The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-01-28

KIN you quick Nog You Ian. God
knows we got have that twenty-five
thousan dol. Yes. And now because
Of such great expence II Is fifty thou.
aan YOU shall pay We did not mean
kin you dead only show you for sure
there Is no psace 80 secret you car
Hide no place 30 strong can defend
you. BE Warn You come with $780,
10000 IN 800 blua You 20 or send
Mr. Mercer to the. Red Hat ask for
Louis. Say 70 Louis For the Black
Hand Louis will come 10 you. You
will be forgive all horetobeforea. Else
ways you must die April 1890. Tails
10 sure You have ielt our dagger the
other 10 worse
"You well wishing Fren.
"The Black Hand"
Sounds like Atkins pretending 20
80 q Dagc.o said the colonel dryly. r
could do better myself"
Very Iikely.T said Keatcham.
Does he mean business? What's
be afterg'
ITO get me opt OF the way. he
knows he isn't safe untll I'm dead.
Then he hasat been cleaned out, but
be has lost lot OF money IN this
Midland business. The cipher he has
Is Of no use TO him, there, or IN the
other things which unlucklly he knows
about. With me dead and the cipher
In his hands. he could have made nil.
Hons; even without the cipher, II he
knows I'm dead before the rest OF the
world, he ought to make at least
half.millon. | think you viii find that
he has put everything he has on the
chance told you he was slick. And
unstable What do you anticipate he
wlIl dog straight with no chaser, 40
you say"
well strnlght with no chaser. !
should say bomb was the mehhest
trick IN sight. so, naturally. he will
choose e bomb
- agree with you. You say She
house is patroledY'
THE whole place. But wen put
on bigger force; III see Ilirdsall AZ
once. Atkins would have 10 hire HIS
explosive talent. wouldn't heg~ dIes.
toned the colonel.
"Oh. he knows plenty Of the under
world rascals. and besides. for q fell
low Of his habits. there Is big chance
for loot Mrs Millicent Winter tells
me that your aunt has valuable jewels
with her. II she told me. she may
have told other people, and Atklna
may know He viii use other peoele.
but be viii come. too, IA my opinion"
rs nee. said lne colonel; 10 make
sure they don't foozle the bomb. Hut
Aell have his allbl ready all right.
Mr Keatchem did they send you q
previous letter9'
'Oh. dear no; that's only part OF the
game. makes better story go 10.
using the hotel paper; &c It throws
ausplcion on anybody It would be your
party: you see Atkins knew Mercer
had gfudge against NE as well as
him He was counting or that
rather wonder that he didn't az up
some proof for you to find
"ny toveT cried the colonel; 'inay.
be he did"
'And you didn't fnd lt7"
"Well. you see was too busy with
you the others must have overlooked
It Hard on Atkins after he took 50
much trouble. wasn't it2"
Z told you he was too subtle but
II Is not Wise to underrate him, OF
bombs either. we must get the women
and those boys out Of the house"
but howl You are not really ae-
analnted with my aunt, Mrs. Reheeca
Winter. take Il"
You think she wouldn't 80 Il thore
was any chance oi dangergH
you couldn't flre her unless out OF
cannon, but she would help set
Archie away; Mrs Melville and Miss
Smith
"well--ur-- Miss Smith. am afraid.
will not be easy to manage. you see.
she knows"
"Knowsg Did you tell her7' asked
Col Winter anxIousiy.
well. not exactly As the children
say It told itself There has been =
kind Of an attempt, already A box
came. marked from man know IN
New York. properly labeled with ex-
press eompany's labels. Miss Smith
opened Il: could see her, because
she was Ia the bathroom with the
door open. There was another box
inside. wrapped In white tissue paper.
Very neatly she examined that box
with singular care and then she drew
some water IN the lavatory basin, halt
opened the box and put the whole
thing under water In the basin. Then
| thought Il was time for me and
asked her II II was = bomb DO ynu
know that glFl had sense enough not
10 ty to deceive me- She saw That
had seen every nose she bad made
She said merely that Il was safe un-
der wafer Il van an Ingenious little
alIalr which he'd an electrical arrange
ment for touching Of spark Nhen
TIE lId Of the box would Be lifted"
"Ah. yes TNouehtful little plan 10
amuse an lnpalN By letting him opeu
the boz. himself 70 see the nice sur.
pfises from NaN York feFy neat. IN
deee What Nd you % with the hnx x
Nothing. - far II only cane
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