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The Clock A N D The Key J B M B w — t.wu.. M iu H B y A R T H U R H E N R Y V E S E Y Copyright, 1905, by D- Appleton & Co. PROLOGUE, Mrs, Nunluii >md .hicquclmr. Iivr niece. <1 iv in \ iuu« e f am * nuii«i‘ 0 's Tb<\\ meet. Ulclitml lhum', m n Aim»rir»u m (jUftiuUfUce, uiu» «sks ./ur<|U('lnie ff> j uuirry him Kim fenrs he is shiflI<* sn . • for ho lias idled ; i \ mi . v >eurs lu mere j pleasure Ni Hllnrv, denier in mi \ tuples. desrrihrs the I reason s mi sale til tile rn.sllc h | M m * imkt' dll Seslii^ At the rasilr flir duke presents .lm<|iieline ujfli a rn lih rimed I««\ u lii< h had oine r\!itailH tietn- luiez siine lest tin* knf M m , in >rdi hi is u i' « mi ;i in' s li'inuM »>Ht < I<>< K \ 1’H‘li lie hard takes tn ln> resideni-«* fur rei'-’dr^ St Milan nn\i'>U> f > teii'-i (till the i lurk *. serrel rails mu Un'hai.l and IriK him lhl> tils (on uf t lie- i h m k a ml (hr je v\ els lieainie d Ksh VV 1 1 1 ‘ m |' l,mlM\irn the M mi »1 , pa \ lied hel it I) t he (lute i f \ IlmriiiMii.s i askel hu (. in a n n si I: i 'lln• In to ill l hr t In id t.l a pi e 1111) 11 lu. j- • f I 1 Hefei) 1 Id.* hu lm . lf 1.i > 1111 h la ■ Hi lea Utiu I w Mjiderfui youis hr r w hit had mi t I m lad! t hem to tld-miii li B\ a i rnf't > i n< j sim ret rd |ie l casket i m s' hi Hi whs made mw i; I imhsp v\ here hr he li r m | i I a i net I I hr se lildih u jewels Tllis HU a w 1 1 m siuaslted 1 he eluek I kilted iiiitiself atnl hrnkrn ' lurk as I hr hi • \ii 11 lew t<> (I, ji w t . M 11 tin t.> I. . i . i hr . I m , lihlin: plan* ,tf Hie i jii;' I\ V mstenlaiii rrjiuiretl ii\ e\perts w hilt- i‘ n j mi r <1 juti rm \ s i t hr I mperia I I • I nr i « at m iVim'-nm fur data (■\i-et riling Hit- ■ lot ix Ihikt da Seslus a ! s i in St |et ’ rl'slHii % e\ I rat Is four tern MHiies f I miii tfir hunk ■ i Hi I,a i I! i 11 i* I hr >mJ p n hirimi i i M I ! la r\ I a |. Ir'iji'C hu'ii'f «\ I hr « hii K si t'ikt - s hm I t hr t 11 11 r| 11 1 itr l hr dliiM 1 'll i >f !' 00 ON WITH THE STORY t s NOW th 1 1 a t Ilf' 1\in i r t>> pin h i Ur hartl ami ai 11 1 1 '- <d (hr irru m i‘\t i ,i |ri] \v hi ll They tin'll \ men- a t \ f'rus to U'aHi pusses I A New Theory. I I - ill, I ' II 1 1 f 11; ■ i low \ llr s;l 111 I 'Will i li i ‘i 11‘I I [Ml nit\.'! V . “ H V (TV hill' \tif Tin- uinniirig. abmil hull' I >: I I I ■ I I tumid lil.'M'lf ill I In' ( ;i 1111 mi Sii n Sulv it I nrc Vt Hi\ li'fi nf Hit' sijuii re. going tn'Winl hall Mal'm Ih'-i’i' is a Inns' S' Inn,I 'i,ni may haw nhscrvcd a re h 11 < 1 , 1 1 i , |,I si', X a lit \ In w a II,S sol ouiiih 1111 (n tli\ liiu In’ll mi Ilia left of the dour lending a little liny In the lianil lie al» in s rings the hell at N \ rlni I, a | In morning When I lie door is 111 ><‘iii'i he ha ini I he si lnml , I Minks In his charge. shakes his finger i'i him mill I'lihlies uff I,, the seller of Mwrleiieil w liter a! (lie rorner for a drink \ \llns this respectable old man ant tiling to do with yotir precious dis coven V I asked impatiently “A great deal to do with it This morning, ns I was sating. I caught right of my old man and the young gentleman. Now, observe, my dear Hump. If I hami't met my old man I should bine hurried through the square, lu that ease I should have missed the hoy with th- fish.\ \Oh. there is a boy with a fish, is there?\ ] remarked. ‘'Yes.\ lie said setoroly. \there ]« a boy with a fish. While 1 stood watch ing the old man a stream of twees and abuse in the Venetian dialect dis turbed my pleasant reflections. I turned, and there at the open door of a large house stood a barefooted boy with a flat basket of fish. Two serv ants were shrieking at him. The old aervant, the seller of sweetened water, who left Ms stand, and the dark eyed gypsies at the well, who left their buck ets, game to look on. The had little boy with the fKh didn't like this put trance lie vast one cautious eye into the square (o he sure that the second |mlivi'iuau had disappeared, and then. alder the maimer of small hoys the world mer. he held his thumb and lingers extended al the majestic police man ami culled him naughty names \ ' \ beautiful little sketch of low life in Venice.