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About The Bend bulletin. (Bend, Deschutes County, Or.) 1917-1963 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1921)
PAGE THK 11KXI ni lJJiTIX. DAILY EDITION. lUCNn. ORKOON, HATt'HDAY, fXrmilKIt IB. IIHil mm, The X-V.1L . OF THE 1MB AUTHOR OP , THE JTRANSZ CtfB CAVZNVISZ Tr I T I I N 1 T- I 1 I 4 4 41.LUO ilCM IkJIN .1 COPYRIGHT, PIT RANDALL PAR7ISH CHAPTER I. The Message in the Box. AntlcliMting (he pos-sllilllty of my train arriving late, I had named (he hour of my meeting with Cummins as throe o'clock, ami. in conswiucuce of our reaching the city exuetiy on time, was compelled to loiter idly about the hulel for an hour. However, la passing through Uie corridor my attention was attracted by an unique curiosity shop occupying a small side room, and, merely to pass the time pleasantly, 1 entered and began exuui luiug the strange collection of viures on display. There were several articles I Ha ltered over, tempted to purchase, but drifted on, rather undecided, until my eyes perceived a very quulnt lacquered Jewel box, of a class of workmanship quite unusual. Hie proprietor, per ceiving my interest, joined me. The Jewel box attracts you," he said pleasautly, opening the case and bringing It forth. "You have love for such things!" A deep interest at least," I admit ted, taking the article from his hand, "a collector In an amateur way. What is the workmanship surely not Jap anese?" "Xo," smilingly: "Although posi tively I cannot answer as to its or igin. The Inscription, which can only be read with a mtcroscoe" he traced with his tinger "Is ancient Arabic, but no wild Arab ever did the lacquer." "Vet so strange a curio must have a history, an Imaginary oue, at least. What Is the story r "Positively none," he admitted re gretfully. "The fact is, this article wns found by a chambermaid In one of the hotel rooms, and turned In to the man ager. He made every effort to trace the guests, only to lparn that they, two men, by the way, hnd registered false ly. He even advertised, but with no response, and finally, after thirty days, was persuaded to accept my offer for the article." "Tou have put a price on this?" "Yes, ridiculously low. no doubt, yet bringing mc a good profit." He named a price, and. still with the box In my hands, I yielded to the temp tation, 'and bought It. The article was sufficiently small to find lodgment In an overcoat pocket, and, as Cu:nmin?s appeared a little later, was soon for gotten in the earnestness of our con versation. We later had dinner to gether, and attended the theater in company, my mind so occupied with other matters that I scarcely once thought of Ihe strange purchase I had mode, which remained securely hid den. It was only after returning to my own room, then nearing midnight, that It was again recalled to memory. Only an idle curiosity and a feeling of sleeplessness induced me to draw the article forth, and remove Its wrap pings, bnt the sight served Immedi ately to Increase my Interest, It was certainly a wonderful find, artistically beautiful, and most unusual In design. There was a mystery that must have exercised a stranee spell over my Imagination, for I dreamed of the long dead workman who fashioned It. for getful of the passing night hours. A clock somewhere In the neighborhood struck, and I counted twelve, arousing myself. I'erhnps I was already half sleeping, for as I turned to rise my sleeve struck the box at the edge o. the table, and before I could prevent the full. It lay upon the floor at my feet As I stooped hastily to recover the overturned box, I was astounded to discover the bottom slipped partially aside, as though some secret spring had been touched, revealing so narrow a receptacle that the ordinary eye would never -suspect the possibility of Its ex istence. Not only was there a false bottom, but the opening revealed a closely folded paper. I grasped this quickly, thrill running through me. What ancient and long-buried message was about to be unfolded? But no! This was plainly modern a clean, white sheet, no folded parch ment of old, but some mystery of yes terday. There was writing there. In Spanish, so faintly traced I could barely decipher the words, yet clearly revealed as of this day and generation. I know Spanish fairly well, having had a year In Mexico City, yet It required some, time before I could puzzle out the message on this sheet. The paper had been torn, seemingly sundered from a much longer letter, and pre served merely because of the specific address and Instructions It