The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-07-26

lleT lace anu nalr I'LL Sllc was certain
that if the captain; of the ship Gescrib-
ed her to any one else he could .,ot fail
to give a fair description Of Florence
IIalgreave. ss;.-s,,
But Norton reached; the captain
first. Other reportersshad besicgcd him
but they had succeeded. in gathering
the yaguest kind OF fhY6fmation. They
had no description Of llargrcayc,
while Norton had. Before going
down to the boat. however, lie had
delved into the past of the Princess
Olga Pcrigof7. II cost him a po:iict-
ful Of money, but the end justified
the means. Tho pricess had nc p,st
worth mentioning. by piecing this
and that together he became assured
that rhe had told tho simple truth re-
garding the relationships to Florcnce's
mother. A cablegram had given him
all the facts in her history; there We're
no gaps or discrepancies. ii read
clear and frank. Trust a Russian Sc
cret agent to know what he was talk
ing about.
So Norton's suspicions-and he lad
etcrtained some-werc completely
luiled to sleep. An he wouldn't have
doubted her at all exceps :or The
fact that Braine had beon with her
when he had introduced Hargreavc.
Hargreave had feared Braine, and that
much the reporter had e!icited from
the butler. But there wasn't the
slightest evidence. Braine had been
In New York for nearly six years. Thc
princess had arrived In the city but
year gone. And Braine was men,
ber of several fashionable clubs, new
er touched cards and seldom drank.
He was IN expert chess player and a
wonderful amateur biliiardfst Per
haps Jones, the taciturn and inscrn-
table, had not told him all he krcw
regarding his. masters past. Well,
we'll; he had In his time untanglcd
worse snarls. The office had turned
him loose. free lances to handle tAe
case as he saw fit, to turn In the story
when IL was complete. - ~
But what story 1t was. going to be
when he cleared 1t up! The more mys-
tifying It was., the greater the zest and
sport for him. Norton was like a
gambler who played for big stakes
and only big stakes stirred his crav-
ings.
1.-THE captain Of the tramp steamer
Orient told him the same tale he had
told the other reporters; he had pick
ed NO, a man at sea. The man had
been brought abord totally exhaustod.
~ NWas there another body any
where? 2" i
y "Noin - 1. .,-ls, ',sf
. ssWhats became Of: him .i.sstz. Il
F.s,I sent II wireless and that seemed
"a bother him. IT looked to me that he
did not want anybody to learn that he
iia, been rescued, The m0nicnt the
boat touched the pier he lost himself
an the crowd. Fifty reporters came
aboard. !. hut he was gone. And Il could
only tell them just what I'm telling
t,n,, y e.ttsS - =
.5ls"He had money!
About fife thppsand." ], 81, &, \.
sPiease describe him."
II The acapta ain did so. TWAS the
same description s:e had gtvcn, 10 all
the reporters. ii. Norton looked over
the rait dc ;tle big gswnreliouae &
WAS it an Ordinary balloon
hero you've got me. My Aiarconi
man says the balloon. part ay6ss like
any pther, bs1oon; u but, the passenger
carr wax u: now sbp siness 10 hiiiis IT
could he. driven pg gainst tire Wihd1 i
v .:Driyens agninst the wind Did y9a
tell this to the other chap II
'Len't think i did e Just rem enf-
|bered IL Probably soma new anTe6 6tfDn
and g noF iss: at the bottom pf, tlss sen.