The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1914-12-17
Copyright. 1914. b. Harold Mac0rath)
By HAROLD MAC GRATH


Braine and the princess that night
Are you In your dotsge?" she aske
vehemently.
. There, there; bring your vote
: down bit. Where's the girl?"
!, In her home. Where did you sui
: pose she would be, after that botcl
work-of letting me go to do one thin
!. while you had in mind another? An
.. an ordinary pair Of cutthroats, q
|. that"
The thought came to me after yo
left. knew you'd recognize the me-
and understand. I see no reason VIII,
1t didn't work"
It would have been all right II 70,
mad consulted a clairvoyant"
What the deuce do you mean b,
that?" Braine demanded roughly.
mean that then you would hav,
learned your friend the reporter wal
to arrive upon the scene at its mos
vital moment"
| What, Norton?'
Yes. The trouble Is with you. you
have been 30 successful all these years
that you have grown overconfident. ]
tell you that there is a desperately
shrewd man somewhere back of Ill
this. Mark me, I do not believe Har.
greave is dead. He is in hiding. It
may be near by. He may have dropped
from the balloon before 1t left land.
The man they picked up may be Orts.
the aeronaut The five thousand might
have been his fee for rescuing Har;
greave. Here Is the greatest thing
we've ever been up against: and you
start in with every day methodist"
Little woman, don't let your tongue
run away with you too far
I'm not the least bit afraid Of you,
Leo. You need me. and 1t has never:
been more apparent than at this mo-
ment."
All right. fell by the wayside
this trip. Truthfully, realized 1t i've
minutes after the men were gone. The
only clever thing l did was to keep
the mask on my face. They can't
come back at me. But the thing looked
30 easy; and it would have worked
but for Norton's appearance"
You all but compromised me. That
butler worries me little" Her ex-
preston lost its anger and grew
thoughtful. Hes always about, some
where. Do you think Hargreave took |
him into his confidence"
Cant tell. He's been watched,
straight for 40 hours. He hasn't
mailed letter or telephoned to any
place but the grocery. There have
been no kilograms. Some one In that
house knows where the money is, and:
is ten to one that 1t will be the girl"
She lookes enough like Katrina to.
'e her ghost"
Braine went over to the window
nd stared up at the stars.
You have made a good impression
N the girl?" with his back still to.
yard her. =
Il had her IN my arms"
Olga. my hat is OF to you." turn
1g, now that his face was again In.
epose. your very frankness regard
lg your relationship will pull the
DOL over their eyes. OF course,
ley'l make inquiries and they'll find
Ut that you haven't lied It's perfect. :
OF even that newspaper weasel will :
20 anything wrong. Toward you
icy will eventually ease up and you
N act without their even dreaming ;,
,ur part In the business. We must =
It be seen In public any more. This a.
ltler may know where / stand even =,
ough he cannot prove It. Now, I'm
ing to tell you something. Perhaps &c
1--WE long since guessed 1t. Katrina
IS mine till Hargreave-never mind h.
lat his name was then-till Har- -,
cave came into the fold. So sure 90
her was that used her as lure w.
bring him to us. She fell in love or
tn him, but too late to warn him.
the satisfaction of seeing him cast or
r aside, curse her, and leave her. In De
Q thing she fooled US all. never "T
ew of the child till you told me-"
He paused to light a cigarette. e.,
'Hargreave was madly in love with
:. He cursed her, but he came back ON
the house to forgive her, to find =.
It she had been seized by the secret -.
ice and entombed in the fortress. I .n'
my revenge. 1t was who sent in -.
information, practically bogus. But 10
Russia they never question; they 'o'
and forget. So he had daugh-
I" ma
lie began pacing the floor, his hands the
ind his back; and the woman ma
ched him, oscillating between love hu'
fear. He came to halt abruptly nav
looked down at her the
Don't worry. You have no rival. nm
leave the daughter to your tender Del
'cies." any
The butler" she said, has full DOW. :
Of attorney to act for Hargreaye me
le absent. nm tn tha dav 81. 80 MOI
,mes Of legal age" y
II keep an eye on our friend Jones. rept
n now on. day and night, there will the
cat at the knothole. and ware ger
SO! Gould you make up anything -
this girl?" suddenly.