The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-08-15


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T5Svfon faithtCIL % bis
T,ss,t. and aForythIlir llgortee
,ehnrn. A. before. my needle
Cofea every break "a his talk ana
ftsolf while the waves we're
n 4 DerfectlY dodnieo diEecnql
The distance ana bearing q
nom New York being. known
had al the elements OF the pro .l-.. -.
nv bnnils. and It only remained g
solve Il on paper. the matter e = :. "
1te or two. $1,000, 4,
,-noVinrs what was said b. Fayc9ns
ma Mr.. Grayunau on this. oeeaPi
PAXTON opened By sayinS: coca
unornlnR. AR. Graynan- Helen ana Z
bSve fIlEe been out catching q string
OF trout that Il would DO your
.,ood 10 looIr upon. The dear girl De
Comes more fascinated with her sur
rnnndinrs here every honr. and really
/ am BEGINNING to regret my aeree-
rnent to exchange her society ever Hot
SO large a sum rs SIo!oO0oo0. How
ever, a bargain q bargain. ana
shall stand by my word
.swell. WELL" replied AEE. GrayHnla'
Il have heard enough Of this. Are
Won ready TO talk bustnessT
''ouIte ready. Mr. Grayman. ut
20 begin. let me warn you thatl know
all about xour machinationG. and I ati-
TGso you in a friendly spirit TO drop
them. If you do not shall refuse 20
part with Helen on any terms. Make
no mistake about the place thar l at
ready occupy IN her esteem. You can.
never arrest this II you Let It go on
longer"
PAXTON was playing Fis master card
for ali that he thought Il worth.
''What do you proposeF asked me-
II propose that you meet me with
the money ON Friday of this week on
the top or bare nilk- WHICH 3{gsn VI
nave. 10 dlmcuity N Eecon l1lsi e.,
Utica, N 2. II any qEes ilop is e. q SO
arise in your mind ~ r0staet phs=el'e
locality Won can recognize Il byiseetnE
the Chameleon hoverang over the NIL
If YOU prefer you can send forward a
representative. keeping at a safe dis.
tance yourself But yOu know what
win be the result OF any attempted
tran- / will deliver Helen In exchange
for the money.
Mr. Graymnn pretended to hesitate.
vvI1iIe he held a consultation with the
secretary.
..Friday OF this week" said the lat
tar. at is now wednesday. That gives
us two days. which think viii be
enough. I'm sure Allan must nowhave
an the dnta he needs. Tell him you'Il'
be there"
Mr.. Grayman did so. ana the pirate
responded as usuuI; 'eGOOdP adding.
.'Drop your gnme this time; ] am
ready for everything OF that kind.
And 60 me conversati71 ended.
The moment I appeared Mr.. Gray
man and the secretary eagerly de-
manded the result
.'It's all right said. II have now
only a little figuring to do"
And Immediately sat down to DO
Il. The lines from Buffalo and New
York. MS Indicated by the needle. were
by no means so divergent as had exc
pected. but the angle was easily man
aceable. made the necessary calcu-
Iations, the result of which much sur
prised me. Without saying word
went over my figures again. the two
men leaning over my shoulder In
breathless expectancy. At last, salts
hed with the accuracy of my work.
called for a large scale otlas- One was
brought and, opening the North Amer
lean sheet, you should have seen the
nstonishmene OF the two men when l
placed my finger on a point away M
In Labrador and said. somewhat ex-
citedly, That's where you1l ind your
man: there's where your daughter is.
Mr.. GraymanP'
"Good heavensT'' cried the billion
aire. Away on therel Are you sure?''
'T'm not more sure that my head is
on my shoulders. There can be nO
mistake about #, provided that son
are sure that both communications
came from the same point"
I'm bet oil I'm worth on that" said
the secretary.
'SThen there's your man" And
pressed my thumb nail into the map
Then made a little diagram lk''
this:
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