The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-12-02

to1 and make q commonplace enc
Of hin. lie would disappear, this rs
porter, that would be all; and wher
they found him he might or might
not be recognizable.
So Braine called conference and
be and his fellow rogues went over
number Of expedtents and finally
agreed that the best thing to do would
be to send a man 10 the newspaper,
ostensibly as a reporter looking for
situation. With this excuse he would
be able to hang around the city room
for three or four days, The idea back
Of this was to waylay Norton on his
way to some assignment which took
him to the suburbs.
All this was arranged down to the
smallest detail; and man whom they
we're quite certain Norton had not
yet seen was selected to play the
part. He had been q reporter once,
more's the pityi 50 there was no doubt
OF his being able 90 handle his end
Of the game
4 want Norton. ] want him badly"
declared Braine, sand woe to you if
you let booze play IN between you and
the object Of this move"
The man selected to act the re-
porter hung his head. Whisky had
been the origin Of his fall from hon
est living, and he was not so cal
loused as not to feel the sting Of
remorse at times.
More" went on Braine, II want
Norton brought to 49. It's little of
the beat, and we can handle Norton
as we please. When we get rid O!
this newspaper ferret there'll be an
other to eliminate But he's a fox,
and a fox must be set to trail him"
"And who Is tlat?"
zones, Jones, Jones!" Numbered
Braine. He's the live wire. But he
reporter first. Jones depends a lot
on him. Take away this prop and
Jones will not be 80 sure Of himself.
There's a man outside all this circle,
and all these weeks Of warfare have
not served to bring him into the
circle"
"Hargreave IS dead" said Yroon
,stolid1y.
"As dead as am," snarled Braine
1.-TWO men went away IN that balloon;
and III wager my head that one man
came back am beginning to put
a few things together that I have
mot thought Of before. VINO knows?
That balloon may have been carried
out to sea purposely. The captain On
that tramp steamer may have lied
from beginning to end ! tell you,
,.Hargreave Is alive, and wherever he
Is he has his hand on ali the wires.
He has agents, too, whom we know
nothing about Hang the million! /
want to put my hands on Hargreave
Just to prove that ! am the better
man. He communicates with Jones, per
haps through the reporter; he has had
me followed; It was he who changed
the boxes, bored the hole in the cell
ing Of the other quarters and learned
heaven knows what"
IF that's the case," said Vroon,
why hasn't he had US apprehended%
Braine laughed heartily. Haven't
you been able to see by this time what
his game Is? Revenge. He does not
want the police to NEEDLE only in the
smaller affairs. He wants to put ter
TOR into the hearts Of all Of US. Keep
this point in your mind when you act.
He'll never summon the police unless
We make broad daylight attempt to
get possession Of his daughter. And
even then he would make 1t out a
plain case Of kidnapping. Elimination,
that's the word. All right. Well
play at that game ourselves. No.
shall be Mr.. Norton. And II you fail
ri break you," Braine added to the
ex-reporte7.
"l'll get him." said the man sullenly.
Later, when he applied for situa-
ton on the Blade, it happened that
there were two strikes on hand, and
two or three extra men were needed
On the city staff. The man from the