The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-07-11

I ton. They had no description OF liar
greave, while Norton had Before
going down TO the boat, however, he
HAD delyed into the past % the
/ Princess Olga Perigoff Il cost aim
1 a pocketful of money, but the end
| justified the means. The princess had
/ no past worth mentioning BY piec.
! Ing this and that together he be-
, came assured that she had told the
! simple truth regarding the relation
/ ship TO Florence's mother. A cable
4 gram had given him all the facts IN
/ Ter history there were No gaps or
| discrepancies 1t read clear and
frank Trust a Russian secret agent
TO know what he was talking ABOUT.
So Norton's suspicious and he had
entertained some were completely
liulled TO sleep. And he wouldn't
have doubted her at all except for
the fact that Braine had been with
her when he had introduced Far.
Sreave. Hargreaye had feared
Braine; that much the reporter had
elected from the butler But there
wasn't the slightest evidence Braine
had been in New York for nearly six
years. The princess had arrived i'm
the city but year gone And Braine
was a member Of several fashionable
clubs, never touched cards, and sci.
dom drank He was an expert chess
player and wonderful amateur bill
liardist. Perhaps Jones the ta5titurn
and iuscrutable. had not told him all
he knew regarding his masters past.
Well, well he had in his time I'm.
tangled worse snarls The Office had
g..
handle the case o. he saw fiji 10 turn
IN The story when il was complete
But what a story IL was going 10 be
when he cleared II up The more
mystifying IL was, the greater the
zest and sport for him. Norton was
! like a gambler who played Tor big
stakes, and only big stakes stirred
| his cravings
The captain OF the tramp steamer
Orient told him the same tale he had
told the other reporters he had
! picked mp a man at sea The man
had been brought aboard totally ex-
! hausted
Was there another body any.
| where2'
No
What became OF him?"
II sent a wireless and that seemed
TO bother him II looked 10 me that
he did not want anybody to. learn
| that he had been rescued The mo.
ment the boat touched the pier he
lost himself in the crowd Fifty re-
porters came aboard, but he was
gone And could only tell them
| Just what I'm telling you"
"He had money!"
About five thousand"
Please describe him
The captain did so II was the
same description ne had given 70 all
the reporters. Norton looked over
the rail at the big warehouse
Was II an ordinary balloon
There you've got me- My Marconi
man says the balloon part was like
any other balloon: but the passenger
car was a new business 30 him II
could be driven against the wind
Driven against the wind Did You
tell this 10 the other chaps?'
! Don't think ! did Just remem.
bered II Probably SOME new inven.
ton. and now it's az the bottom of
the sea Two men. as understand
IT, went on in this contraption One
Is gone for good
For good. echoed the reporter
/ gravely Gone For good indeed poor
NAly, Norton took out roll or
bins There's two hundred in this
roll
"Wello" said the captain vastly
| astonished
IT'S yours II you will do me
small favor
"If Il doesn't Get me mixed mp with
| the police I'm only captain OF
tramp. aud some OF the harbor 20
lice have taken a dislike 70 me What
do you want me 10 do"
] The police will not bother you.