Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-08

man 4 generally improvidcnt. lie never
looks ahead for tomorrow. What with ms
special articles to the magazines. earn
between fou and five thousand the year,
and I've never been able 10 save a cent
perhaps you've never really tried" re-
piled Jones, with 4 glance III his com
panlon- II was "A good face. strong IN out
line' a little careworn. perhaps. but free
from any indications Of dissipation. Eli
! had begun life a. YOU did. I'D have made
real and solid use of the great men | met.
I'D have made %financierS help me To invest
my earnings, or savings. little a. They
might be-. And today ia ~ living On the
income.
You can never tell. Perhaps q woman
might have made You think of those thing
but II sou had remained unattached ~ H.
81, a. ! have. the thought III saving might
never have entered your head. 4 man in
my present condition. financially. ha~ no
right to think Of matrimonv.-
1T might b. the saving Of YOU Ii Won met
and married the right woman"
But the right woman might be heircss Ia
millions. And a poor devil like me could
not marry i girl with money and hang onto
his self respect
"True. But there are always exceptions
to all rules in life. except those regarding
health. A healthy man j. 4 normal man,
and q normal man ha~ 40 right 10 remain
single. You proved Yourself q man this
afternoon, considering that You did not
know occupied the wheel seat. Come Ia
think Il over. You really saved the dav.
You gave me the opportunity If steering
straight for the police station. Well.
good-by.'
Queer duck. !" unused the reporter ~.
after telephoning, ne headed for hi> office.
Queer duck. indeed! What a game it was
gong 10 be. And this man Jones wa play
ing 4 like a master. Ii did not matter that
some one else laid down the rules: il was
the way in which they were Interpreted.
Braine heard of the failure. The Black
Hundred wa finding H. stock below par
value. -Four valuable men locked up IN the
Tomb~. awaiting trial. 10 my nothing Of
the seven gunner gathered in ut the old
warehouse. Braine began ~ suspect that
hi Failures Merc les due ~ chance than
y" calculation. that az last he had en-
countercd a mlnd which anticipated hi.
every move. IIe would have recognized IA,
Tact earlier had II not hccn that revenge
had temporarily blinded him. The spirit If
revenge never make, for MENTAL clarity.
There wa~ q meeting that night Of the
Black Hundred. -Four men were told off.
and they drew their chair 40 10 Nroon's
table for instructions. Brainc sat at
Nroon'~ elbow. These four men composed
me most dangerous quartet IN New York
city. They were a. dari,g a. they were
desperate. They were men who held M
bank messengers and rot away with thou-
sands. They had learned 10 ~woop down
upon their victims a. the hawk Swonp~
down upon the heron. The newspapers re-
fcrrcd 10 them a. the "auio bandits and
the men took a deal If pride IN the furore
they had created.
Nr"on went over the IIargrcave ease
minnieiN: he left no detail unexplained
Blunily and frankly. the daughter Of Stan
AtA~ WN NNlAHF ana Turmoil
over 70 the care ~ the Black Hundred. II
must he quick action. -Four valuable mem
ber~ were ~ the Tomb-. They might mr.
might not weaken under police pressure
For the first tim. IN I'LL American care.r
me organization stood facing actual periI
ANA ~ one possible chance Of salvation
lay ~ the fact that no onc'~ face wa
known 70 hi~ nciyhbor. he. Nroon. and The
ho>~ alone knew who and What each man
wa>. But the plans. the notifications If
ne organization might become public prom
ertN and that would mean In end ~ H.
exceedingly profitable business.
The daughter Of IIaryrcavc rode horse
hack early every morning. She ,ouuht Tho
country road. She wa~ invariably attend
go ~ The ridIn. master III u school near N,
You four will make your own plans
III she should be- iniurcd,-
"A'"ld n. n possible
We have y free hand IN
absolutely"
We rl>k a bad tall from her horse n
MI 2 spirited one
pretend "A breakdown III the r,.,a II
'err"pied Br"lnc. "a ihcN approach. draw
ana "rder them to di~mouni. That method
VIII prevent amy accident"
Nth plan y somehow. n looks easy
Nothing N easy where thai -irl I'LL
'''nra. \ thousand ewes seem H. H.
watching her slightest move"
we -han'i leave ANYTHING A. rhaurc
'i"" many day will You give uS.~
sewer. a failure. mind YOU. viii nrov.
unhealthy 10 all concerned" with a men.e.
winch made the four Stir unca,ilv.
'nr telephone rang. Bra inc reached for
ihe receiver.