The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1914-11-26

wei, 1t begins to look that way
to me. We've never made move yet
that hasn't been blocked"
Pure luck each time, I tell you;
the DEVILS own luck always at the
critical moment, when everything
seems to be in our hands. Now, we
want Florence, and we've tried a,
hundred ways to accomplish this fact
and failed The question is, how to
get her away from her companion?"
Simple enough said the doctor
complacently
"Out with It, II you have an idea"
The doctor leaned forward and
whispered few words.
well, I'm hanged!' Braine laughed
and slapped the doctor on the
shoulder THE simplest thing in the
world. Mad dog wouldn't be in it.
/ always said that you had gray mat
ter if you cared to exert yourself"
Thanks" replied the doctor dryly.
'Ill drop down there tomorrow, II
you say so, ostensibly to see the other
patient 1t will make deuce of dis
turbance."
Not If you scare the hotel people,"
That is what propose to do They
will not want such thing known.
1t would scare every one away for
| the rest of the season But of course
| this depends upon whether they are
| honest or in the hotel business to
make money"
Again Braine laughed Bring her
back to New York alone, Esculapius,
and a fat check is yours. Nothing
could be simpler than an idea like
this. It's fact: no man can think
| of everything, and you've just proved
| 1t to me- I've tried to do generals
work without aids. Olga, does any one
watch me come and go any more"
| mo; I've watched a dozen nights
The man has gone. Either he found
job To my mind he found out what
he wanted"
"And what's that?"
Heaven knows' discouragedly.
Come, doctor, suppose you and
! go down to Dalys for a little turn
at billiards."
Nothing would suit me better"
"All aboard, then! Goodnight,
Olga Keep your hair on; l mean your
own hair We're going to win out,
don't you worry. In all games the min
ute you begin to doubt you begin to
lose"
That same night Norton sat at his
desk, in his shirt sleeves, pounding
away at his typewriter. From time
to time he paused and teetered his
chair and scowled over his pipe at
the starlit night outside. Bang! would
go his chair again, and clickityclick
would sing the keys of the machine.
The story he was writing was in the
ordinary routine; the arrival of a
notables who were not adverse to de-
4 nouncing the present administration.
You will have noticed, no doubt, that
some disgruntled politician Is always
denouncing the present administra-
ton, it matters not If it be Republican
or Democratic When you are out
of a good job you are always prone
to denounce The yarn bored Norton
because his thoughts were miles
southwark.
He completed his story, yanked out
the final sheet, called for copy boy,
rose and sauntered over to the man
aging EDITORS door, before which he
paused indecsively The "old man
had been after him lately regarding
the Hargreave story, and he doubted
If his errand would prove successful
However he boldly opened the door
and walked in.
"Humph!" said the "old man." twist
ing his cigar into the corner of his
mouth. Got that story?"
Norton sat down. Yes, but l have
not got it for print yet Mr.. Blair
when you gave me the Hargreave job
you gave me carte blanche"
Il did," grimly. But, on the other
hand, / did not give you ten years
to clear it up in"
Have / ever fallen down on 6
good story?" quietly.
M, can't remember" grudgingly.
We'll, If you'll have patience II
not fall down on this one. It's the
greatest criminal story / ever handled
but it's so big that it's going to take
time"
Gimme an outline"
81 have promised not to-" with {
grimness equal to the "old mans.
"If line of this story trickles out i
will mean that every other paper will
be moving around, and in the ent
, will discover enough to spoil my ent
of it. I'll tell You this much: Thu
most colossal band of thieves thi
country ever saw is at one end of th'
, stick And when l say that counter
feiting and politics and millions ar
| involved, you'll understand how bi
it is. This gang has city protection
. We are running them all into col
/ ner; but we want that corner so dee
, that none of them can wriggle out O
a.