The Washington times., 1914-11-08

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is OF vital importance to her fathers safety.
and at great risk to herself secures the
Copyright. 1914. bv Harold SfcGrath.
CHAPTER Xxx.
Braine Tries Another Weapon.
t.VuY HAT i want to know"
N/ said Braine. as he paced
" the living room Of the
apartment of the coun-
tess, rs revenge. I've been check
mated enough, Olga; they're playing
with u.s."
That is nothing new" she replied.
struggling. AT the beginning 1 warned
YOU. L never liked this AFFAIR after
the first two or three failures. But
You would have your way. You wanted
revenge at that early date; but 1 can
not see that you've gone forward. Has
II ever occurred to you that the or
EaniZation may be getting tired, too!
They depend solely upon your invention
and each time your invention has re-
suited in touching nothing but zero"
Thanks
, ''oh. I'm not chiding you. I've failed
too"
Are you turning against me?" he de-
manded, bitterly.
DO my actions point that way?" she
countered. mo. But the more view
what has passed the more disheartened
grow. 1t has been a series of blind
alleys. and all We have succeeded in
doing Is knocking our heads. l can see
now that all our failures are due to
And what the devil is that" he
asked, irritably.
We were in too much of a hurry
at the beginning. Hargreave prepared
himself for the quick action on your
part
And if / had not acted quickly be
would have started successfully on one
of his world tours again, and that
kSould have been the last OF him, and
girls existence. So there's your argu-
ment'
Perhaps you are right But for all
that We have not played the game
with anv degree of fineSse."
BAH Braine lit a cigarette and
smoked nervously. II can't even get rid
Of that meddling reporter. He has been
as much to blame for our failures as
either Jones or Hargreave. l believed
him TO be just an ordinary newspaper
man, and he was clever enough to lull
my suspicious. But I'm going to get
him. Olga, even if I have to resort to
ordinary gunman tricks. II there's any
final reckoning, by the Lord Harry, he
shan't get chance in the witness
stand"
And 1 begin TO think that that little
chit of a girl has been hoodwinking me
all along. By the way. did you find out
idN AiidL lSblCi SdlO- SilC SotSo sa4SNA
Letter? What letter.
She sprang from her chair. DO you
mean to say that they have not told
YOU about that Olga became greatly
cXcited.
Explain he said.
Why, l was at the garden day before
Yesterday. and a man approached and
asked II ] was Miss Hargreave. Becom-
ing at once suspicious that something
irnnnrfanf ahnDf tn hannNn
signihed that ! was Miss Hargreave.
The man slipped a paper into my hand
and hurried off. | took a quick glance
II 1t and was dumfounded to find 1t
utterly blank of writing. At first ]
thought some joke had been played on
ne, then ] chanced TO remember the
Invisible ink letters you always wrote
me. Understanding that you were to
visit the cave in the morning, / had
one man at the garden take the note.
And you never got it!''
Some one shall pay for this care
l"ssness. I'll call up Vroon and Jack
son at once. Wait just a moment
IL" went to the telephone. A low
rmuttcring conversation took place. Olga
could hear little or none OF 1T. When
Braine put the receiver back on the
hook his face was not pleasant to see.
That girl"
1t seems she had been out horseback
riding that morning. She had seen one
of the boys cross the field and suddenly
disappear; and she was curious to learn
What had become Of him. With her
usual luck she stumbled on TO the
method OF opening the door of the cave
and went In. She must have been nos
ing about. She didn't have much time.
though, as the boyys came up to await
me. Evidently she crawled into that old
chest and in some ineXplicable manner
purioined the letter from Jackson $
rocket They left TO reconnoiter, and
Il was then that Jackson discovered his
loss. When Florence heard them re
turning she jumped into the well. And
lived through that tunnel! The devil is
in IT,
or ont of it, since we consider him
our friend
And | had her in my hands. note and
alI."
But with all that water there will not
be any writing left on the letter"
"InviSible ink is generally lndelIpic
end impcrvious to the action of water: :
at least the kind ] use is. I'd give
thousand for sight of that letter
And it might be worth million,
Olga suggested
Not the least doubt of il in KY mind.
Olga. old girl. it does look as If my star
was growing dim. Well never get our
hands on that million. l feel IL in my
homes. So let's settle down TO cam
psign of revenge without any furbe-
lows. 7 want TO twist HargreaVe's s
heart before the game WINDS up.
You wish really TO !njure her:
II do not wish TO iniure her. Far
from it, he replied. smiling evillS.
You want her dead?' whis-
pered Olga, paling.
Exactly. | want her dead. And so
II all my efforts here come 10 ho'hihg;
ca shall Hargreave's. His millions will
become waste paper TO him. That re-
venee The Persian peach method.
Poison? You shall not You snail
- IT kin her. vehemently.
Tender hearted?"
"No. II I must in the end 90 10
rr!son so be il: but ] refuse TO die I'm
tho chair"
Very well then. We shan't XII her.
hlt wen make her wish she was dead.
7 Was only trying 10 see how tar you
.,uuId go. The basket Of peaches is In
tie hallway. Every peach Is poisoned
10 man in the country knows more