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Copyright, 1914, by Harold MacGrath)
SYNOPSIS.

Stanley Hargreave, millionaire, after a
miraculous escape from the den of the
gang of brilliant thieves known as the
Black Hundred. lives the life Of a re-
Cluse for eighteen years, Hargreave one
night enters a Broadway restaurant ana
there comes face to face with the gang
leader, Braine. After the meeting, durins
which neither man apparently recognizes
the other, Hargreave hurries to his mag
nificent Riverdale home n lays plans
for making his escape from the country.
He writes q letter to the girls school In
New Jersey where eighteen years before
he had mysteriously left on the doorstep
his baby daughter, Florence Gray. He
also pays a visit to the hangar or a
daredevil aviator. Braine and members
OF his hand surround Hargreave's home
at right, but as they enter the house the
watchers outside see q balloon leave the
roof. The safe is found empty-the M
lion which Hargreave was known to nave
drawn that day gone. Then some one an
nounced the balloon had been punctured
and dropped to the bottom Of the sea.
Florence arrives from the girls school.
Princess Olga. Braine's companion, Wis
it's and claims to be a relative. Two bo-
gus detectives call. but their plot is foiled
by Norton, a newspaper man.
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that the police had been tipped bo-
torehand and were on the grounds In
time to gather in several notorious
gunner, who, under pressure of the
third degree, vowed that they had
been hired and paid by a man in a
mask and had not the slightest idea
what he wanted them to raid. Moth
ing further could be gotten out of
the gunner. That they were lying
the police had no doubt, but they
were up against a stout wall and all
they could do was to hold the men for
the grand jury.
Norton was in a fine temper. After
all his careful planning he had gained
nothing absolutely nothing. But
wait; he had gained something-the
bitter enmity of a cunning and des.
perate man, who had been forced to
remain hidden under the pier till al
most dawn.
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CHAPTER w.
The Flat on the Top Floor.

Braine crawled from his uncomfort-
able hiding place. His clothes were
soiled and damp, his hat gone. By
a hairs breadth he had escaped the
clever trap laid for him. H~argreave
was alive, he had escaped; Braine was
as certain Of this fact as he was of
his own breathing. He now knew
how to account for the Pickering light
in the upper story of the warehouse.
His ancient enemy had been watch
ing him all the time. More than this,
Hargreave and the meddling reporter
were in collision. In the flare Of
lights at the end Of the gun-play he
had caught the profile Of the reporter.
Here was a dangerous man, who must
be watched with the utmost care.
He, Braine, had been lured to COM
NIT an overt act, and by the rarest
good luck had escaped with nothing
more serious than a cold chill and a
CALLING disappointment.
He crawled along the top Of the
pier, listening, sending his dark-accus-
toned glance hither and thither. The
sky in the east was growing paler and
paler. In and out among the bales
Of wool, bags of coffee and lemon
crates he slowly ande cautiously
wormed his way. A Waterman pa.
trolled the Office side of the ware
house, and Braine found it possible
to creep around the other way, thence
into the street. After that he straight
ened up, sought a secondhand shop
and purchased a soft hat, which he
pulled down over his eyes. :.
He had half a dozen rooms which
he always kept in readiness for such
adventures as this. He rented them
furnished in small hotels which never
asked questions of their patrons. To
one Of these he went as fast as his
weary legs could carry him. He al
ways carried the key. Once in his
room he donned fresh wearing ap-
'parel, linen, shoes, and shaved. Then
he proceeded downstairs, the second
hand hat shading his eyes and the
upper part Of his face.
At half past twelve Norton entered
the Knickerbocker cafe-restaurant.
and the first person he noticed was
Braine, reading the mornings paper,
propped up against the water carafe.
Evidently he had just ordered, for
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lin at the door, always in the shadow.

him at the door, always in the shadow.
"Well?" the butler whispered.
IT have laid a neal trap. Whether
this balloon was the one that left the
top Of this house l don't know. But II
there were two men in it, one of them
lies at the bottom Of the sea-"
"And the man found?" The buffers
voice was tense.
ut was not Hargreave. I met Orts
but once, and as he wore a beard then,
the captains description did not tally
with your recollection"
Thank God! But what is this trap"
81 propose to find out by it who is
back of all this, who Hargreave's real
enemies are"
Norton returned to his rooms, there
to await the call from Grannis. He
was sorry, but If Jones would not take
him into his fullest confidence, he
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-09-16
Economy in Flour.