\ I said sarcastically \Hul I fall In see c' cu ycl I he pertinency of I lie lung teal her m the round hat I 'al icia e in \ friend \\ hen lie had \iitheieiil h insulted the maiestic police man in tins maimer he look one of Ills m.dims a ml. hurling n w il li pro i Sion si rm I, I he I'm. ml lull w il Li I lie lung fc.it 111 • i ■\ 'missed the rwjinl lun wilb Ihe lung tea I lid , mTn led M 11 da r\ willi calm precision I>. 1 1 stem k the long Icallid on llm round lull II hung pitiliilh a draggled and wohegonp Ini of linen and those of Its who had lol lowed him lulu Ihe courl natural!' le garded il wnli respectful sympathy \nd llicu ui\ heart came iulu in' iiioulh Tim Piokon feather was point lug as il wen a human hand sti,algid lu a lou ml si one Id lulu Ihe wail And on llils round shine w as i aneil a lanml s head the precise image ot llm iuiuels head m llns photograph of the ha kg'aiu ml o I I In I on r| h hour Si Ilium looked at me ill triumph and pi, king up Ihe photugrajih, ttimsl II ml o m \ ha ml ' Hut why should Jon think Unit the , lo, kinaker copied Ihe head of Unit parlli ular tamel in Ihe Ian kgrouml of I lit' loiirt h hour •\ I asked Bill i.lioi , not the dealer eyas peialial look at the photograph I to mi see n n lung po n I in r a bout I ha I ea niel s head ' ' I look ihe uiaglill,' lug glass and stud ied I he phot ograph ea-ref ulh No| long unless il lip the P'e Per haps it is a defe I in Ihe workmanship Bill il looks \es, il ciuMai id,' does look as if I he ca mel w as blind \The i aind i aneil on the stonp let into t lie wall of tlie house is kvre’y face that Vouched me. I « L uow that. I saw her, bow great bad been my folly. My oyes had beea pa the wire, w hiW the gocWess* bereetf was passtug l\v. { sprang up the steps of the bridge aud iuet her halfway across. ^Jacituolin’e.\ I cried, \wbeu did you come to Venire?\ She looked at me with it sort of gen tle wonder. 1 pm up toy hand guiltily to my thin St, Hilary and myself had grow n so absorbed m our search that wp had given little thought to what we ate or drank or what we wore or how we looked Hut .Jacque line. it. seemed, wns obserUug uuy face mid not my scrubby beard. \We niTiied Inst night. But you look n ghost, a shadow- of yourself.\ “The hunt for the casket. Jacqueline. Is an excellent preventive against obesity,\ I said lightly. At this reference to the casket, the color slow ly left her cheeks, and her eyes looked into mine wistfully. \Von you are still searching for It?” \Of course : am!\ 1 auswered al most gruffly \I did not know You have not. writ ten.\ she said quietly. \If 1 turn' not written.\ 1 answered, \i: Is because there was nothing to w rile a 1 m niI \ ” \olliing |n wrile about. l>iek?” Bite smiled dreamily \Not worth mentioning Jacqueline.\ \Then yon are still in the dark?” ' V hsiiluteh \And and you have little hope?\ ' V Iniosl no hope \ Absorbed though 1 was in my own seltisli feeling. I could not but notice llm disappointment of her tone We were at Ihe elmnh door now She lieli! out Imr band To see her pass ilois out of m.' siglu to know that m.v \u n ohstimic' was raising this bar riei bel ween Us that I had wounded her I could lint lei her go like that, (■' cn fni ii few hours ■n, I quellnr I sn id tirmh 1 I w tsh In tell \ mi a hnu| |lls I search ’ Well link \lull is it'\ stie asked when she \us sealed Ibis mad quest Hull imi liii'c sent inn mi ' I broke out impetuously, \! waul you to release me from it \ She was silent for n moment then drew herself up with a certain Imu tear I release 'on from p of course, since 'mi wish il she answered with dm ml' I leal .he qiicliue how imii I make (mi ii niters! a ml 1 I a-l. dm to release me from this search not been use I am Hied uni merely he.ause I think the i askel i nline! he loiilid II Is the principle of the thing Supposing that the duke should bring you this casket, (■mild that possibly alter your feeling inward him1' Could that make you line him nmre than you dn lit pres ■ VV liy should i a little delia ally shown himself a lie Is keeping ll|i h and | mi l lent I\ , he finds lime In tires and Ins sim lim ' ■ In I mer she an.