CHAPTER XlT.—Continued.

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CHAPTER XlT.— Continued.

A door opened and rlopcd somowhero ; there was a sound of muffled voices. Presently Symonds emorged tn.d wont whistling down tho road. Ho passed so close to Cathcart that the latter could have touched him. A moment later, and from within tho little htitlike office came the click of the telegraphist. Cathcart followed keenly. He could hear every word distinctly. Ho made a careful note of the address in his pocket-book, not that there was much occasion, for the message was dispatched to Hull via London, and Cathcart knew the street in the great northern port perfectly well. The message was finished at length, there was a stifled yawn from within, followed by a sound as if somebody was blowing out a lamp. Ten minutes later and Cathcart was rapping at Renton's window again. The typewriter began to go. "Been successful?" it asked. ' ' A bsolutoly , ' George repl ied . 'Tve got the message. Here it is: 'Jordan, 11 Sackville Road, Hull. The Star must not set in the East. Be with you some time iv the course of to-morrow. — Stevens.' " Renton tapped back again that it was splendid. Everything was paying out beautifully. To-morrow the pseudotypist and Cathcart wore going to London, and from thence to' Hull. "And what shall I do now?" asked Cathcart. The answering message was curt, and to tho point. '• Co to bed," it ran. "Good-night i"