The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-10-12
cotton SAVES HIS own LiFE. az TIE USE or HIS WxTct

SoRTon SAVES HIS OWr uFl
Braine wanted to learn whether the
reporter bore q charmed life or was
Just ordinarily lucky. He would at
tempt nothing delicate. requiring
finesse. He would simply waylay
Norton and mako commonplace end
OF him. He would disappear, this re-
porter, that would be all; and when
they found him he might or might
not be recognizable.
So Braine called q conference. and
he and his fellow rogues went over q
number OF expediencies, and finally
agreed that the best thing to do would
be to send q man to the newspaper,
ostensibly as a reporter looking for
q position. With this excuse he
would be able to hang around the
lcity room for three or four days. The
idea back Of this was to waylay Nor.
ton 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 were quite certain Norton had
not yet seen was selected to play the
part. He had been reporter once,
more's the pity: so there was no
doubt Of HIS being able to handle HIS
end Of the game.
II want Norton. want him badly
declared Braine. "and woe to. you II
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 re-
murse at times. -
More" went on Braine, 81 want
Norton brought to 40. It's q little on
the beat. and we can handle him as
we please. When we get rid Of this
newspaper ferret, there'll be another
to eliminate. But he's q fox, and q
fox must be set to trail him"
And who Is that?'
Jones, Jones, Jonesl" Numbered
Braine, Hes the live wire. BIT
the reporter first Jones depends q
lot Oh him. Take away this prop and
Jones will not be SO sure of himself.
There's aeman outside all this circle.
and all these weeks Of warfare have
not served to bring him into the
circle.s
"Harsreave is dead" said vroon
stolidiy.
'As dead as am" snarled Braine.
Two men went away IN that balloon;
and, III wager my head that one man
came back. " am beginning to put q
few things together that I have not
thought OF before. Who 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, Har-
| greave II alive, and wherever he IL he
has his hand, on all the wires. He
has agents, too, Of whom we know
nothing about. Hang the millioni
want to put my hands on HargreAve
[Just- to prove that I am the better
man. He communicates with SJones,
perhaps through the reporter; he has
had me followed, 4 was he who
changed the boxes, bored the hole In
tina ceiling Of the other quarters, and
learned heaven knows what"
ri that's the case" said vroon,
l"why hasn't he had IN spprehended p
Brain laughed heartily. Haven't
yVu O0cn oOA6 W Beo " bulB time
what his game Ia? Revenge. He
does not want the police to NEEDLE
only In the smaller affairs. He wants
TO do away with us one by one, he
wants to put terror into the hearts
Of all Of us. Keep this point in your
mind when you act. He'll never sum.
mon the police unless we make q
broad daylight attempt to get posses
sion of his daughter. And even then
he would make - out q plain .oase. al
kidnapping. Elimination. that's the
word. All right Wen play at that
game ourselves. No. shall be Mr..
Norton. And n you fail Ill break
you Braine added TO the ex-reporter
I'll get him." said the man sui
Ilenly.
Later, when he applied for q situa,
ton on the Blade. II happened thai
two or three extra men were needed
on the city stan. The man from the
Black Hundred was given tempor
ary Job and went BY the name ol
Gregg.
For three days he worked faith
fully. abstaining from his favorits
Itipple. He had never worked in New
York, 30 hts record was unknown
He had told the city editor that M
had worked on Chicago paper. nov
Idefunct.
He paid no attention whatsoever e
Nortoh. Q sign Of no little acumen
On the. other hand Norton never went
forth On an sssignment that 0reel