The scarcity Of flour drove the Brit
ish privy council to some remarkable
sumptuary recommendations in 1875.
All families were begged to give up
buildings and pies, and the privy coun-
cilors announced that they proposed
to set an example by combining the L
selves to fish, meat, vegetables and
household bread, partly made Of rye.
One quartern loaf a week was recon-
mended as the maximum a",wance
per head, and the loaf should be put
on the table for each to help himself,
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not want anybody to learn that he had
been rescued. The moment the boat
touched the pier he lost himself in the
crowd. Fifty reporters came aboard,
but he was gone. And l could but tell
them just what I'm telling you"
He had money"
About five thousand"
please describe him"
The captain did so. 1t was the same
description he had given to all the re-
porters. Norton looked over he rail
at the big warehouse.
WAS it an ordinary balloon?"
There you've got me. My Marconi
man says the balloon part was like
any other balloon; but the passenger
car was a new business to him. 1t
could be driven against the wind"
Driven against the wind. Did you
tell this to the other chaps?"
Don't think l did. Just remem-
bered it. Probably some new inven-
ton; and now it's at the bottom of the
sea. Two men, as | understand it,
went off in this contraption. One is
gone for good"
For good" echoed the reporter
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NSlCUIPI ~ itSo eiS SSfJ
there was nothing on his plate. Nor.
ton walked over and laid his hand
upon Braine's shoulder. The man
looked up with mild curiosity.
why, Norton, sit down, sit down!
Have you had lunch? No? Join me"
Thanks. Came in for my break
fast" said Norton, drawing out the
chair. Braine was sitting with his
back to the wall on the lounge-seat.
Il wonder if you newspaper men
ever eat a real, true enough break
fast. I should think the hours you
lead would kill you off. Anything
new on the Hargreave story?"
I'm not handling that" the reporter
lied cheerfully. Didn't want to. /
knew him rather intimately. I've Il
horror of dead people, and don't want
to be called upon to identify the body
when they find it."
Then you think they will find it?"
IT don't know. It's a strange mixup.
I'm not on the story, mind you; but
l was in the locality Of Duffy's ware
house late last night and fell into a
gunman rumpus."
YES, l read about that. What
we're they after"
You've got me there. No n
seems to know. Some cock and bull
story about there being something
valuable. There was"
What was it? The report in this
paper does not say"
Ten thousand bags Of coffee"
Rraire lay back in his chair and
laughed.
ITO RE CONTTNT-EDN
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culiar forms of address. AS used, this
Quaker speech was not strictly grant,
matical-"thee is" for example. being
open to objection if anyone ever
thought of it in a critical way. Never
theless. thee is" had it's charm.
The passing Of the Quaker costume
vas also spoken of with some regret,
yet those who lamented it's disap-
pearance were not insistent on its
%readoption. Apparently they saw no
especial connection between the plain
garb and the plain language, yet there
undoubtedly Is one.
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Aren't you going to kiss me, Leo?

