Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-08-15

roses were climbing up the sides of the
house and the young robins were boldly
trying their fuzzy wings. II struck her
a. rather strange. but Shc could not con-
jure up Cat this wedding) more than two
men besides the minister. the bridegroom.
and the butler.
BY f0rSaking hi accustomed haunts.
under the advice "a .lonc~. The hidden war
fare ceased temporarily. You cant very
well kill a man when yoa dun know whore
20 find him. lie ate hi~ breakfasts hap
hazardly. now here. now there. Hc re-
ceived most of hi assign ments ~ teIe-
phone and wrote his stories and articles in
his club. in the writing rooms Of hotels, and
invariably dispatched them to the Office by
messenger. The managing editor wanted "a
know what all this meant: but Norton de-
clined TO tell him.
II irked him to he forced 10 rearranre
his daily life-his habits. II was 4 ~revoln-
tion against his ca~c. for H. loved ease
when he was not al work. lie had the sen
~sation of having been suddenly robbed of
his home and east into the streets. Ard
on top Of all this he had to 70 and fall in
lovel
There was no longer a shadow opposite
the apartments of the Princess Perigof.
Braine came and went nightly without dis
covering any one. This rather worried
him. II gave him the impression that the
shadow had found out what he had been
seeking and no longer needed to watch the
coming and going Of either himself or the
Countess Perigoff.
"Olga, ii looks a. If we were nj the end
of our rope" he said discouragedly. eve
have failed in all attempts so far. The
devil watches over that girl"
"Or God" replied the countess gIoomily.
Sin nearly every instance their success has
been due to chance. Somehow I'm con-
vinced that We began wrong. We should
have let Hargreave escape quietly, follow
ed him, and made him fast when the right
opportunity came. After a month or 20
his vigilance would have relaxed: he would
have arrived at the belief that he had
cluded ~" ,l
"Indeedr' ironically. ale wasn't vigi-
liant all these years in which he did elude
rs. How about the child he never sought |
but guarded2 Vigilancei He never was
anything else all these seventeen years.
The truth l., success has developed a
coarseness in our methods. And now it
Is too late for ~finesse. We have tried
every device we can think Of; and there
they are-the girl free, Norton unframed.
and the father a. secure in his retreat a.
though he wore an invisible cloak. NV
head aches. | have ceased to be inven-
tive"
"The two are in love with each other.r
"Are you sure Of thatfr
IL have my eyes. But | begin to won
der"
"About whatsr
"Whether or not Jones suspects me and
i giving me rope 10 hang myself with.
Not once have the police been called in and
told what has really happened. They are
Totally nj sea.
And what has become Of the man over
the way?-
by the Lord Harry exclaimed
Braine. clapping his hands. II believe
I've solved that. We shot a man coming
out Of Hargreave's. Since then there's
been no one across the way. one and
the same man."
But. that knowledge doesn't get us
anywhere
NO. You say they are In loves
Secretly. | don't believe the butler
has an inkling Of il. II is possible. how
ever. that Susan has caught the trend
Of affairs. But. being rather romantic,
she will i'm no wise Interfere
Braine smoked in silence. Presently al
smile twisted his lips.
"You have thought Of something's
she asked.
you might try it, he said. ~Thcy
have accepted your friendship; whether
the Interior purpose remains to be learn
eel She has been TO your apartments
two or three times and always got home
rSafcly.-
No. she said determinedly. Nothing
shall happen here. | will not take the
risk"
Wait till I'm through. Break up the
romance In such "A way that the yirs will
bar Norton from the house. That's what
we've been aiming at; to get rid Of that
%meddling reporter. We've trirl poisons.
Try YOUR kind
What do you mean?- M
Lies
All. / understand. You wari me To-
win him away from her. II cannot he
DONE
"Pshaw. You have bag full or tricks
You can easily manage to put him into
an equiyocal position out of which he