Page 161 (1/1)

"And the document?" Bellamy asked "The document?"

"It is in the hotel safe," Laverick answered

Bellah of relief Then he earette

"Laverick," he declared, "I believe you"

"Thank God!" Laverick ator," Bella, or why, I cannot now forhtest idea That twenty thousand pounds, Laverick, is Secret Serviceonly half-an-hour before he was murdered, in a small restaurant there, for what I supposed to be the docu up a false packet The real one he kept He deserved to die, and I alad he is dead"

Laverick's face was suddenly hopeful

"Then you can take these notes!" he exclaimed

Bellamy nodded

"In a few days," he said, "I shall take you with me to a friend of mine--a Cabinet Minister You shall tell him the story exactly as you've told it to hed like a child

"Don't think I'ized, "but I am not a person like you, Bellas I' has been like a hateful nightet rid of it"

Bellareat adventure," he declared, "to coine how you had the pluck--don't misunderstand me, I mean the moral pluck--to run such a risk Why, at the moment you used those notes," Bellaainst your not being found out"

"One doesn't stop to count the odds," Laverick said grimly "I saw a chance of salvation and I went for it And now about this letter"

Bella's service!" he whispered softly

They walked once reeted them Laverick produced his receipt

"I should like the packet I deposited here this evening," he said "I am sorry to trouble you, but I find that I require it unexpectedly"

The clerk glanced at the receipt and up at the clock "I aet at it before the

"Mr Dean has just gone home," the man declared, "and he is the only one who knows the combination on the 'L' safe You see, sir," he continued, "we keep this particular safe for docu would be required froht"