Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-09-28
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and fall in love with bundle of asnes like
myself? Ashes and bitter ashes, too. Some
times I regret. But the regretting only
seems to make me all the more savage. What
opium and dope are to other men, danger
and excitement are to me. 1t is not writ.
ten that shall die in bed I have told you
that already. There Is no other woman
now. And do love you after fashion,
a man loves a comrade. Wait till this dan
cling bout is over and may talk otherwise.
And now am going to a reception. I am
going to shake hands and hobnob with the
ete-beautiful word! And while bow and
smirk and crack witticisms, I and the devil
will be chuckling in our sleeves. But this
I'll tell you while there's drop of blood in
my veins, breath in my body. I'll stick to
this fight if only to prove that I'm not =
gutter"
He caught her suddenly In his arms, kissed
her, ran lightly to the door, and was gone
before she could recover from her astonish-
ment.
The affair went smoothly, without : hitch.
Norton and his men gained the house through
the tunnel without attracting the least at
tention. The Black Hundred, watching the
front and rear of the mouse, never dreamed
that there existed another mode Of entrance
or that there was a secret cabinet room.
Half an hour later the head of the secret
service, accompanied by his men, together
with "Sp'der" Beggs, VINO was In high
feather over his success. arrived, demanded
admittance, and went at the fount Of the
business at once.
"Your name is Jones'" began the chief.
The butler nodded, though his face evinced
no little bewilderment at the appearance Of
these men.
"Wnat is 1t you wish, sir?"
"I am from the secret service and I have
1t from a pretty good source that there is
counterfeit money hidden in this house. More
than that. can put my hand on the very
place it is hidden"
"That is impossible, sir" declared Jones
Indignantly.
"I'm an old hand, Mr.. Jones. It VIII not
do you bit of good to put on that bold
front"
Beggs smiled. How was he 10 know that
this was a comedy set especially for his
benefit.
at should like to see that money" said
Jones, not quite so bravely.
"Come with me-" said the secret service
man. where's the lfbrary2" ..
beyond that door, SIR
The chief, reckoning to his men, entered
the library, went directly to a certain shelf,
extracted three volumes, and there lay the
money in three neat packages.
Good heavens!" gasped Jones'
"I shall have to request you and the fam
lily to accompany me to the station"
"But it is all utterly impossible. sir! I
know nothing of that money, nor how 1t got
there. It's plot. I declare on my oath.
sir, that I am innocent, that Miss Florence
and her companion know nothing about It,"
"You will have to tell all that to the fed
eral Judge, sir. My duty is to take you all
to the station. 1t would be just as we'll not
to say anything more, sir"
every well; but some one shall smart for
this outrage"
"That remains to be seen" was the terse
comment of the secret service man.
He led his prisoners away directly.
Norton and his men had to wait far into
the night. The Black Hundred did not in
tend to make any mistake this time by q
hasty move At quarter after 10 they de-
scended. Braine was not with them. This
was due to the urgent request of Olga who
still had her doubts. The men rioted about
the house, searching hooks and corners, ex-
amning floors and walls. opening books, pull
ing out drawers, but they found nothing
They talked freely, however, and tne dicta-
graph registered every word The printing
plant, which had long defed discovery,
was in the cellar of the house occupied by
the Black Hundred. Norton and his men
determined to follow and raid the building.
And tine reporter promised himself good
front page story without in any way con-
ficting with his promises to Jones.
Events came to pass as they expected. The
trailing was not the easiest thing. Norton
knew about where the building was, but he.
could not go to it directly. He was quite.
confident that its entrance was identical with
that which had the trap door through which
he had been flung that memorable day when
he had been shanghaied.
When they reached the building ne warned
the men to hug the wall to the stairs. The
trap yawned, but no one was hurt They
scampered up the stairs like lot Of eager
boys; broke the door into find the weird
executive chamber dark and empty ana IN
acrid smoke In their nostrils. This latteEA
grew sitting as they blundered about in the
dark. By luck Norton found the exit and
called to the men to follow. They saw
Beggs at the top Of the stairway and called
out to him to surrender. He held up mis-