move out!"

Sam did not have five pounds. He was a stranger in London; he had lost
his position in New York and that very morning had refused to marry the
girl he loved--Polly Seward, the young woman the Sunday papers called
"The Richest Girl in America."

For any man--for one day--that would seem to be trouble enough; but to
the Sultan of Turkey that day brought troubles far more serious. And,
as his losses were Sam's gain, we must follow the troubles of the
Sultan. Until, with the aid of a green felt hat, the God of
Coincidence turns the misfortunes of the Sultan into a fortune for Sam,
Sam must wait.

From the first days of the peace conference it was evident there was a
leak. The negotiations had been opened under a most solemn oath of
secrecy. As to the progress of the conference, only such information
or misinformation--if the diplomats considered it better--as was
mutually agreed upon by the plenipotentiaries was given to a waiting
world. But each morning, in addition to the official report of the
proceedings of the day previous, one newspaper, the Times, published an
account which differed from that in every other paper, and which
undoubtedly came from the inside. In details it was far more generous
than the official report; it gave names, speeches, arguments; it
described the wordy battles of the diplomats, the concessions, bluffs,
bargains.

After three days the matter became public scandal. At first, the
plenipotentiaries declared the events described in the Times were
invented each evening in the office of the Times; but the proceedings
of the day following showed the public this was not so.

Some one actually present at the conference was telling tales out of
school. These tales were cabled to Belgrade, Sofia, Athens,
Constantinople; and hourly from those capitals the plenipotentiaries
were assailed by advice, abuse, and threats. The whole world began to
take part in their negotiations; from every side they were attacked;
from home by the Young Turks, or the On to Constantinople Party; and
from abroad by peace societies, religious bodies, and chambers of
commerce. Even the armies in the field, instead of waiting for the
result of their deliberations, told them what to do, and that unless
they did it they would better remain in exile. To make matters worse,
in every stock exchange gambling on the news furnished by the Times
threatened the financial peace of Europe. To work under such
condi