Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-10-10

ii mattered one way or the other 10 him.
at j. nothing very serious now he
volunteered. "But it may turn out ~erions
if it j. not taken care Of al once"
"What j. the trouble. !" inquired Jones.
who was growing fond of Susan.
"Weak heart. Sunshine and good sea
air will strengthen her up again. No, no."
a Jones drew forth hi, wallet. "l1l send
IN my bill the first Of the month. sun
shine and sea air; that's all that's nece~-
sary. And now, good day"
All very bn>incS>like; not the least cause
in the world for any one 10 suspect that q
new trap was being sci by the snarer>. The
maid returned 10 the sewing room. while
Florence coddled her companion and made
much of her.
Jones was suspicious, hut dig in hi
mind a. he would he could find no earthly
reason for this suspicion save that thu at
tribute was now instructive, that IL wa>
always near the top. If Susan was Ill she
must be given good care; there wa~ no
getting around this fact. Later. he tele-
phoned several prominent physicians. The
-lIdN-t utfltT Nd~ recommended H. a.
good ordinary practitioner and in good
standing: "a Jones dismissed hi> suspicious
a. having no hook Ia hang mem on.
His hair would have tingled al the roots.
however, had he known that this same phy-
stefan was one of the two who had signed
ence with insanity and had all hut -uc-
ceeded in making the superstition 4 fact.
Nor was Jones aware of the fact that the
telephone wire had been tapped recently.
50 when he finally concluded To permit
Florence 10 accompany Susan To- Atlantic
City he %lclcphoncd 10 the defective agency
To send up a tru>ty man. who wa shadow
ed from the moment he entered the Hair
greavc home till he started for the rail
way station. lie became lost IN the shut
file and was not heard from till weeks later.
IN Havana. The Black Hundred found n
good profit IN the ~hanghai-ing business.
Susan began 10 pick up. a they say. the
day after the arrival az Atlantic City. due.
doubtless To the cessation of the poison
she had been taking unawarcs. The two
young women began 10 enjoy life for the
first time since they had left Mis- Far
lows. They were mp with the ~un every
day and went Ia bed tired but happy. No
one bothered them. II some stray report
er encountered their signatures on the hotel
register. he saw nothing Ia excite hi re-
portorial senses. All this. of course. was
due to Norton'> policy VI Keeping the af-
fair out Of the papers.
Following Jones orders. they made
friends with no one. Those about the
h"tel-c>pecially the Young men-whcn
they made any advances were poliicly
~nubbed. Every night Florence would
write Ia her good butler Ia report what
had taken place during the day, and he
wa> lett 10 Judge tor him~eir If there was
anything 10 arouse his suspicious. lie. Of
course. believed the two were c~overtly
guarded by the detective he had sent after
them.
When Braine called upon olga he found
hi doctor there.
well. whats the news" he asked.
- had better run down and inquire how
the Young lady l. progressing" said the
doctor. who was really a first rate sur
geon and who had performed a number Of
skilled operations upon various members
Of the Black Hundred anent their Ell
counters with the police. 1--WE got Ms,
Florence where YOU want her. It, IN "a
YOU now
"She ought u be- separated from her
companion. We have left them alone for
2 whole week. % Jones will not worry par.
ticularly. 4 mighty curious thing, has
turned up. Before Ilargreave'> di>appear-
ance not y dozen persons could recnllcct
what Jones looked like. lie wa rarely
ever IN sight. What do Won suppose that
Signifies"
Don't ask me-" shrugged the man II
medicine. Il shouldn't worry over JONES
but We can ~tir the old fool. We can't
get HIM out ct that house. I've tried "a
get that maid To- pat . little something In
M coffee. hut he ~tand> Oft M that. N.
~ay> that he did - >he agreed m regard
t. Florence. hat her agreement, ended there.
W." have given the Jade tive thousand al
ready aud >he i clanorins for the bal
ance."
"llave You threatened here" asked Olga
Braine smiled a little. "Mv dear WON
an. 4 . nity-fiity. While | have a little
hold on her. u 4 not quite a. good a. he
ha~ on me. We are not dealing with AN
ordinary servant W could threaten and
scare. Ne. indeed 4 >hrewu little woman
who desperately wanted money. And he
Will he paid: no getting out ~ Il. She will
not move another step. one way or the
other. after >he rrrcive> the balance. Har-