contained. Beyond doubt all else had been de stroyed. What remained may have been sufficient guidance to the party who'ftnd the benefit of what went be fore In the original epistle, but was obscure to anyone else. Yet It was modern, something relating to this very time, a menace; something to be grasped and understood. This convic tion absolutely gripiied me. I stared at the rather sinister words, blindly groping at what lay hidden behind them, instinctively scenting a conspir acy of evil which I could not deter mine. All unintentional I had stum hied Into a clew which milst lead to startling results, yet it seemingly gave me no .hint of who was Involved, or of Its real nature. I put the words to gether, weighing each one with cure as to Its exact meaning, and read them nr.tr ivlrh lnr.i.ul l,.,vll,l.-ii.mr Th I torn frocmcnt begun and ended nt j ruptly; I could only guess at Its ineiiu- Ing, yet the Impression left upon my mind was both sinister and menacing. I wanted to know more. MS Ml It-J Satunlay from Stockholm. Will deposit letter of credit with Krants to your order. Amount ample all ned. Se to this at once, and advise 87 liana, so aa to be no delay. Two r.ipa. three Cer vantes. Watdron favors action this month; aucrceat Watonla. Can you be ready? Ua South A code. That this letter was authentic 1 had no doubt, nor was Its meaning alto gether obscure In the light of certain, events. Several allusions were famil iar to me and these were what caused my earlier suspicions to crystallize into probability. It bore all the earmarks of a plot, a revolutionary plot, and one not yet brought to consummation. To be sure the note was undated, and the box had been left at the hotel thirty days before. Yet the Watonla was cer taiuly the name of a ship and to my memory suggested Central American trade. This did not necessarily Imply that the conspirators had nhandoned their purpose. More likely they were not quite ready In time to operate on the sailing date of that particular ship. Some delay had occurred, and, possi bly, even now prompt action might overturn all their plans. I undressed and went to bed. but not to sb-ep, for the darkness brought new thoughts and suggestions for the morrow. I wns still In government employ, nl thouch unnsslgned. nnd felt this dis covery to be a direct call upon my service. While my first Inclination should naturally have been to turn Ihe whole matter over to the proper bu reau for Investigation, two facts led me In another direction I was stilll clently young to seek adventure, and I desired to verify my suspicions be fore creating any false alarm. As I rested there, sleepless, staring up at the black celling, the words of the struuge fragment of letter re mained vividly before me. Little by little I dug at the truth, coming finally to this conclusion: "11)8" was, no doubt, the recognized number of some agent who had been dispatched to America on a special errand to the conspirators In this country. He ha 1 sailed Satunlay, a month ago, or more, nnd must have long since arrived at some port, bringing with him Instruc tions not to be Intrusted to the mall, and sufficient money. In f irm of letter of credit, with which to finance what ever nefarious scheme of revolution might be contemplated. This money Questioned Him Relative to the Mys terious Box. was to be paid out to the authorized party through a man named Krnntz. Who was Krnntz? There was a well known banking firm, Kulb, Krantz & Co., In Wall Street, and It was quite probable these mlglit prove the ones Involved, although to my knowledge they had no outward Junta connec tions of this nature. "Oans" was evi dently a street, although I could recall none bearing so peculiar appellation, while the password was In Itself proof ulmost positive as to the South or Cen tral American sympathies of the conspirators. These fuels were fairly clear us I thus wc-iivcd them together, but they were rendered more damning by the other name mentioned Waldi on. If this was Ivan Waldron, 1 had good rea son (o know Ihe fellow, nnd lo con nect his activities with uny scheme destined to embarrass the government, lie was a professional agitator of ihe most pronounced type, a socialist radi cal, who In (he pnsi had openly advo cated opposition to nil law nud order. Moreover, ihe fellow had a large nud desperate following, to whom he was a high-prlesi. lie was reported lo be a Uusslnu by birth, but spoke Kngllsh without an accent, and I felt no doubt but w hat a sulllcleiit amount of money would engage his Interest lu uny des perate cause. The