- a sense |n\ei III; crpil. lias you asked linn I nlleliipls III sumei i mes I tin' senri Ii cheerful Anil tr< every (lav w rile me of 1is. 1 fail '■esses Vpparelilly I , iTiump mountains He imoossihh gladly and think lie will accomplish l lie This is new- if it 1« not tin merest etui nee \ I i ried \ \ in I before ihe house was used as a school il was i ailed the House of tlm Blind <a ' 1111 1 The House of tile Blind Camel\' 1 repeated excitedly. \By Jme St Hi! nr\. does that mean you lane stumbled on one of the twelve landmarks?\ \i’atieuep Book at yotir photograph again VVliat else do you see in the background of the fourth hour''\ ■ V w ed I answered proniptl' \If you have found the well there ran he no doubt \And I have found the well look at the phnpigraph What is the de sign of the heading round the curb?\ \V looped wreath with pomogran a i es bet ween each loop.” \The well in the school garden has a heading of the same design. But study the photograph a moment look carefully at the second and third po niegraiiates from the left. l*o you notice anything peculiar?\ \! see.\ 1 or ied. \They are not po megranates. They are two rosettes.” \Arid there are two rosettes between two of the loops of the writ trr the garden. AH we have to do ’now fs to find in the various backgrounds some significant mark that is paralleled In the y ttrious landmarks about Venice that lead to. the casket.\ For several days wp made no further progress. We became so utterly fa tigued and weary of looking, for we knew not what, that we saw nothing. We took to wandering vaguely a Mint the ea nals a fid the streets. .A restles.s- ! ness urged us out at all hours in I lie dllke tl.l- Ini'll sea r. lung for i a-.!• ei ' Here m V enter ' ' ’ \ e- and wiilimil a iimmi'til - rest so he assures me More Hum that lie df' l,i res no i> mi its 11 ;n k that he w ill bring il to me simn 1 was siiiptTed Neither St Hilary nor I had m e seen ihe duke since lie left in> rooms II seemed incredible Hefty, especially when i* majestic po- : s(,arf.h „ f ,;1(.se vague landmarks. Kv Hceman-with a l-mg feather in his hat | (.rr ,JfK^nj tig after breakfast we set came on the bad tittle ixvy ff&I’te trn- | somewhere. Every evening we re- awares and. seizing bis ear, he made him a prisoner. Then the youngster whenebed hi re self free. ob ?) t to run headlong into another poKeeraa® who was courtng from the Cafle Kao Bo rer Jo. The spigbetti. roHsjiefMI to dou ble tm Isfs tracks, j>fimped recklessly fete the first opeuiug that offered. hsj(f<e»«f to fgs. the gate leading ; that cterscedfo he -'«rasM, On iptiBtem m *M k fbe Imre fea£her fa hat bragsjdfy s th firf offer hue jrey the rtert « f the square: ywreefi w q a r t M ^r after f* w e Mmtm. — ---- ■ i n . iKi t—e r oa . T«Hb ME n H c fref■■■WWreW (uiB jpafkcMMWMr'dHMe Ua reraqt. fire' MotfceodbMlgretfeftM %e wide erett. x m t . m tenied dfscowraged. And so a month passed, aini we were no nearer to the I*a jSpstos casket. [ ft t .-» s Sunday inorniug. Rt Hilary j had fushded nfton my going ore'e inore j to the Academy «f Arts to the j pVnforrrF^ of tfe* efelfeth Vwr with ; FarpacHo's fikyiwe. \The IHsreJssnt of \ the AraBwosa^ws.” In the series of jwlnffne* ttarero am \The Mmyedoa otf S t . I'rwattsi.” * « * * In treantib «f course* <«€ #fee la d itg h rei- rearfc ■ ..... The heS of the GngSD*^ Aart-h w » tbd lerefy O r i nrenfi arrere « f WUt MreiMa m m . t Ae-hSit i n * m t » «fe ttrirw a ? « * I Took the Magnifying Glass and Stud ied the Photograph Carefully. i that he should have been in Aeni-e these {mst three weeks and that we should not know it. Jacqueline looked at me a ra»uiunt is siten.