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r Then, unknown to himself, and un
seen of anyone about him, he acci
dentally dropped something else upon
the floor —a long, folded printed paper.
He didn't miss it; and when Congress
man James J. Prime moved off in the
direction of his home, a human being
slouched over to that corner, placed a
concealing foot upon the folded paper,
struck a match and lit a cigarette,
stooped suddenly and with nicotine
stained fingers, picked up the docu
ment.
The concealing foot and the nico
tine-stained fingers belonged to a
young and sporty gentleman of the
name of Joey Welcher.
He thrust the document into his
pocket and then, he too, moved off to
some less public place. When he
reached a place less public, he exam
ined his find. He was disappointed at
first. He was prepared for anything
of Interest. But ne was disgusted when
he opened the document and read lta
headlines:
Questions and Correct Answer* to
be used In Preliminary Competitive
Examination for Congressional Ap
* polntment District of New Jer
sey, for Navy Academy, Annapolis.
Ou plicate.
It didn't interest him, but he glanced
ever its contents; then thrust it into
fcis hip pocket and went his way—
smoking a cigarette.
CHAPTER XII.
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The Spider and the Fly.
Back in the Hardin cottage by the
•ea, Miss Irene Courtier—known in
other and less reputable circles by
the name of Inez Castro —limped (not
ungracefully) downstairs from the
room she had been occupying for
some time, and entered the living
room.
"Under your kind care," she said to
Mrs. Hardin, her hostess —and in her
tone was the slightest foreign accent
—"I am so well again, that I must
leave you."
She paused. Joe Welcher pushed
open the door and slouched into the
room. Inez Castro glanced at him se
ductively from under her long lashss
and went on.
"With the aid of Mr. Joey Welcher,"
she proceeded, "I have consulted time
tables, and I find very good connec
tions on the next train."
She opened her handbag, and took
out bills. "And," she added, "I insist
on paying board."
Mrs. Hardin held up her hand. "Miss
Courtier," she returned, "I can't think
of It. You have taken what we call
pot-luck with us. You have been
friendly with us, and I hope we have
been friendly with you."
Inez smiled and shrugged her pretty
'Shoulders. She glanced casually at
Joe Welcher. She slightly raised her
eyebrows—she watched Joey as a cat
watches a mouse. And Joe—he was
watching something, too —the cash
that Inez was holding in her hand.
Inez groaned suddenly and put out her
hand.
"Stupid," she said, "I have forgot.
My outer bandage. I must return."
She returned the money to her hand
bag and laid it down upon the table.
Then she left the room and went up
stairs. Mrs. Hardin, Welcher's foster
mother, sniffed the air.
"There's something burning in the
kitchen, Joey," she exclaimed, "if Miss
Courtier comes down I'll be right
back." She, too, disappeared. And
Joey—easy-money Joey Welcher, was
left alone with the handbag and the
bills. Joey listened for an instant,
then tiptoed forward, seized th«
handbag and drew forth the roll
of bills. He needed money badly—he
had to pay a debt of honor, which
means a gambling debt. He opened
the roll of bills and peeled off a few
where their absence would least he
noted, and then restored the balance
of the bills to the handbag—thrusting
his share into his pocket.
Inez Castro, seated halfway up the ;
stairs, watching through an inch of t
open doorway, smiled to herself. Then [
she tripped a bit noisily, and irregru- I
larly—to show her limp—down the |
stairs and glided gracefully into the j
room. Joe lit a cigarette and watched
her. He was nervous, but game. He !
watched her closely. She took up her .
bag and once again took out the billa. i
"My charming hostess," she ex- .
claimed, "where should she be?"
"She should be here," said Joey, j
evading her glance, "wait a bit, I'll '
get her."
He got her, and Inez resumed her '
former conversation—once more in- i
sisting upon payment for her board, j
Her offer was quite as insistently de- (
clined. She sighed prettily and clicked [
shut her bag. Welcher also sighed—
with unmistakable relief. She turned
to him.
"The one-horse vehicle?" she asked.
"Outside," said Welcher, offering hia
arm, "boy's ready—time that you were
off."