desire to "get him" added lest to my Interest In the u flair. If he was actually ut the head of these fellows, these plotters against the neu trality of (he Tutted States, the catch would be worth while. As soon us possible uext morning I sought out Iturke, (he manager of he hotel, with whom I had a speaking ac quaintance, and. without colluding the extent of my discovery, questioned hliu relative to the mysierloua box, and the guests who left II behind. Two men. he said, both well dressed, but with nothing particularly to distinguish them, hud registered together late 111 the afternoon of Friday. September 117, and on request hail been assigned to one room with twin beds and a bath. The larger man. who had luscrtlcd him self as S. Horner, Detroit," alone had a bag; his cotupaulon, known to the hotel as "Oustnve Alva. Toledo. Ohio," being without baggage. The bill was paid the next morning by Horner, anil the two departed together. It was an hour later when the cham bermaid ou that floor reported finding the box In the room vacated. After holding it for a day or two in expec tation that It might be called for, no such inquiries being made, the hotel endeavored to trace the men, but to no avail. The fellows had either false ly registered, or were entirely unknown where they claimed resilience. The first was the most probable condition. After thirty days, and having exhaust ed all reusonuhte efforts to find the rightful owner, the hotel felt legally JustlH.il In sidling the trinket. That was all Burke knew of the matter, and his Interest In It was not keen. I am inclined to think now that t went at the problem without much system, and that uny success achieved was through pure accident. During the forenoon I dropped in upon .Clem ent Kreckenrfdge. cashier of the Do ver's National bank. We hail been classmates at college, anil I generally culled on him when in the city. This time I led the conversation to Kulh, Krnntz tc Co.. on the pretense (hat I had received mall from them relative to some recommended Investment. Clement knew Krnntz well nnd favor ably, and my probing elicited the In formation that the nmn was Austrian by birth, but a naturalized citizen, rather deeply Interested In political matters. If his sympathies were at all revolutlonnry he hnd carefully re- I f ruined from any such open exnres- : slon. The firm had made a specialty ' The llrsl policeman encountered gava cue all necessary directions, so (hat 1 alighted from a street car within a block of my destination. A saloon on the upper corner of tho block fur nished me Ihu necessary cluw, and, using It us a marker, I succeeded lu tracing back until antlxiled 1 had Ihu safely located "&70," It was uu aban doned factory, built of brick, two sto ries high, evidently extending over con siderable ground at the, rear, but with u frontage not to exceed forty feet. Tim lower windows were boarded up, a number of (hose lu tho second story broken, and tho main entrance, large enough for (he passage of a motor (ruck, was tightly secured by uu tin meiise iron bur. A smaller door to the right alone offered any possibility of entrance, although It was tightly closed. To all outward appearances the place had been unoccupied for muiith, and perhaps years. From the sidewalk It was Impossible lo gain any glimpse within. Ouly one discovery served to convince mo that I might be on the right track that I had not been en tirely deceived. A small sign, so cov ered with dust and dirt a to be almost unreadable, w as nailed over the smaller door. lu tho growing dusk 1 was obliged to study It Intently to decipher the words, but finally uiude them out letter by letter: "OKKICi: ALVA MAI.LKAM.K 1HO.N COMl-ANY." Here was a struuge coincident. If nothing' more, for liustavo Alva hnd beeu one of the names signed on the hotel register. Beyond doubt this old, abaudoncd Iron foundry was his prop erty, and what better spot could be selected In which to meet and concoct a scheme of crime? What a place to hide arms for shipment. Whatever doubt I may have felt regarding my venture vanished In tho presence of that unusual name. This was unques tionably the place named In the letter as a rendezvous; here was where the recipient of that letter was lo go and receive Instructions; where he was to use the mysterlocs nips, and the coun tersign "Cervantes," In order to gain admittance. The knowledge that 1 was actually upon the threshold of such a discovery brought with It a de termination not to lose (he advantage. Hut what could I do? What further steps might be safely taken alone? (To Uo Continued.) XOTICK OK MIKKIKKS 8AI.K IN THE CIUCI IT COIKT OK THE STATE OK OKKGON. KOIl DK3 CHLTKS COUNTY CEOrtGE RENCIIKIt. ) l'luiiitiff. ) vs. ) WII.CE It. THOMAS nndl AMY THOMAS, his wife.) Defendant.) By virtue of an execution. Judg ment order and decree and order of sule issued out of (he ulmve entitled court in the above entitled cause, to me directed and doled the I' 3rd day of September. 