The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-29

water So he remained hidden be
mind the summer house till long af.
ter midnight. When at last he fe',
asBured that nll in the Hargreave
house were asleep, he moved out
cautiously. Both his future and his
pocketbook depended upon tbs sue,
cess OF this venture. 1t took him
ten minutes to crawl from the sum.
mer house to the veranda, and To
have detected this approach Jones
fiad he been watching, would hayt
needed a searchlght Beggs hugged
the lattice work for another ten
minutes and then drew himself up
ana to one OF the windows. Here
was an operation that needed all his
art and skill: to lift this Window
without sound. But he was an old
hand and windows with ordinary
locks were playthings under his def
touch. He RAISED the window. stem
ped over the sill into the library.
and crouched down. He did not
close the window; house thfnyea
never do. They leave windows and
doors open. because sooner or later
they nave got to make their escape
that way
Presently he stood up, flashed his
torch, found the library shelves. and
tiptoed toward them. He then Sc
iected three or four volumes, oDened
'hrh Mt .andom AID laid neat pack
ass : money between the leaves Il
was not real money. but only a bank
clerk could have told you. that. This
lone. he moved toward the window
again.
"stop!" said Jones quietly.
Spider" Beggs gasped, it was SO
unexpected; but at the same tiuL,
almost fnstinctiyely he plunged
ieadiong through the window, and
the bullet which followed snipped
4 lock of his hair He threw himself
on the veranda and scurried across
the lawn. zigzag fashion. But mn
norea bullets followed.
Jones turned on the lights and In.
vestigated the room, but he conld
not rnd anything disturbed, and ma
turaily lame to the conclusion that
.he intruder had been interrupted be-
!ore ne had sbegun his work He
lurheu OH the lights and sat up the
MAJOR portion OF the night. Moth \
ing more happened. Florence came
uown. Dut he sent her back to bed.
explaining that some one had MT.
,eHpted 10 enter the house and he
hGd taken a shot at him
Spider" Beggs had a letter to
"fiss. he was In high feathers. de
had tackled difficult job anH had
come away without q scratch Put
nc hau the misfortune to write his
ie'ter 10 the secret service officials
~ notel often freGuented by Nor
lon And so Jim. on finishing hJsl
own letter, blotted 1t and casuaiiy
glanced ut the blotter. A single word |
caught .is eye. Being an alert
newspaper man, always on the hum
lor storie", he eaminei the blotter
Win care 1t was an easy matter |
,or MIN TO read writing backward.
hhsihR FOOLED away many. an hourj
n the composing rooms. The word |
Fhich had awakened the reportorial I
'ense IN him was counterfeit" He
ieiu the Diotter toward the mirror +
ma read enough to satisfy himseJf I
nat the Black Hundred had become.i
'ctiVe once more. And this was onai
u the best ideas they had yet con-
Hargrcave had always been some
ming OF q mystery to his neighbors
Vhere he had lived in other DAYS
vas unknown; neither had any one Ii
ne remotest idea from what source
us riches had been obtained. And
'othng was known OF Jones or the 1;
aush.er. 1t was % very shrewd
lethod OF clearing every one out OF
ne mouse and leaving II to be ex-
mined at leiaure. And he had fall
upon this thing: he, Norton. nil
ecause MS tailor had written him Is
sharp note about his bill as.d he
aa been provoked to reply In kind
onnterteit money. There was ouite
( hurry these days over certain "a
ues Of spurious paper. 1t was SO r.
ooa that only experts could detect
n |. aas ansre were two plates. one for
lille he was pulled between duty =
ma love: Well. II would only, add /,
ho'ner story when he published IA
y started cut to Riverdale to acs
laint Jgaes with the discovery.
"Humph!" said Jones; enot a bass 1
lea this. So that's what the small
as doing -ere last night I've been q
onoering and wondering. Let.sin
~, WSNS through the books and all
hgth ealle acros the three VOL
mes THESE held a. thousand 81 seE5 I
sl.ent counterfeit. IS
Mighty good work that. What sfaIt
.a goine to dSf' ank6d the repoFts /
Jones rnbbe his chin ref,ectivs,x HI II
4. low isnE may . coiinterfeIser So Ia
4 A ~. Il
,ars.. =. : = = - i /, 4
THAT viii serve NY hoy. ti,is u
''s welI go ana lake Mir. Black 4 4
ahcred right In hts cubby hole.s (.
You know where il Is s'i 4
Every nook and corner or II NavS ias
Y go at once to the chfef OF the To-:
y branch OF the secret service ana s.
J. me mntter to him frankly j. lR
orence. Susan, and the rsst al n1 4
gst be arrested. The wrelehea Ini,st
'lieve thar the lionsS "a e,n nr,lr Tlhs.,-; / 4