The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-20

always be about somewhere. II they
really get hold OF you once, God alone
KNOWS wfiat viii happen. il is not
you, II is your poor father they, want
10 bring out into the open. If they
knew where lie Was they would net
bother you in the least"
Have / really n father? Sometimes
doubt. Why couldn't he steal into
the house ami see lie, just once?"
Perhaps lie dares rot. This house
Is always watched night and day
though you'll look in vain to discover
any one. Your father knows best what
he Is doing, M dear girl You see. /
met him years ago in China; and when
he started out To do a certain thing
he generally did it, He never botched
| any or his plans. So we all must wait.
only I'm going Ia marry you all the
| same. whether he likes il or not. The
rogues will try To impose upon You
again; hut do not pay any attention
10 notes or persons in the papers.
| you've been through enough. And Al,
was a lucky thing that l was on tha,
treighter that picked you up at sea.
shall always wonder how tina. yacht
took fire"
SO shall l." replied Florence her
brows drawing together in puzzle
ment. Sometimes think | must have
done It. You know. people out OF their
heads do strange things. | seem e
see myself as in dream. And thi,
man Braine IL "coundrel,"
Yes; ard more ;nan that, he is thu
dear friend OF the countess. But un-
derstand, you must never let her
dream or suspect that you know. By
lulling her into o"ercOnfidence some
day She will naturally grow careless,
and then we'll have them all. / think
l understand what your ,ather's idea
Is; not to have them arrested for
blackmnii, but practically to exterIni-
nate them, put them in prison for
such terms OF years that they'll die
there. When you sec snake, a pois-.
onou3 one. don't let it get away. Kill
1t. Well,t1 must be off to work"
And you be careful, toc. Your are
In more danger than am"
But I'm n man and can dodge
quick" he laughed, picking up his
hat. 81
What horrid thing money is
l hadn't any money, nobody would
bother me-"
II would" he smiled. Efc wanted to
kiss her, fbut the eternal Jones might
be watching from the windows; and
so he patted her hand instead and
walked down the graveled path to the
street.
It. WIS aiffic hIt sdfks for stldfence
to- play at4 fsfandship. She was like her
father; She did not bestow it on every
one She fiad given her friendship fbf
tie Russian, the first real big friend
ship in Scr life, ard she had been
roughly disillusioned. But If the coun-
tess could act, so could she; and of,
the two her acting was the most con-
snmiIate. She could smile and laugh
and Jest, all the while her heart was
burning with wrath. .5
One day, week or SO after her
meeting with Norton in the summer
house. Olga arrived. beautifufiy
gowned, handsome as ever. Thafe was
not iihe least touch of the adyentufess
in her makeup. Florence had lust re-
ceived some mail, and she had drop
ped the letters on the library table to.
greet the countess. She had sopened
them. but had not yet looked at thoiI
contents.
They were chatting pleasantly
about inconseQuent things, when the
maid came IN and asked Florence to
come to Miss Susan's room for a mo-
ment. Florence excused herself, won
dering what Susan could want. She
forgot s-he mail. e30S
AS soon as she was gone the coun-
tess, certain that Jones was not Turk
ing about, picked up the letters and
calmly sexamined their contents and
among them she found this REMARK
abba dgcument "Dear daughter,
have never seen: I must turn the
trfasure over to you. Meet me at 8
ire the summer house. Tell no one as.
ray life Is in danger. Your loving
lather.r ,s5
Y The countess could have latghted
aloud. She saw this man Paroff's,
hand and here was the chance to be-
fool and humiliate him and send him
off pAelting to his cold and miserable
couatry. She had nude up once as
Florence, ann she coald easily do so
agaiIe The only thing that troubled
her was tic fact that she dia not
letter or not. Thus. size aid nos dare
destroy Il. She first thought of chang
Eng the clock: then slie concluded tn
drop She letter exactly where she had
found it and trust to luck.
When Florence returned she exsG
plainSd that her absence had been
due 10 some trifling houssh6ld af-a
fair ssS.i
Said the Russian: "I come primarily
To ask YOU to toa tomorrow. where
they dance. If you like, You may ask
Mr.. Norton 20 go along. begin to
observe that you two arc rather fond
uf one another" &
+ 80. .NnfEss Norton "a iust II valuable
frierid. Returned F'Inrence with a
smile that quite deceived the other
woman, 81 shall be glad 20 go to the
tea. nsts I shall not promise 20 4
t,an6e.'
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