11)21. upon n Judg ment and decree rendered and enter ed on tho 21st day of SepninbiT. 1921 In favor of the plaintiff In (he sum of 1338.31 with Interest (hereon of handling South American business. ; at ,he rale of e?, por C,.M pr . honing to a defective "al1 execution. JU' I knew well, as to the and tt ot bouts of, van W . ? and had Intimate financial connections In both I!lo nnd Buenos Aires. The company ranked hl;;h In financial circles. The present wnr must have cost thorn a rather heavy loss." I hazarded. However, this Is nothing to me. By the way, Clement, do you chunce to know of a (Jans street In this town?" Gans? That Is a new one on me. Try the city directory there on the edge of (he desk." The nnme was not to be found, nor any other approaching It In sound or spelling, and I finally drlft-d out onto the street, really no wiser than when I first entered. I made one more effort, I however, telephoning to a detective sergeant whom present whereabout i ne insi nenrn or waldron, he was In West llrglnln. speaking to striking miners; that was less than a week ago; he hnd not been seen In the city since. The whole affair looked hopeless. About all I could do would be to send the torn note to the proper authorities In Washington, with a statement of how It came Into my possession, and let them dispose of the mutter In any wuy they deemed best. I wrote such a letter carefully on hotel stationery, and went down to mull It In the lobby. Before disposing of It lu the mailbox I encountered the manager, Burke, and stopped for a word. We were still tulklug when a bellboy came up hur riedly with a message. Iiiirke turned. "What is It, George?" "That Guns street party Is on the wire, sir." "Oh, all right. Excuse me, Severn, bnt I've been trying to get connection for an hour." "But wait a minute," my veins tin gling. "Did he say Oans street? Where Is that? There is no such name in tta city directory." "Guns! Why, over In Jersey. Yes, I'm coming." I thrust the unmalled letter Into my pocket, and sat down, staring at tho crowd In the lobby, but entirely Indif ferent to their presence. Here at least was an opening, a chnnce (Inns street was In Jersey City. Then It was not all a dreiim. I would at least look over the ground before I guve up In despair, for I had stumbled Usn a way out of the blind alley Gnns street, Jersey City. CHAPTER II. A Man and a Woman. It was lute In the afternoon, the day dark, with a chilly wind blowing off the river, when I reached Jersey rnv. i num from and after February 7, ! 1921, and Ihe further sum of ITS. AO attorneys fees and for costs and dis bursements taxed and allowed here in in the sum of 116.50 and the costs on and upun said writ commanding me to make sale of the following des cribed real property situate, lying and being In the county of Des chutes, State of Oregon and more particularly described in follows, to wit: Lots 27 and 28 In block 4, Au brey Heights, according to the duly recorded map and plat thereof on file and of record In the office of the county clerk of said Deschutes county. State of Oregon. NOW, THEIIEKOKK. by virtue of said execution. Judgment order, de- sale and In corn- commands of said Monday the 24th day Make XEbe regon Your Hotel WHEN IN PORTLAND Popular Spacious Lobby At the Center of Everything BROADWAY at Stark St. W luggetl you write, phone or wiia for retervalioni. ARTHUR H. MEYERS, Managet of October. 1921 at 10 o'clock a. in. at tho front door of I tin court lintiau In lltilid, Deschutes county, Oregon, sell ut public, i I lou. subject (o re demption, lo the highest bidder for cash In hand, nil tho right, title and Interest, which (ho within iiniueoSdn feuiliiiiis, or either of them had on the dale of Ihu iiioiigago herein foreclosed, lo-wll: February 7, B2, or since dial date, had lu and to Ihe iibnvo described premises lo satisfy said execution, tudiiiuont order and decree, Interest, attorneys fees, costs und accruing costs. Dated nl lleud, Oregon, this 23rd day of September, 11)21. H. K. ItOIIKUTH. Sheriff of Descliutes county, Ore gon. I n I n of First publication Septem ber 24, 1V2I. 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