The Lamar register., 1902-07-16
Meaning Little Miss Million. sup

Meaning Little Miss Million. sup
pose?"
1.-THE young lady in the carriage
Her face caught my eye and gave me
a shock. 1t is so like one knew, ana
yet the possibility of such thing Is
absurd. She was the daughter of
poor farmer in the bush and this girl
seems born to the purple. Still. 1t has
given me quite a surprise. Dismiss the
whole thing from your mind, l beg.
Now, tell me more about your great
plan to startle the old habitues "f
Monte Carlo as they have been
shocked only once before"
You shall by degrees know every
thing that | have discovered, down to
the smallest details. For the present
l shall deal only in generalities. In
the first place, know that | am not
the only one madly possessed with the
idea of discovering this lost system by
means of which Darragh broke :he
bank at Monte Carlo.
Depend upon it, I'm in this game
for keeps, and don't Intend to be
bluffed out of my honest rights by any
Frenchman, be he prince or peasant.
hero of Algiers or any other man.
Count Leon Villebois and l have al
ready made each others acquaintance
he knows I'm hot after that same
paper, and we cherish mutual respect
for each other after indulging in lit
tie bout that the alguazils of old Sc
vile put stop to- One thing is GER
tain. il this French count and his Rus
sian ally push me against the wall too
hard. they may take a sudden voyage
up Salt River-and Jones, he pays the
freight
Merrick confessed that his interest
had deepened and that he felt more
desirous than ever to be the comrade
of Jones in the search for. the Golden
Fleece, for such the valuable docu-
ment, If ever found. would be to those
lucky enough to possess it.
"You are curious to hear about Dar-
ragh. and how evil fortune befel him
after he seemed to hold the world in
his grasp.
THE night he broke the bank his
wealth was utterly unknown, but that
was not the worst. Had it been an ac-
cident they would have raked 1t all in
again and much more with the turn
of the cards, but they knew as well as
others that Darragh had a complex
system that had actually proven infal-
lible, and that the whole of Monte Car
10 was at his mercy.
"That night Darragh was kidnapped
i don't say who did it. but they got
his money, and failing to find the pa
per containing a diagram of his Won
st ,lny rur ri ioI m,
away far off from France and Italy, on
yacht to Algiers. In succession he
was taken to Russia and Austria, Italy
and Spain. but they could not force
him to tell his secret, and the paper he
declared he had destroyed. though
there was a copy of 1t somewhere hid
den away.
Even torture proved unavailing and
at last it was decided to dispose of
Darragh in order that he might never
appear against them.
He was sunk in the harbor of Sc
VILE. but fortune allowed him to break
loose from the bag and reach steam
er Just leaving for Mediterranean
port. He hovered between life and
death. and was put ashore at Naples.
WneTe ne TeCoNeltu ucuhy
but never his mind until an accident
in the streets laid him up for good.
"It was | who picked him up and
had him taken care of. For weeks lie
fingered. His memory returned in full.
and knowing that his time had come.
he told me the wonderful story of his
life.
Before Darragh died he gave me all
the information he possessed concern
ing the duplicate of his system, and 4
legal document by means of which l
could claim it when found. My hunt
has since been widespread. for the doc
umeut was on the person of one who
little knew what a treasure he carried
At last have traced it here to Paris
and this night you shall go with me TO
secure it, despite the count and such
Russian assistance as he may figure
on. Is that a bargain, my boy?'
'If it's good enough for the Joneses
it's good enough for me-" said Mer-
rick, promptly.
To Be Continued