-e. Slie hrM her hand gently »>a nty arm. \Has this quest troubled jou so n«e-h? I liegrn to tblak ft a very child i«h one. 1 lie-fa to realize my fofly. and yet\ . - She rtme from the he«oh wad, shak- mg ost Jwr skirts (tebrtly. *d>etted tier ’ inre hts pouahy f » f<ay - the forfeit8re jm a tiet. j of f r e e erf mind and content -a bitter “Yem are gwng. Jac^oeihse? There Is 1 ensrajfli wage ftg fallsre: no s w e t o he | “jl * i ftaanson said ante them. I w « I d l a y * « & fhre I was gores to I a w ^ fimffr a rfddie m 4 * yreit I f - I fh:tk 1 had tofter go. Pert ye A d enfejaty wdve ft wftMa seres y « wffl v i f t to rh» dayagf the fewt »n « find It « * . then M d wffh ree. y « r e y day fa Tovfi- i w j taite \I shall wait for yon at the charch 9 toor. I uuwt tort, go to my snores to make suyself pcesrertaMe. Heavens, Jacqueline, if you couW know the re lief 1 tee! at afniniktuing this read sciirvlF u has i«eu & night,suare; but we VlaB go butHuio Ihe Tatessed sun.sliiue again.\ \Rut. Hick,” she said wistfully, \you will need to plead very eloquently this «ftei'n,),iii to com lin e tw tlmt l may w lUiilinw ruy word to l*uke da Beatos, H only it lmd Iwea tms,slide to find that wretciied casket'. 1 shall look for y ou after church.\ 1 watched her disappear within the dcen'iiy. In half an bovr l had been to my rooms and returned 1 slipped into a pew at the rear of the church. I wished to think-to dream. It seem ed incredible that the search was end ed M b,at would St, Hilary say w hen he knew that 1 had abandoned It? And, strange its it uta.v seem, already 1 \as vaguely sorry. Could 1 watch Si Hilary steadily going on with ihe search mid be quite tudlffereut ns to his success or failure? Should 1 never lane regrets that I had not kept at it a little longer? Then I looked id Jacque line Kneeling deu'utly a few pews in front of me. and I smiled Joyfully A\ with Jacqueline as my wife I had no need of the excitement of a find's errand nut of (tie stillness of my thoughts, ns if from afar off, the text of the prem-her fell on my ears unheeding ami \ct strangely reeepll'e The text was in |ee repeated it was sufficiently fuin.i:-iic in tiself, but to me It wns the finger of fate Ii was pointing to the hiding place of tin1 I Hi Seslus casket This w ns the text \Muromor. the king made a great throne of Bury aud oxerlald the arms of il \till fine gold The llirone had six steps, and Ihe lop of the throne \ as round behind, and there were shns on either side of the place of the seal and two lions stood beside the set's H liest. as I lime said. Hie words fell quin idly on in.' ears Then, without an) effort on my part, a throne made of ilory, its arms merlalil with fine gold seemed to flush before m.v eyes I triisl to resume the thread of m.v thought again, but the \ Ision of the throne of 1 1 on with the two lions ill Hu .side haunted m.v excited linitn All al once with a shock of surprise I knew n hy it stood before me with sin h slarlling disl tint ness The throne of tin iiu1 1 (Iliaton of the eighth hour was of i'on. Its arms were of gold It had six sieps, and two lions crouched on enhei side \t first I was merely astonished at the similarity of the tjirone of the Hi tile and the throne of the Ini Kestos clock. But other scenes of (lie hours sprang before my mind In rei lew I remembered the hour of St Mark and Ihe lion llm roiiucil of ten before the gale the sultan and Ihe kneeling slmc I tie sm ties stopped abruptly there In a hash almost without thought, eertainly without deliberate reasoning I had falhouied Ihe secret ot Ihe ( lo, I, The scenes of the twelve hours were not Venetian scenes They