Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-02
The MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY

evinced no sign that it mattered one
way or the other to him.
1T is nothing very serious now,
he volunteered. "But IL may turn
out serious if 1t is not taken care Of
at once
what is the trouble?" inquired
Jones, who was growing fond of
| Susan.
Weak heart. Sunshine and good
sea air will strengthen her up again.
No, mol" as Jones drew forth ms
wallet. III send in my bill the first
of the month. Sunshine and sea air.
that's all that's necessary. And now
good day"
All very business-like; not the least
cause in the world for anyone to sus-
pect that a new trap was being set
by the snarers The maid returned
to the sewing room, while Florence
coddled her companion and made
much of her.
Jones was suspicious, but dig in his
mind as he would he could find no
earthly reason for this suspicion, save
that this attribute was now instinc-
tive, that it was always near the top.
If Susan was i'll she must be given
good care; there was no getting
around this fact Later he telephoned
several prominent physicians. The
strange doctor was recommended as
a good ordinary practitioner and IN
good standing, and so Jones dismiss
ed his suspicious as having no hook
to hang them on.
His hair would have tingled at the
roots, however, had he known that
this same physician was one of the
two who had signed the document
which had accredited Florence with
insanity, and had all but succeeded
in making a supposition fact. Nor
was Jones aware of the fact that the
telephone wire had been tapped re-
Gently. So when he finally concluded
to permit Florence to accompany
Susan to Atlantic City he telephoned
to the detective agency to send up a
trusty man, who was Swallowed from
the moment he entered the Hargreave
home till he started for the railway
station. He became lost in the shuttle
and was not heard from till weeks
later, in Havana. The Black Hundred
found a good profit in the shanghai
ing business.
Susan began to pick up, as they
say, the day after the arrival at At
laDtic City. due, doubtless, to the
cessation of the poison she had been
taking unawares. The two young
women began to enjoy life for the
first time since they had left Miss
Farlows They were up with the
sun every day and went to bed tired
but happy. No one bothered them.
If some stray reporter encountered
their signatures on the hotel regis
ter, he saw nothing to excite his rep
ortorlal senses. All this. of course.
was due to Norton's policy of keep
fnrr N Of ofY Or I,a
Following Jones's order, they made
friends with no one. Those about
the hotel-especially the young men
when they made advances were po-
litely snubbed. Every night Flor
ence would write to her good butler
to report what had taken place dur
ing the day, and he was left to judge |
for himself il there was anything to
arouse his suspicious. He, of course,
believed the two were covertly
guarded by the detective he had sent
after them.
When Braine called upon Olga he
found his doctor there.
We'll, what's the news?" he asked.
II had better run down and inquire
how the young lady is progressing"
said the doctor, who was really a
first rate surgeon and who had per-
tons upon various members of the
Black Hundred anent their encoun-
ters with the police. I've got Miss
Florence where you want her. It's
up to you now"
"She ought to be separated from her
companion. We have left them alone |
for whole week, so Jones will not |
worry particularly A mighty curl |
Gus thing has turned up. Before Har- !
greave's disappearance not dozen |
persons could recollect what Jones
looked like. He was rarely ever in |
sight What do you suppose that sig |
nifies?"
Don't ask me-, shrugged the man
of medicine. Il shouldn't worry over
Jones'"
but we cant stir the old fool. We
can't get him out of that house. I've
tried to get that maid to put little
something in his coffee. but she stands
off at that She says that she did as
she agreed in regard to Florence, but
her agreement ended there. We have
given the jade five thousand already
and she is clamoring for the balance"
Have you threatened herr" asked
Olga.
Braine smiled little My dear
woman, it Is fifty-flfty While have
a hold on her, it is not quite so good
as she has on me. We are not deal
ing with an ordinary servant we could
threaten and scare. No, indeed; a
shrewd little woman who desperately
wanted money. And she will be paid;
no getting out of it. She will not move
another step, one way or the other,
after she receives the balance. Har-
greave will have a pretty steep bill to
nav when the time comes F"
"She has no idea where the million
is?"