The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-12
rescued BY a ship on which Norton has
been sbaAgiiaied.
Copyright. 1914; BY Harold Mac
~ Grath.)
CHAPTER XI.

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Tad been 40 keenly terrible that th,
sudden reaction left him almost hyg
te; ically weak. Three weeks OF wait
ing. waiting. Not even The scourdrc
antl. his wife who had been the pripri
pal actors In the abduction had bee
lohnd. From a great ship in miLJceai
they had disappeared. Doubtless the,
haS hidden among the immigrants,
VINO. for little money, would hav.
ioeted all the officers On board. There
was no doubt in Jones mind that H.
pair had landed safely at Madrid.
AZ for Susan. ,;he did have hyster
les. She went about the room. wailin;
and laughing and wringing he;
hands. You would have thought b,
her actions that Florence had just
died. The sight OF her stirred the sat-.
urine lips OF the butler into a smile.
But he did not demonstrated with her
In. fact, he rather envied her freedom
III emotion. Man cannot let go In tina;
ia3bion; 1t ~ a sign of weakness; ard
he dared not let even Susan sec an,
sign OF weakness in him.
SO the reporter. had fonnd her, and
she was safe and sound and OH her
way to New York? Knowing by this
time something of the reporters cour-
age, he was eager to learn how the
event had come about. When he had
not heard telephone message from
Norton in forty-eight hours, he had
decided that the Black Hundred had
finally succeeded In getting hold Of
him- 1t had been something of a blow :;
tSr while he looked with disfavor upon
tho reporters frank regard for his
charge, hc'appreciated the fact that
Norton was staff to lean on, and had
behind him all the power of the press.
which included the privilege of going
everywhere even If one could not al.
ways get BACK.
AS he folded the telegram and put
It. into his pocket, lie observed the
man With the opera glasses over the
way. He shrugged. Well, let him watch
TIL his eyes dropped out OF his head;
he would see only. that which was In
tended for his eyes. Still, IL was irk-
some to feel that no matter when or
wherc you moved, watching eyes OBJ
scrr cd and chronicled these move
ments.
Suddenly, not being devoid of IA
sense of dry humor. Jones stepped
over to the telephone and called upi
her highhess the. Princess Perigoff,
"Who is it?"
He: was forced to adfit, however re-
luctantly. that the woman Had mar
veloHsly fine speaking voice.
IL is Jones. madam"
"Jones?, ~
Mr, Harg-eaye's butler. madam
20! You have news of Florence,
ea. 1T viii DO an embarrassing
day for humanity when some one in
vents Photographic apparatus by
which tayo spersons at the two ends of
the telephones may observe the facial
expressions of each other,
e What, is it? Tell me quickly"
Florence has been founa, and. che
is on her way back to New York. She
wa; found by Mr.. Norton, the report
err. 3. 3'., :.
i am SO glad! Shall / come up at
osce and have you tell me the whole
amnzing story?n
II would be useless, madam, for /
know nothing except what les=::s:.;;:... &.
from a Telegram haye just received.
But no doubt some time this evening
YOU might risk q CALI.
Ring up the Instant she returns.
Did she, say what train p 10 q y
mo. madam. lied Jones, smiling.
He hung up the receiver and stared
ct the telephone .as II he would force
his gaze in and through Il TO the wd-
man at the other end. Flesh ard
blood! Well, greed was stronger than
that. Treacherpus cat Let her play;
let her weave her hots, dig der piist
TIE day would come, and It was MOI
far distant wbeE she would find that
'tltc mild eyed mongooso was just as
deadly as the cobra, and Far more cum
niRgs q slss
The heads. OF the Black Hundred
must be destroyed. Those were the
orders What good TO depnunce them,
to send tiiefn to q prfsor from which,
With the add OF money nd q tfe,ntIi. !.
dous secret political pull, tney might
read tly find Iieif way 81 4 !? They fnttHt
be oxterminatcd. as obp Kills off ;fiiti 5fiss5
poisonous plague rhf1 OF ssse osis:it.
A Noliian Iii the law OF reprisaf tiiegS
was no. sexs - 81 4 3, - - -
Shortly after tie telsphnne episode
taiiich rather puzzser tie prince So
sii,- .1Tzs ID :; Inn
efce and five had eaeaptsi and wefss
comipl to New York on train Nh
g5s aiid adyisiiig her to meet th3 train
ieil route. shnf had to NJ about TO slst
when capt Baanocsk released
Bfaine, ne had been 81 10 enyia5is
frame Of mind. Trick ed FOOLED by Ike
gigi. whose mind was as Moulded az
his pwnt She lad eueGee5esn In bfiks
ing b coal stcker, and isnss taken him