Aren't you going to kiss me, Leo?'
He caught her hands. There Is a
species of Delilah about you, Olga. A
kiss tonight from your lips would snip
my locks; and l need a clear head.
Whether we fail or win, when this
game is played you shall be my wife"
He kissed the hands and strobe out
into the hail.
The woman gaZed down at her small
white hands and smiled tenderly. (The
tigress has her tender 'momentsD He
meant it!
She went into her dressing room and
for an hour or more worked over her
face and hair, till she was certain that
if the captain of the ship described her
to anyone else he could not fail to give
a fair description Of Florence Har.
greave.
But Norton reached the captain first.
Other reporters had besieged him, but
they had succeeded in gathering the
vaguest kind of information. They had
no description of Hargreave, while
Norton had. Before going down to the
boat, however, he had delved into the
past of the Princess Olga Perigof. 1t
cost him a pocketful of money, but the
end justified the means. The princess
had no past worth mentioning. BY
piecing this and that together he be-
came assured that she had told the
simple truth regarding the relationship
to Florence's mother. A ~cablegram
had given him all the facts in her his
tory; there were no gaps or discrep-
ancies. 1t read clear and frank. Trust
a Russian secret agent to know what
he was talking about. .
So Norton's suspicions-and he had
entertained some-were completely
lulled to sleep. And he wouldn't have
doubted her at all except for the fact
that Braine had been with her when
he had introduced Hargreave. Har-
greave had feared Braine; that much
the reporter had ELECTED from the but
Ter. But there wasn't the slightest
evidence. Braine had been in New
York for nearly six years. The princess
had arrived in the city but a year gone.
And Braine was a member of several
fashionable clubs, never touched cards,
and seldom drank. He was an expert
chess player and a wonderful amateur
b%illiardist. Perhaps Jones, the taciturn
and inscrutable, had not told him all
he knew regarding his masters past.
Well, well; he had in his time un-
tangled worse snarls. The Office had
turned him loose, a free lance, to
handle the case as he saw fit, to turn
in the story when it was complete.
But what a story 1t was going to be
when he cleared it up! The more mys-
tifying it was, the greater the zest and
sport for him. Norton was like a
gambler who played for big stakes,
and only big stakes stirred his crav-
ings. -
The captain Of the tramp steamer
Orient told him the same tale he had
told the other reporters; he had picked
up a man at e a The man had been
brought aboard totally exhausted.
WAS there another body any
where?"
mo"
What became q him?" g.
6" sent a wireless and that seemed
to bother him 1t looked SO that he did
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must hold himself to blame for any
blunder he (NortonJ made. OF course,
he could readily understand Jones'
angle Of vision. He knew nothing Of
the general run Of reporters; he had
heard Of them by rumor and distrusted
them. He was not aware Of the fact
that the average reporter carries more
secrets In his head than a prime min
lister. It was, then, up to him to set
about to allay this distrust and gain
the mans complete confidence:
Meanwhile that same morning a
pretty young woman boarded the
Orient and asked to be led to the cap
tain. Her eyes were red; she had
evidently been weeping. When the
captain, susceptible like. all sailors,
saw her, his promises to Norton took
wings.
This is Captain Hagan?" she asked,
balling the handkerchief she held in
her hand.
Eyes, miss. What can I do for you?"
He put his hands embarrassedly into
his pockets-and felt the crisp bills.
But for that magic touch he would
have forgotten his lines. He squared
his shoulders.
81 have every assurance that the
man you picked up at sea is my father.
I am Florence Hargreave. Tell me
everything" - "
The captains very laundering de-
ceived her. "And then he hustled
| down the g%ang-plank and headed for
that warehouse. He had a package
which he was as tender Of az II 1t
had been dynamite"
Thank you'll" impulsively.
"A man has to do his duty, miss. A
sailors always glad to rescue a man
at sea-" awkwardly.
When she finally went down the
%gangplank the sigh the captain heaved
was almost as loud as the exhaust
from the donkey engines which were
working out the crates Of lemons from
the hold.
Maybe she is his daughter; but
two hundred is two hundred, and I'm
a poor sailor man."
Then Grannis came in for his
troubles. What was a chap to do
when a pretty girl appealed to him?
81 am sorry, miss, but I can't give
you that package. I gave the man a
receipt and till it is presented to me
the package must remain in yonder
safe. You understand enough about
the business to realize that. 1 did
not solicit the job. 1t was thrust upon
me. I'd give a hundred dollars if the
blame thing was out of my safe. You
say it is your fortune. That hasn't
been proved. 1t may be gunpowder,
dynamite. I'm sorry, but you will
have to find your father and bring the
receipt"
The young woman left the ware
house, dabbing her eyes with the
sodden handkerchief.
81 WONDER" unused Grannis, as he
watched her from the window, 81 won
der what the deuce thai CHAP NOR
ton is up to. The girl might have
been the mans daughter. . . . Good
Lord, what an ass l am! There
wasn't any mani" And so he reached
over for the telephone.
Immediately upon receipt of the
message the reporter set his machin-
cry in motion. Some time before
dawn he would know who the arch
conspirator was. He questioned Gran
mis- thoroughly, and Grannis' descrip-
ton tailed amazingly with that of
Florence Hargreave. But a call over
the wire proved to him conclusively
that Florence had not been out of
the house that morning.
On the morrow the newspapers had
scare-heads about an attempt to rob
the Duffy warehouse. 1t appeared
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The speech is expected from wear
ers of the distinctive costume-the
straight, severe gowns and the close
fitting bonnets, and loses its effective
ness when it comes from the lips of
a woman arrayed in fashionable at
tire. The change in dress was urged
by the young generation Of Quakers
on the plea that the old fashions set
them apart from their neighbors and
we're a hindrance. Perhaps they did
not mean to give up the quaint speech
also, but its disuse was inevitable.
It does not belong with worldly dress.
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that the influence of Friends was in a
measur decreased by it's abandon
ment.
Doubtless this view is correct. The
Quaker speech, now so rarely heard,
was always much liked by people not
members of the sect because it was
associated with calmness ard serenity
of manner Probably this serenity
was a quality not dependent on the
language used, but was a matter Of
temperament and habit, but it seemed
an essential accompaniment of the
gentle thee and thou" and other Pc
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so that there. might be no vast.
Rich people were urged to do without
soups and gravies, to take only the
prime cuts and leave the rest for the
poor. The poor should be taught how
to make soup and rice pudding, rice,
being a new food which until thea
had been little used. -.
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QUAKER SPEECH NOW RARE
GentIeness in Some Measure Seems
to Have Decreased Through
Its Abandonment.

