White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-11-08

count faroH cleared his voice and
laid his plans before his audience.
To act frankly and In the open. to
90 boldly to the Hargreave home and
proclaim myself Hargreave. ! can
disguise myself In a manner that will
at least temporarily fool the butler
Who has been with his master for
fourteen years, knows every move.
habit, gesture. infection" interpos-
ed Braine.' But proceed, count,
proceed. You will remember tie cd
adage; too many cooks"
"Ah," flashed back the count, but
a new cook"
Olga touched Braine's arm warn-
ingly.
You mean, then, that there has
been talk in st. Petersburg of dis
posing of some one?"
"A good deal of talk. sir" haugnti-
ly, forgetting that he had bent hum
bly, enough but a few moments gone.
Very we'll; go on
Thought the man at the peephole
above: There's another adage.
When thieves fall out, then honest
men get their dues. Yes, yes; pro-
coed. proceed"
Parof went on. Il shall, then go
frankly to the Hargreaye house and
claim my own. Meantime | leave to
you the business of Turing the butler
away. Half IN hour is all | need to
bring that child here, to break the
wall that stands between us and waat
VIC seek
rs that so murmured Braine.
Olga. ! want you to play a trick on
this handsome delegate at large. I'm
not very enthusiastic over his talk.
| want him Inundated. All you have
to do. he says. is to walk into the
H~argreaye house and walk out again
Well. let's you and | see that be
does thai and nothing else. I'll have
no n meddling with my own
game
Some one sneezed. and everybody
looked at his neighbor. The sneeze
was repeated, but mufied, as if some
one was desperately anxious to avoid
sneezing.
1T came from above" whispered
Olga. Don't look up"
Braine was cool. He walked Idly
across the room to where vroon sa..
Very well, Paroff, We give you free
rein To Vroon he said: Some
one is watching US from the room
overhead. thought that room be
longed to us"
1t does" said vroon stolidly.
Then how is it that one il watch
ing from up there?" No excitement.
I'm going TO bid every one goodnight
then I'm going to investigate. When
I leave You will quietly send men TO
all the exits 10 the building. Iwant
the man who sneezed. and want him
badly"
Olga departed with Braine. only
she Immediately sought the taxi that
brought her and was driven home
II was always understood that when
any serious exploit was under way
hereabouts she Was to make ner de-
parture at once.
Vroon stationed his men at the
several exits and Braine went an
stairs. The man who had sneezeG
however. had vanished as completely
as if had worn that invisible cloak
one reads about in the Persian tales.
AS a matter of fact. after the second
~sneeze he had gone up t the roof.
got out by the trap. and jumped
rather risky business. toto the
next roof and had elambered down
the lire escape of the second building
He was swearing inaudibly. After
all these days of care and planning.
after all his cleverness in locating the
rendezvous of the Black Hundred
and now to lose his advantage be
cause of an uncontrollabl sneeZe'
He would never dare go back, and
when he was beginning to pick up
fine bits OF information, So Florence
H%argreave was going to have a new
father in a day or so? There were
some clever rouges among this band
of theirs; but their cl%everness was
we'll offset by an equal number OF
fools.
Yes. there were some clever
rogues. and to prove this assertion
Braine secured a taxltah and drove
furiously away. his destination the
home of his anciehJ enemy Ito dro. :
ped the cab n block or two away and
presently slowed himsei: away in the
summer house at the left OF the lawn
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