were Bible scenes disguised In an enilronment that was \euelian I could parallel each of the three hours Hull had occurred to me with familiar stories of the Bible The scene of the first hour, the figure of St Mark ami Ihe Imu ns wp had thought, ice really Samson and the lion; the sull.in and the kneeling slave were Bin id and the prnstrnte giant ttoliatli Tne doge receiving the news of victory from the dove tn the Cam pnnile lioeaim Noah and the dove. But. the other scenes would I hey tie equal ly clear? I took tile first scene that occurred tn me, that in which the ten disks ap pear In succession, with llm gate in the background 1 took a Bible from the rack of the pen and opened It eagerly at the book of Cenesis. My know I edge of the Hid Testament was not profound 1 turned the leaves over quickly, scanning each page. I had to look simply for a passage tn which a gate and ten men figured. I lieeame unconscious of the reverent worship ers alrnut urn ! was heedless even of good form. For half nn hour I pn tientl.r turned page after page. 1 had reached the hook of Judges and began to despair. \V;m this theory that prom ised so well to be discarded in its turn trke n dozen -fit hers? Nor T Totrnd fire passage. It proved my theory to be a fact beyond peradventure. The pas sage was tn the lank of Ttnth: ‘ Then went Boa/, fo the gate and sat him there, and. lieimld. the kins man of whom Boaz spoke, came by, unto whom be. said. Ho. such a one. turn aside, sit down here. And he turned aside and sat down. \And be took ten men of the elders of the citv end said. Sit down here And they sat down.' Nothing eon Id lie more clear. The doge liecnrne Boaz: the ten di-ks repre senting. as we had thought, the ef>fin- fil Of ten, were the eiders of the city. ! rend the story- of Samson and the bon. Jt was i ndisputa bfy the scene of the first la>ur. The very words were a challenge a Hear statement in Mack tmd white that he who should tutfre the riddle of Hie Hook won-id bare hk reward. And he who failed should Bible atoctai lx>r hat key—a key that be knew was ns teperishable as ttare itself, and yet a key that would guard bis secret well- To the Cathal'u: wf that day the Bible was a sealed book- But if this were true—If these stories easier of suluikm? Would the Bible stories be uiore readily understood than the \ enetluu stories ? The theory of St. Hilary Bashed i across iu,v mind. The cipher that was | the, clew. lu each of the scenes of j the background a certain number hud ! been i i i c i C e T h i r t y changes of r . / 1 ‘ N \ l| I'ifCeJ S f 5 i m n ' V ' ' -x l |,im'\wy r \A ere reft wflre M fir* r e m q f i l r H M * ta t jm thirty uberts « U tUr- flLJjgfiaj i. « £ » * ■ « * . ^Bttt i f y e w*r«- I t * « reiOSK m n srej^ytretB-tstaa y e erae-ip rets xreny - H K y (rirereremfi fBbM e tf \You *i# going. Jacqueline? There it no more to b« aaid?\ riiimciil N p ' cii days Six slops to the llmme I wo lion- Thus was Illy seeoml great disco'erv made Much scene lioni the Bible lii'cheil certain numbers 1 rend ihe story of I fii > id nii.l Ho ] Until 1 ' Xml there went a champion mil of | the camp of the Philistines mimed Ho hath \lm.se height was si* cubits and | u span ' There \ere the numbers again six cubits and a spun I I could tie loitgct doubt And tm\' ha'mg \rested so mm Ii ol the mad i man' sciaet Inning surprised front ' him llm key I should I fell . oufidmit I sol' e the rest I \ as lu , nl the last t h ri ■ n d Hint hound this se, let to llm gi n i e .Smhlriili I became cons, tons of fa, cs turned frow ningly in m.v dtrei Mon I liml. I Suppose, nisi led t he Inn es #t was an unusual sight to see a man of dis,Tellon tid 1111 > all' turning o'er tlm lea ' es ,,f Ids IIIi,|e during a se limit I ii 'it I hr nigh t lie sermon \ as i m possible I must gel a breath of fresh lilt I \oil'd \ a It lot ,1II, quell lie out side I \ allied to tlm qua i of tlm • ini ml i mull I scanned the sweep of tlm pal | n-es, from the Salute to tlm IF,alto bridge To \Ill'll \f them \oil'd these lie\ i lew s lend '• I walked hack to the chitl'i It The sermon \ns droning siiiniheioii'l' mi I wandered restlessly down the t'alle Sim Bio I found myself at the steam hoal landing Tlm little steamer \im ills'barging tls quota of passengers t leapeil aboard My desire lo look on Ihe photographs was intense I wished to 'crify the oilier scenes I \('bed to confound Si Hilary with my di.