guv'nor," he went on, "but here's another little job in the
same line of business. I drove a gentleman to your club early in the
evening, and he must have left it accidental in the cab. Maybe you know
him."

It was a plain white envelope bearing the typewritten address:

Mr. Orrin Chivers, Nos. 13-15 Barowsky Chambers, Seward Square, New
York.

The envelope had been opened, but the enclosure still remained in it.

"Thank you," said Indiman. "I'll take charge of it." The cabman touched
his hat and drove away.

We went up to the library and proceeded to examine the treasure trove.
It consisted of a long strip of thin bluish paper less than a quarter
of an inch in width and containing a succession of apparently arbitrary
and unmeaning characters written in ink. I reproduce a section of the
strip, which should make my description more intelligible.

Indiman looked at the hieroglyphics musingly. "Important--if true," he
murmured.

XII

The Adjuster of Averages

It was on December 21st that Indiman took up his tenancy of the offices
in the Barowsky Building. I should have been glad to have accompanied
him, but he would not have it. It was the dealer's hand at bridge and
must be played alone. And owing to the accident of a slight attack of
grippe it was some ten days later before I was able to call upon him in
his new quarters.

William H. Seward Square has its unique features. Lying in the heart of
the East Side, it is outside the regular lines of north and south
travel. There are thousands of otherwise well-informed New-Yorkers to
whom its very name is unknown. And yet it is an important political
centre, the capital of the Yiddish country, and the recipient of many
special favors at the hands of a paternal municipality. There are still
streets in the up-town districts whose pavement is the antiquated
Belgian blocks or even cobble-stones, but none in Yiddishland; here
everything is asphalted. You may trust the district leader to take care
of his own.

A fine, stone building forms the principal architectural feature of the
square on the west side. It contains the free baths and would be a
credit to any part of the city. Most of the remaining space is given
over to the children for a playground. There is a semi-enclosed
gymnasium for the boys, hand-ball and tether-ball courts, a separate
enclosure for the girls and smaller children--in a word, every form of
amusement and exercise that is practicable in a