Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1911-09-07
CHAPTER X.

Office of Henry Garland. one OF the
great bankers OF the town. who was
in the Grayman combination and VINO
had been notified By telegraph Of our
i coming.
Mr.. Garland was delighted TO oblige
the Millionaire by giving MIN the "a
elusive use of his private office.
/ In half an hour | had made all my
arrangements, and again we waited
Payton was faithful to his appoint
ment. and everything worked like a
charm. AS before. my needle indi-
Gated every break in his talk and set
itself while the waves were planning
| In perfectly definite direction
The distance and bearing of Buffalo
from New York being known. now
had ali the elements of the problem in
my hands. and 1t only remained TO
solve it on paper. the matter OF a min
ute or two.
| But the reader may be interested in
knowing what was said by Payton
and Mr.. Grayman on this occasion
Payton opened By saying: Good
morning, Mr.. Grayman. Helen and |
! have just been out catching string
OF trout that 1t would do your eyes
good to look upon. The dear girl be-
! comes more fascinated with her sur
roundings here every hour. and really
am beginning to regret my agree
ment TO exchange her society ever for
so large sum as S10.O00.O00l How
ever. a bargain is bargain. and
shall stand by my word"
'well. WELL" replied Mr.. Grayman.
81 have heard enough of this. Are
You ready to talk businessY'
"Quite ready. Mr.. Grayman. But
to begin. let me warn you that know
all about your Vaccinations. and adj
ssse you In friendly spirit to drop
them. II you do not shall refuse to
part with Helen on any terms. Make
no mistake about the place that al
ready occupy in her esteem. You can
never arrest this II you let 1t go on
longer"
Payton was playing his master card
for all that he thought it worth.
! "what do you proposeY' asked Mr..
Grayman.
II propose that you meet me with
the money on Friday Of this week on
the top of bare hill, which you will
have no difficulty In recognizing, near
Utica, N. z. Ii any question should
arise In your mind as to the precise
locality you can recognize 1t by seeing
the Chameleon lowering over the hill
II you prefer you can send forward a
representative. keeping at safe dis
lance yourself. But you know what
will be the result of any attempted
trap. will deliver Helen In exchange
for the money"
Mr.. Grayman pretended to hesitate
while he held a consultation with the
secretary.
"Friday of this week. said the lat
ter. "It is now Wednesday. That gives
us two days. which think viii be
enough. Pm sure Allan must now have
! all the data he needs. Tell him you'll
be there"
Mr.. Grayman did so. and the pirate
responded as usual. "Goodr' adding
drop your game this time: | am
ready for everything of that kind
And so the conversation ended.
The moment appeared Mr.. Gray
man and the secretary eagerly de-
manded the result
''It's all right" 1 said Il have now
! only a little figuring to do"
| And Immediately sat down to do
1t. The lines from Buffalo and New
| York. as Indicated by the needle. were
by no means so divergent as had ex-
!! pected. but the angle was easily man
ageable. I made the necessary calcu-
| lations. the result Of which much sur
! prised me. Without saying word I
4 went over my figures again. the two
! men leaning over my shoulder In
GREATNESS expectancy. At last. salts
| fed with the accuracy of my work. l
called for large scale atlas. One was
| brought and. opening the North Amer
| lean sheet. you should have seen the
establishment OF the two men when
| placed my finger on point away up
| in Labrador and said. somewhat ex-
| citedly, That's where you'll 6nd your
! man; there's where your daughter is.
/ Mr.. Graymanr'
| "Good heavensl" cried the billion
ARE. away or there! Are you sureT"
I'm not more sure that my head is
| on my shoulders. There can be no
mistake about It. provided that you
are sure that both communications
came from the same point"
| ''I'll bet all I'm worth on that" said
the secretary.
''Then there's your man" And
pressed my thumb nail into the map
! Then | made a little diagram like
this:
J "Here," said. sis New York. and
this line indicates the path of the
waves received yesterday Here is
RuffaiO and This other fine shows fha