The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-12
ceseGed by ship onswhich Norton has
been slianghaicd. u
Copyright, 1914; BY Harold Mac
Grath)
CHAPTER XI.


vi lhe man broke down. The suspengc
ha1 Gcen so heenly terrible that the
1noaeli reaction left iiinI almost hya
.c..caliy Ecaa. Three weeks of wait
ing, waiting. Not Gwen the scourd dre;}
and his wife who had been. the princi
pa actors In the abduction had bee,
found, From great slip in mid1ceat
iley had disappeared. Doubtless the,
had hidden among the immigrants
WHO, Tor II little money, would have
fooled all the officers On board. There
was no d3ubt in Jones' mind that the
pair had landed safely at Madrid.
AS for Susan, she did have hyster
les. She went about the roum,. wallins
and laughing and wringing he,
hands. You would have Thought by
her. actions that Florence had lust
died. The sight tof her stirred the sat.
iirfiic lips OF the butler Int, a smile.
But l'c did not demonstrated with her.
In fact, he rather enyied her freedom
i'll emotion. Man cannot lie. go in That
fajhicn; IL is Bign of weakness; ard.
he dared not let even Susan see any
sign of weakness in him.
So the reporter had found her. and
Jhe waS safe and sound and ON her
way to New York? Knowing by this
time something of the reporters cour-
nge, he was eager to learn how the!
event had come about When he had
not heard telephone message from
Norton Ill forty-eight hours, he had
decided That the Black Hundred had
finally succeeded In getting hold of
niin lt had been something of a blow ]
tcr while he looked with disfayor upon
ahe reporters frank regard for his
charge, he appreciated the fact that
Norton was staff to lean on. and had
'ehind him all the power of the press /.
which included the privilege of goin 2
everywhere even IL one could not al
ways get back.
AS he folded the telegram and put
Al into his pocket, lie observed the
man with the opera glasses over the
way, He shrugged. Well, let him watch
I'LL his eyes dropped out of his head:
lie would see only that which was in
tended for his eyes. Still, IL was irk-
some to feel that no matter when or
where you moved, watching eyes OBJ
served and chroniclcd these moye-
meats.
Suddenly, not being, deSoid of a.
seiisc OF dry humor, Jones stepped
over TO the telephone aud called up|
her highness the Princess Perigoff.
Who is it?"
lie was forced 10 adfit, however re-
luctantly, that tho woman had n mar
Yelousjy fine speaking voice.
1T Is Jones. madam"
Zones ?"
MIR, H-rg-eayc's butler. madam
%! You have news of Florence"
Yes" 1t will be an embarrassing
day for humanity when some one hi-
vents Photographic apparatus by
which two persons at the two enls OF
the telephone may observe the fac.a.
expressions of each other.
What is 1t? Tell me quickly"
.fFlorence has been found, and she
is on her way back to New York. Size
was found by Mr.. Norton, the report
err
Il am 80 glad! Shall L como up at
dice and have you tell me the whole
amazing story3n
1T would be useless, madam. for I
know nothing except what | learned
from a telegram have Just received.
But no doubt some Hnc this evening
yot, might risk CALI
Ring up the instant she returns.
Did she say what train?'
No, madam" lied Jones, smiling.
He hung up the receiver and stared
Ut the telephone as ifsIie @onfd force
his gazn In and through it to the wos
man at the other end Flesh and
blood! Well, greed was stronger tlian
tliRt eacherous cat. Let her play,
let l.er weave her. nets, dig her pits.
The day would como ,Eand 1t was not
igs distant when she would.,flnd that
the mi ..pyed InongooBe was lust as
deadly as the cobra, and far more cum
ming.
The heads OF the Black Hundred
must be destroyed. Those were the
orders. What goo2 10 deaouneg them,
to send them to q rria9ii from which,
with the aid OF money itnd IN tremens
dous secret political pull, they might
readily find ssheir way out They must
be exterminatod, aa one kills off The
poisonous plague rats of the orient |
4 Woman IL IL sstt;e law OF rspsisai there
wEe= no aex. N Is SS . 2 y
Shortly after the tatephdne episofle
(which rather puzsier the pfineesslI
siie received . ire froni Braine.
Which, anflennced the fact that FlorS
ebcA and ffsve lad escaped and whrss
coming to New York on trafti Np5
rs; ahd atlsisipE fer 90 meet INC inc train
en- route. Slleslhd 70 flji about TO Sds
III - q 2 z 4 s.fs II <. 81
s wien capt Hammock released
Bfaine. ttle had bseh III no ehyiabIa
ls.alile OF mind TriniFpd. FOOLED by tsis5
airi. lil5Se aiif4 & i as tsiicIousled as
ilSs psnt She hal ssies lsietl rin bflbsI
ms q tsRs stoker, :sist htssk On ;iIissI
4 ts.1wares, Tlie man had doaaed the
dtsa aaEsss s1e sRd lassI Dsfs for ab.nfe AI;
l;tpsciE e I'D fis6 " isloc i Afif16lE aid
h0t fa9oS iize eE3sIs af IL k ssas oiiiS
when pannock expIa IaIiieI the lllaL7tg Af |