The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-17
CHAPTER n.
A Man With but Ono Thought.

YUGO LOuBEQUE turned the
- pn"Get of papers aud orders
over aud over In his hand, u
a n brooding expression In hls
eyes that told his thoughts were very
far AWAY from the butler crncksmnn
who had Just brought them 10 him.
A massive ngure of u man. he seemed
to iill the room with his presence, the
chair In which he snt seemed 10 hnye
been built about him. the room Itself
with Its magnificent furnishings was
dwnrfed by It's occupant Greatest o.
international spies, tho rise and fall
OF many nntious might have been plnc,
cd at his door, rivers OF blood had
, burst their barriers ut the touch OF
those powerful hngcrs. yet MI his
thoughts were directed toward revenge
against one man. toward the dcstruc
ton Of General Love.
over and over he turned the stolen
papers, only another link II wna In
tho chain he was drawing nbout the
old army officer. Tho butler coughed
ncryously. aud his mnstcr looked up
waving him away without word or
praise The mnn had but done his
duty. Hugo Loubcque expected that
The telephone rang and the spy stln.
cncd In his chair. no more tho dream
cr Loubcuuc was nt work finishing
this detail In hls scheme of revenge.
With the ruins OF every hope smash
ing about her. without thought save
the need for conndauio aud friend
IN time OF distress. Lucille took up the
telephone to speak with her chum. the
wife OF young officer who hnd only
Just reached the post n month before
For n second. scusitizcd hy suffering
though her mind was, she did not
catch the aignincaDce OF the orders be-
ing given by the man whose wire had
crossed her own Then n feeling OF
faintness caused her to reel nt the
power aud strength she caught In The
tones. She listened. conquering hcr
fear IN one triumphant throb of love
for the imprisoned officer:
General Loves orders aud papers
ARE In my possession now For
Shanghai on the Empress tonight
Have the launch ready"
Aud then the buz4lns OF the lnstru
mcnt told her that she could hear no
more She rushed TO the window, her
heart sinking nt sight of the smoke
curls spcwlug from the big liners fun
nels The Empress was rcHdy-rrndy
and her sweetheart was arrested.
Resolution NO vague ns to be indcnn
able urged her ncross the noor aud out
the door She did not stop 10 unnlyze
the impulse which urged her feet
across the parade ground down the
streets OF Manila toward the dock A
mad despair possessed her ns she
caught the signs Of readiness from tho
Empress aud saw there was no boat 10
take her out to the ship which carried
the precious orders,
She beat her tiny nAts ncrccly To-
gethcr. There must be II way. There
must be. Fnlntly to her ears came a
humming sound from the boat. II re
minded her 0r another sound she had
henrd recently, II sound hhc ldcntiilcd
with the solution OF her problem llar
ley and his neroplanc
u wns tye miles. but her horse
could do the distance IN short time.
Fnstcr even than she had reached the |
dock did she gct 10 The stables. No !
time for snddlIng for anything save |
the wild ride before her Through the |
moonlight she dashed, the little mare
accepting this new frcnk ~ his mis-. |
tress with delight
The avintor hnd only Iust rrtnrneI |
from the dance when she lung her
self from the mare aud grnspcd him ,
iercely by the shoulders, shaking him |
In the vehemence Of her command
He stared at her unbcllcvlngly nv he
made out WHIST 1he desired, bNt there
ITO la continuel nexl uFrk