"WE PLAY FOR GREAT STAKES" Bellamy, travel-stained and weary, arrived at his rooms at two o'clock on the following afternoon to find amongst a pile of correspondence a penciled message awaiting him in a handwriting he knew well.

He tore open the envelope.
DAVID DEAR,--I have just arrived and I am sending you these few lines at once.

As to what progress I have made, I cannot say for certain, but there is a chance.

You had better get the money ready and come to me here.

If R.could only escape from Streuss and those who watch him all the time, I should be quite sure, but they are suspicious.