<mov cry Not until tlm steamer was half way across tlm nhidoeea did 1 remember, with a shock of dismay, my appoint ment w ith Jacqueline 1 persuaded myself that I had time to liml, at tlm photographs |usf on< e t cotthl hurriedly recount tm w oiiflei ful (liscnery t\ St Hilary. I could bo rowed imross t\ tlm Mol\ in three min tiles and he at tlm i hiii'ch In another ten. If 1 fulled Jacqueline she xvmii'l forgive me \hen she ktmiv the extraor (iinary elreumsianees under which 1 had deserted her. Had 'lie not regret ted. with a hint of repro.-mti tn her words tliat still rankled, that my search for tlm casket had been so fruitless of results? And had site not said that the duke was hunting f \ 1' if wit hunt a moments ri\t? Then there was no time to he lost. J 414 Tall Jimq-Het-ltm— -SB -HBa-rv was not 1i r my rooms, and I waited for him. The temptation fo triumph over him proved too sweet. F was not the first man to risk his precious birth right of lo'e for a mess of pottage. Two in mrs had passed since I left the church. St. Hilary and T had spent the time in a diligent study of ; the Bddc The result confirmed my : theory hevond a doubt. AVtth the ex I rej,fi‘,n of tfm scenes of the fifth and | tenth hours we had Men rifled theta | all as Bible scenes. Me had also found i that in each story certain natnliers i were mentioned. ! \To tell which are tire significant ! numlmrs, that Is the question.” said i ftr. Hilary. ‘‘In two or three of the ivories. »t bust, more than one set are mewttofted. Hffw eftn we lie sure which neratiers count and which 4-> not7” \Tfe cannot ><e «orre. I suppose,\ J replied thonshtfnlf?-. \Vie nta ordy *r»ess. But at least we way make a reasosafde guess. The goldsmith to d a tm * method is choossfac them. What w«« 4 d Be f te awid *Th»t be shooM select the »WWjier« Ctot reaEy co*rmed tn the rarinw *tapJto.“ rented Rf. n ila rr. \1 tore observed that the ireportm* MreareM *fe irvarlaWy weerimared tm - * Che flnt part Cto t t o t . m a r ' O rerearA l l i Saa Marc®. Xa* oat are T, 34. 36. If ret ri«btl.v « atoB ftai owmtfam a t tto second laadtuarfc. Three* hr* smj start tor the thted ” \But the taeaniag of ttow hure- IStr treraely rtoulrtf®!. They ifir to ed to or subtracted from at div^Jed or multiplied by others, and the land mark of the second hour Is Toiled to complete (tliseurity. If it wer* the landmark of the fourth hour, the House of the Hamel, we should know what to look for.” \But it is tud.\ ! said Impatiently. \\»ur precious laudingrk is quite use less |,v useif because we have not bees able to ti.leut.ify the Bible story of the tilth hour, nnet so we are Ignorant of the numbers that will lead us to the landmark of the sixth We are com pelled to start at the first hour. From that point we go on to the second anil from the second to the third. As to the gap in the fifth hour, we won't at tempt to jump that until we come to i (t\ J lie littio man yawned. Hia dogged skepticism was maddening; The fact is he resented my having beeu so for tunate its in make the great discovery. Because he had not made It himself or helped h> make It he sulked and made endless objections. How d\ you propose to Interpret the ■st numbers T. .'tn. 3o?\ he asked. \Well.\ I answered patiently, \say thHl they represent blocks of butldlngs. We go down the Brand canal until yo'en blocks are passed If we took the seventh canal to our left and con tinued up tlmt canal until thirty blocka had been passed\ \We should find ourselves somewhers out tn the hi goon,\ sneered St. Hilary. 