"Wonder what's keepin' him?" As he spoke, John appeared. "Hello, Kid," he said. "Come to say good-by?" "Yep," said the Kid. "Seen Mr. Smith around anywhere, Mr. Maude?" "Hasn't he come yet? I guess he'll be here soon. Hello, who's this?" A small boy was standing at the door, holding a note. "Mr. Maude?" he said. "Cop at Jefferson Market give me dis fer you." "What!" He took the letter, and gave the boy a dime. "Why, it's from Smith. Great Scott!" It was apparent that the Kid was politely endeavoring to veil his curiosity. Master Maloney had no such delicacy. "What's in de letter, boss?" he enquired. "The letter," said John slowly, "is from Mr. Smith. And it says that he was sentenced this morning to thirty days on the Island for resisting the police." "He's de guy!" admitted Master Maloney approvingly. "What's that?" said the Kid. "Mr. Smith been slugging cops! What's he been doin' that for?" "I must go and find out at once. It beats me." It did not take John long to reach Jefferson Market, and by the judicious expenditure of a few dollars he was enabled to obtain an interview with Smith in a back room. The editor of _Peaceful Moments_ was seated on a bench, looking remarkably disheveled. There was a bruise on his forehead, just where the hair began. He was, however, cheerful. "Ah, John," he said. "You got my note all right, then?" John looked at him, concerned. "What on earth does it all mean?" Smith heaved a regretful sigh. "I fear," he said, "I have made precisely the blamed fool of myself that Comrade Parker hoped I would." "Parker!" Smith nodded. "I may be misjudging him, but I seem to see the hand of Comrade Parker in this. We had a raid at my house last night, John. We were pulled." "What on earth--?" "Somebody--if it was not Comrade Parker it was some other citizen dripping with public spirit--tipped the police off that certain sports were running a pool-room in the house where I live." On his departure from the _News_, Smith, from motives of economy, had moved from his hotel in Washington Square and taken a furnished room on Fourteenth Street.