At a Friends meeting in Philadel-
phia several speakers expressed re-
greet that the distinctive Quaker
speech, known as the plain. Ian
guage,' las going so rapidly out OF
use. 1t was asserted that the gentle
ness that distinguished it made 1t
especially desirable and effective and
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A Woman's Last Request,

The will of a woman, who died in,
London recently, contains the request
that her age should not be put upon
her tombstone.
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INTERNATIONAL
SUNMSQ1O0L
LESSON
By e. O. SELLERS, Director Sunday
School Course, Moody Bible Institute,
Chicago.) -%,t
LESSON FOR SEPTEMBER 20.
JUDGMENT OF The NATIONS.

LESSON TEXT-Matt. 2:31-48.
GOLDEN TEXT-Inasmuch as ye did It
not unto one Of the least, We did it not
unto Ne. Matt. 25:45.
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ITO BE CONTINUED.D
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1914-02-14
HOLD BOYS IN JAIL IN
FINK SHOOTING CASE
Druggist Withstands Operation to Re-
move Bullet and His COndi-
ton Improves.

Charging assault with intent to
kill, was filed In the circuit court
against Floyd Fifer, who confessed TO
shooting E. A Fink. druggist. in his
store Feb 2, and Joseph Smith, be-
lived TO be an accomplice. 1t is prob
able the grand jury Will return indict-
ments next week. Bond was fixed at
81 900 in each case.
The boys were taken TO the county
Jail Friday night and there they will
await a hearing by the grand jury. No
further effort has been made to get
confession from Smith, who Fifer
stated suggested the robbery plan.
Parents of the boys visited them in
jail Saturday, but no effort was made
to have them released.
An abcess caused by the bullet
which struck Mr.. Fink on his left
side below the lower rib. was removed
in an operation Saturday at Epworth
hospital and also the bullet was
taken out. Fink withstood the opera
ton as well as could be expected and
his condition was improved.
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MOTHER FOUND DEAD
BY HER DAUGHTER

Mrs. c. II. Shearer, a we'll known
woman Of this community, was found
dead in bed at o'clock Saturday
morning. She was found by her
daughter, Mrs Uriah Chandler. with
whom she resided six miles northeast
Of Mishawaka. Death, it is thought,
was due 10 heart trouble, although
Mrs. Shearer had been suffering the
past several days with a severe cold.
Mrs. Shearer was past 81 years Of
age, and was born May IL, 1926. in
Harrison county, O. She has been a
resident of this community since 1873
coming here from Harrison county. In
1854 she was united in marriage to
Mr.. Shearer in Ohio. Mr.. Shearer
died eleven years ago.
She is survived by three daughters,
Mrs. Chandler. at whose home she
died, Mrs. A. $. Garvin OF this city,
and Miss Martha Shearer, at home.
One son, James Shearer, Of Oregon,
III. She also leaves one sister, Mrs.
Elizabeth Tatton, OF Ohio.
Funeral arrangements have not yet
been completed, but will be announced
later.