ness
upon him went into the shop.

Felix Bauer was one of the few students at Burrton who never subscribed
to a daily paper and seldom read one. He kept up with the news of the
world by dropping into Walter's room and hearing him dribble out the
events of the day from a New York daily which Walter took. The edition
reached Burrton eight hours after the date line.

Three days after Bauer had authorised his father to close the contract
on the patent for him Walter opened up his New York Daily for his usual
skim over its contents. It was two o'clock. He had heard Bauer come up
the stairs and go into his room and had not heard him go out.

He glanced down over the usual political and sporting news and then his
eye caught a headline that made him start.

"LEAVES ON THE KAISER WILHELM UNDER SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES."

"Adolph Bauer, ex-attache of the Consular service, sailed yesterday on
the Kaiser Wilhelm for Bremen. Bauer will be remembered as the brilliant
but shady member of the Washington coterie of unsavory reputation in
connection with the Jaynes-Buford scandal. Before sailing, Bauer cashed
a check for $5,000 on Halstead, Burns & Co., payment it is said on a
patent right owned by himself and son for a new invention in the
incubator line. The son is a student at Burrton Electrical School. There
is no charge of crookedness at the bank. The check had the regular
endorsement of Halstead. But parties who are interested in Bauer's
movements socially, have taken steps to track him to Europe. Interesting
developments are promised by those who know Bauer's antecedents and
especially his treatment of his wife from whom he is separated pending a
divorce."

Walter was tremendously downcast by this bit of news.

"Poor Bauer! Poor old man!" he said over and over. "What an unmitigated
rascal that father of his must be to steal that money. Bauer will never
get a cent. And I advised him to take up with his precious father's
offer! But how could I foresee a thing as black as this. Oh, I don't
know what I ought to do! How can I tell him! I can't do it! But he will
find it out in a day or two! It can't be kept. Blame it! Why are there
such things in the old world! And Bauer has been so eager to get money
lately. Oh, I can't tell him! I just can't."

Walter paced his room in great agitation. He dreaded to see Bauer. How
could he break this to him? He dreaded to see his friend come out of the
room. And he waited. But after an hour,