Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-26

must come 10 see me In person"
"All right. sir
Il don't believe il would he wise for
Beggs to see me here. I gave him a good
send-of-Sing Sing-five wears ago. lie
may recollect.' said Norton.
"Suit yourself about that. Only keep
in communication with me w telephone
and IlL tip You of a. 10 when the rail
shall take place. Lucky you came IN. |
should have honestly gone there and ar
rested innocent people, and they would
have had a devil Of a time explaining. In
would have taken them M least a week 40
clear themselves. That would leave the
house empty an thar time
Norton did not reply. nul he put the
blotter carefully away. There was no
getting away from the fact, nut the god Of
luck was with him.
do you know what's back 81 IL alIl-
Il can't tell yon any more than ! have"
said Norton.
"Then ] pass. | know you well enough.
II you've made mp your mind not 10 talk
n nan couldn't get anything out of you
with a can opener. And that's why We
trust You, my boy. Don't forget the tele-
phone"
II shan't. SO long
That same night Braine paid the Russian
woman a brief visit.
Il think that here's where We 90 for
ward. The secret service will raid the
house tomorrow and then for n few days
Wen roam about as we bally please. I'm
hanged il ! don't have every plank torn
up and all the walls pulled down. More
and more I'm convinced that the money l.
in that house."
"Don't be too confident" warned Olga.
$50 many times have we been tripped up
when everything seemed in our hands. The
house should be guarded but not entered
for a day or two; az least not tin after the
raid j. cold. I'm beginning % see traps
everywhere
"NonSensel Leave il to me. We shan't
stick our heads inside the Hargreave house
till we are dead certain that il is abso-
lutely empty. Olga, you're a gem. | don't
think Russia viii bother a. for awhile. Ehl
'Parotf will not dare tell how he was film
fiammed. The least he can do To save his
own skin j. TO say that we are fully capa-
BILE of taking care Of ourselves
Olga laughed. "To think of his writing
a note like that Florence would have
ree~ognized-and no doubt did-a palpable
attempt to play and old game twice.
allow does she act toward yout-
"Cordial A. ever, and yet 'r
"Yet what?-
IL thought her an ordinary school girl,
and yet every once in awhile she makes
what you billiard players cafl a profes-
sional hot. What matters So long r.
they DO not shut the door in my face. | ak
nothing more. But do you want my opin-
ionf | feel IL in my bones that something
will 90 wrong tomorrow"
"Good lord, are you losing your nerves.
cried Braine impatiently. "The secret SER
vice has the warning; they will find the
green stuff, and Jones & Co. will 20 off
10 the police station. And there'lI be n
week Of red tape before they are turned
loose again. They'll dig into H~argreavc's
finances and all that. Wen have all the
security in the world to find out if the
money Is in the house or not. Why worryf''
ats only the way | feel. There l. some
thing uncanny in the regularity If that
girls good luck"
"Ah, but we're not after her this time
it's the whole family
"The servants. tool"
Everybody in the house will be under
suspicion
And yOu can trust Beggsf'
"His life j. in the hollow or nv hand.
You can always trust a man when YOU
hold the rope that's around his. neck"
Still the frown did not leave Olga's
brow. With all her heart she longed 10 be
out Of this tangle. Ii had all looked 50
easy n the start; yet here they were,
weeks later, no further forward than M
the beginning, and added to this they had
paid much in lives and money. Well. II
she would BE- fool enough 20 love this man
she must abide with the consequences She
wanted hmi all BY herself. out of danger.
IN = far country. lie might tire, but me
knew IN her heart that she never would.
This was her one great PASSION. and while
her mode Of living was not A. honest ~
might be, her love va honest enough and
|nnswerving. though il was not gilded by the
pleasant fancies of youth.
'Of what ARE you thinking.r he asked,
when he concluded that the pause had been
long enough.
ssYou.-
"H'm. Complementary
NO; just ordinary everyday love-
"Ah, Olga, why the decue must you 90