Once at the station Inez bought a '
ticket for New York. But when tike
train—a local—at. Lonesome 1
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Cove, three miles north of Seaport,
Inez dropped off the rear platform of
the last car, and waited on the far
side of the track until the train waa
out of sight. There was no station at
Lonesome Cove —merely a shed. Swift
ly Inez crossed the track and passed
thla station and then sped on down
toward the shore. She reached a nar
row atrip of beach, stepped down to
the water's edge, and looked about
her Suddenly she raw what she was
looking for —a bandanna handkerchief
thrust above a clump of bushes. On
the sea side of this clump of bushes
was a rock. Inez raised her parasol
and sauntered gracefully toward this
rock, and composed herself also
gracefully—ln the shadow of the rock.
Before doing so she peered into the
bushes, noted the presence there of
three shadowy figures, and nodded
slightly, in recognition. A man with a
foreign accent spoke.
"What progress?" he queried anx
iously.
"Best in the world," she answered,
"we have a new recruit."
She change* her position. A man
thrust his head and face for a mo
ment out of the bushes—a face across
which was a saber cut; a livid scar.
For a moment, with their heads to
gether, the two whispered. The man
with a scowl of satisfaction, finally
withdrew his head. Inez rose to her
feet and looked about her.
"Where is this Lonesome Cave Inn,
then?" she queried.
"Half a mile farther up the beach—
follow the shore line —turn in at the
cove. Follow the water line—lt takes
you there. Good luck."
CHAPTER XIII.
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The Honor Slip.
A crowd of thirty—more or less— j
congregated about the steps of the i
school building in Seaport, N. J. Neal j
was there. Some of the thirty he i
knew and some he didn't.
Neal started suddenly. A hand was j
laid upon his shoulder. He turned. !
Joey Welcher, his foster brother, I
faced him. Joey smiled.
"Neal," he said, "I think I'll take a
hack at this Annapolis exam myself."
For a moment Neal was taken back.
Then he recovered. "Gorry," he re
turned, "I'm glad of that When did
you decide?"
"Before you did," replied Welcher,
"I've had this up my sleeve for a year
or so. I've been boning on the quiet
boning hard."
It was quite true that he had been
boning hard—and also on the quiet. ■
He had been studying the examination ,
paper dropped accidentally by the con
gressman in the local post office, and j
he had mastered every answer by
heart. "You bet your life I'm going
in," he said.
Ten minuteß later Neal and Welcher i
were seated side by side at desks in i
the old-fashioned little schoolroom.
The examination questions had been
written on the ample blackboards that
completely circled the room. The ex- j
aminer had copied them from his
printed list of questions.
There was a knock on the door and
the congressman came in. The exam- !
iner left his desk and met the con- i
gressman half way. He whispered to 1
him.
"How goes it?" asked the congress- '
man.
"I've only had the chance to look
over young Hardin'a papers as they
came in—he's been the first to finish.
They look good to me. They're well
nigh perfect. There he is now. He's
all through."
"May the best man win," said the
congressman, "he looks the part at
any rate." He glanced about the
room; he seemed to be trying to re
member; then he remembered. "Say, 1
look a here," he said, "Beecher's letter i
says he mailed me a duplicate of those i
questions and answers; and I'll swear
I saw a duplicate when I read hia
note —did I hand you two or one?"
"One," returned the examiner. He j
stepped back to his desk. Neal handed I
in his final paper. The examiner
thrust in front of Neal a slip of paper i
and a pen. "Sign thla, please," he j
said. Thla is what it said—and Meal !
signed it as requested:
I do solemnly declare on my honor
as s gentleman that I have neither ob
tained nor given aid of any kind dur- i
Ing the course of this examination. I
Neal Hardin, Candidate.
He had no sooner finished signing !
than Joe Welcher approached the j
desk.
"Through, Joey?" queried Neal, "I'll j
wait for you."
Welcher signed his own honor slip, j
Neal waited—and while he waited, he
thrust his hand Into his coat pocket. S
There waa something unfamiliar •
there. Involuntarily he drew it out — i
it was a crumpled printed paper. The
examiner's eagle eye was upon it in
an instant.
"Haven't been cribbing, boy?" h*
exclaimed.
(To Be Continued.)
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