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Rh After a smoke and coffee on deck, Stranleigh said the sea air made him sleepy, and he would turn in early. The Professor had retired directly he rose from the dinner-table. Jack and the doctor remained over their liqueurs. Even as they went along the passage Stranleigh heard the steady, rapid tap-tap of the typewriter.

Secure behind the locked door, Stranleigh entered the operator's room and sat down once more on the edge of the bunk. Several sheets of typewriting were ready for him.

"This has been the busiest day of my life," began the record, and Stranleigh laughed.

"I knew that bull-dog Mackeller would enjoy every instant of the time."

"The police refused to arrest Isaacstein, as I had no evidence to show connecting him with the company. They, however, acted very promptly at the offices in the City, and took in charge every person there at ten o'clock, thus intercepting and impounding all the letters which began to arrive about noon. The news became known on the Stock Exchange almost immediately after the opening, and the first editions of the evening papers were full of the sensation. About noon the manager arrested at the offices of the Honduras Company turned King's evidence on Isaacstein, and a warrant was issued for his arrest, when it was found that the bird had flown. The extra specials state that he has been arrested in Berlin