1 If we passed seven blocks on our right then, proceeding up the seventh canal until thirty blocks were passed, took the Inn, tloti of the two ranala at this point for a new start until thirty more Nocks were passed, where should we find ourselves''\ W Hilary consulted fhe map of Yen- |, e l lull lay beioiv him 1 V \ii are a little obscure, my dear 11 \ini' Bui so far us I can make tt out after yni hud paused your slity mile canals if you turned to the left you would find yourself tn the Jewish quarter, tf you turned to the right, la tlie fishermens quarter You may be sure that Ini Sestos was not quite so mad ns to hide Ins casket tn a part of the city that would he subject to demo lition Aon will tune to try again” i'liiri' i lianges of raiment and thir- H sheets \ I mused \thirty plus thirty Why not the sixtieth place down the Brand canal, either left or light?” \Wtihln se'ett days,\ quoted St. 1 1 1 1 ary closing his ejes \l had forgotten the aeven daya,” 1 admitted \Well then, why not th# lift' third palace'''' \W hy (lie fifty third?” demanded St Hilary tn a bored tone ' W tt HIn seven of sixty ought to mean fifty three \ ! sttid quickly. St Hilary opened his eyes A look of Interest dawned tn them lie drew to ward him an old map of Venlca, I.a Aim'll Plnnia dl Venezia, It xvaa ealled, and was published tn IhSt) [t contain ed an Interesting chart on which were marked till the palaces of Venice relat ing at that time He began to count these palaces carefully, going down th( Brand canal toward Itlalto bridge. \The fifty third palace Is the Palazzo < hettechl Book In that French mono graph les palais de Yenlse moderne See tf it Is mentioned there \ 1 lurnerl hurriedly to the Index. \Yes. it Is juentnnrd Hut, confound it, ttie pnlaee was torn down and built in ISM.-' \ 'And down with tt tumbles your cun ning little Imuse of cards.\ commented the dealer c.vnlcally \Aftcr all, that solution was too ob vious to he reasonable.\ F retorted ( liecrfii'ly. though I felt the disappoint, incut keenly \Hut link here, St. Hil ary’’ I was cnri'tilttng the Bible again \there arc tour thirties mentioned. Perhaps the second couple of thirties has some significance. Does the fifty- third palace bring us to a corner of the Brand canal, or should we find our- seMrs in the middle of the block?\ \Wo should find ourselves at the junction of the Brand canal and the Bin Hi l.ttccn \ \Hood! And if you counted sixty pal- arcs up the Bio dt T.ueea will that old '•hart tell the pain e you would arrive at?\ ............................... \The |mlaz io Biulianc ' \The pala/.Z\ Biuiian., might contain otir landmark \tt its wail just as well as any M her \ \It might.\ he cried, consulting th# monograph on the palaces of modern Venice again, \only it happens that the facade of that palace was rebuilt in the eighteenth century. Again jm t hr tie house of cards crumbles about your ears, mv dear Htrine.” I stares! down at fhe table. In what other way might I read * meaning into tiie numlters? 1 flicked ttp an en velope and 1 >ega n to to r with it nn- ,-oFiscif.usly. It was addressed tn St Hilary. It was fiterafly wered wtth erasures and d reetions and had fol lowed him half around the world. Btrt it bad found him at last, though some of the direct Jons were of the ragoeet We /ftrrht fo tor as clever as at pestr rfi.fi rter. Aside from the extraneoes aids # 4 the directory, wtot reetbada would * jiostEMtider sse? MeeteBJoatty I here* to tne* fha ordtaatrr ataS patfm&e «Sews to f t e : Aesffsjrtios o f cny letter. F kto mi aU ?, there ft the stale or errantry. That It as n e w a* the earth itself. S«t Oa state is narrowed t o n to O e d t y ta tire stole, are* tire <*7 re tte alieet- ~ ’w m m n r m a n m M w a srtB t o M * a ^ T a * W s * ,.-titi
