyfOi onp.* ,, • • 5EK SVmiORT rrsTVC r * ;,r„ i »* ****., ' "• V i * t V _v -r CTWROLET MOTOR CO. ^ - Omrits GBMISI Wilton Corporation Detroit* Michigan Black - Tan - White - Ox-Blood - Brown v ShmA preserves leather as pamt preserve* buiWings. Quick and mit to uie. Shine* ia s Wwry. 8HINOLA HOME SET . U- W/~I O-T M.k» Sitkiag Euy ^' Wm1 Pt* Genuine Brirfie Dsubw I"*1 ^ ^ clean* aroond die aoie and the M11"* J •p^e. the pofab (bor. wkhafew DISEASE BROUGHT FROM EUROPE No Record Of, or Name for, Malaria, Found Among th* \; ,,Amsrican Indians. The slow diseases which sap vitality do not have spectacular records, but In the long run the damage which they do Is Incalculably greater than that of epidemics, writes Herbert J. Splnden to the World's Work. Malaria, for Instance, Is a greater obstacle today to the development of the tropics than yellow fever ever was, although the latter could accomplish much at one fell swoop. For one thing the effects of malaria reach around the globe and into nearly all its habitable parts. The three kinds of malaria are described by the Greek physician Hippocrates "and the names which we use today jire of Roninn origin. The two-day fever Is called tertian, or third, because the Romans counted both ends of any numerical sequence, and the three-day fever Is called quar tan, which means fourth. Tlier? Is no good evidence that malaria ex Isted tn America before the discovery. We do not find terms for it in American Indian language nor do we find any records that the early explorers In Central and South America suffered from this disease. For Instance Cortes led an army across the base of the peninsula of Yucatan, through a region of swamps and flooded streams where today malaria Is rife In every village, yet we find no mention of this Illness among any of his troopa^ Indian burden bearers. " "No one could have mistaken Julius P> Hersheimmer for anything but an American." - CTO BS CONTINUED.) Qtianfl* in Domertic Animals* / ^Jhiffflges in the habits and ~a"ppwMS nnce of our domestic animals have become noticeable even within the last two centuries. These are due on the one hand to Nature, which Is constantly adapting the aniiuuls to the altered conditions of the world they live In, and on the other to the efforts ot scientific breeders who are deliberate*- ly trying to produce new str»i4ns. The horse of the Sixteenth century was a heavier and slower animal than the average horse of m<iay 1 toads and haulage have changed and Nature has done her part to the horse's frame for Its altered duties. So It Is with almost every animal In man's service. With byres and sheds provided, the ox has lost his warm shaggy co«r. In the Case of the sheep, <>ri the contrary. Nature has been encouraged In every way to produce a thicker covering. How readily Nature responds to altered circumstances Is seen even In the domestic pig which If 'eft without winter shelter, develops a coat of c^rly hair in plaee of usual scanty, bristles. "Please, Lady," Imploded Gof&ae. slipper. It caught McGuire on the ear. Off came afiother slipper. It fetched Gorman on the Jaw. Off came her diaphanous housegown-- They Really Blush. McGuire's face was turnings scarlet. So was Gorman's. "Now, lady," said McGuire, and he lifted a deprecating digit. No use. Off came the lady's stockings. "Please, lady," implored Gorman. Her answer was a silken something* or-other. "Lady," supplemented McGuire^ "we're men of family and this Is no way to--" A final fling of filmy thtntffe WaU* sir, there she was! "Now," said shew "go ahead with your arresting." Said McGuire: "Gorman, phone for the wagon--and a blanket." "And a barrel," said Gorman. The wagon came. Came also E. Kahn, the landlord. "Oh, goodness," said E. Kahn, "she wouldn't pass a bum check. Why, she's -got an income of $4,000 a month. I'll drive you all down in her limousine.*' At which the lady put on her clothes, when she had signed her bonds in the bureau she turned to McGuire and Gorman and said : "Well, you wanted excitement, pad yea got It" > FOUR O'CLOCK IS TEA HOUR Almost Sacred Institution In Buenos Aires, and Practically Observed fey All Classes. Tea Is an Institution In Buenos Aires. All offices swear off work-temorarily at 4 o'clock each afternoon, while white-coated porters bring steaming cups around to the employees. and employers^ gather up canes and derby hats and sauntyr forth for the nearest tea salon. Because of the else of this fashionable promenade, Catle Florida, the Fifth avenue of Buenos Aires, is closed to vehicle traffic from 4:30 to 7:30, says the World Traveler magazine. The city imbibes its coffee and tea publicly. In the mornings fhe streets are congested with waiters from bars carrying nickel pots of Brazilian coffee to tardy office clerks. The Avenida Is swamped with other nonalcoholic drinkers who, by paying for a 10-oent cup of coffee at a sidewalk table, get a post of vantage for the purpose of ogling pretty women out on shopping expeditions. To Be Exact. . Judge--Have you ever been convicted before? Prisoner--No, always after. MUSSELS TO BE CULTIVATE#' r sfv Adequate Supply of Raw Material fog| . Pearl-Button Industry^ ' Object Sought. > An important step toward Insuring an adequate supply of raw materia for the pearl-button Industry is being made by the United States bureau <jl>; fisheries, which, for the first tlipe Sirhistory, is cultivating fresh-water mu|», sels during the entire first year of the*® growth. The activity of mussel cufe turlsts heretofore has been confined t# getting the young bivalves well star#» ed In life, during the brief period wbe|* they attach themselves to the gills and fins of fish. Now, however, as a chedt upon the effectiveness of their work, the fish will be kept In large woode#, troughs until the mussels drop off, at* ter which the latter will be retained in the wooden tanks for a year, the better to observe and -facilitate their growth. The mussels will then lp planted In their nattirai environment to complete their life cycle.--Popul*r Mechanlcs Magazine. It is well to*be useful, but dont people use you. &i,s: wv Be sure you are wrong before y^jji offer an apology. . Five Years for Each Wife. jialtlmore, Md.--Convicted of marrying flye women without a divorce from any of his former spouses, Claude Mc- Dougal was sentenced to serve five years In prison for each marriage. Kate McDougal, his «fth and only legal wife, declared that she Will is true to hlm. - Amenities.' .Ji s ^ "Why do you persist In acting ths part of the dog in the manger?" 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