The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-07-11


"A very good idea Norton shook
hands with every one and departed
What brave, pleasant young
man. murmured susan.
II like him, too; and I'd like him
for a friend said the guileless girl
1T Is very good TO have friend
! like Mr. Norton added Jones. and
/ passed out into the kitchen All the
help had been discharged and upon
his shoulders lay the burden of the
cooking Till such time when he could
reinstate the cook.
There was stormy scene between
Braine and the princess that night
Are you in your dctage?' SHE
asked vehemently.
There, there bring your voice
down a bit Where's the girl?"
In her home. Where did you sup
pose she would be, after that botch
work OF letting me 20 to do one thine
while YOU had in mind another? And
an ordinary pair Of cutthroats, al
! that"
THE thought came TO me after yOp
left knew you'd recognize the men
and understand. see no reason why
! il didn't work
1T would have been all right If you
had consulted a clairvoyant"
What the deuce do you mean by
that?' Braine demanded roughly.
II mean that then you would have
learned your friend the reporter was
TO arrive upon the scene at its most
vital moment"
What, Norton ?"
yes. The trouble is with you, you
have been so successful all these
years that you have grown over-con
fident tell you that there IS a des
perately shrewd man somewhere back
of all this. Mark me- | do net believe
Hargreaye is dead He is in hiding
II may be near by He may have
dropped from the balloon before II
left land, The man they picked NJ
may be Orts, the aeronaut. The FIVE
thousand might have been his fee for
rescuing Hargreave Here is the great
est thing we've ever been up against,
and you start in with everyday meth
DDS 80
Little woman. don't let your tongue
run away with you too far
I'm not the least bit afraid OF you
Leo. You need me, and it has never
been more apparent than at this mo-
ment'
All right. | fell by the wayside
this trip. Truthtully, ! realized il FIVE
minutes after the men were gone, The
only clever thing | did was 10 keep
the mask on my face. They can't
come back at me But the thing
looked so easy and ii would have
worked but for Norton's appearance.
You all but compromised me. That
butler worries me a little" Her ex
preston lost its anger and grew
thoughtful He's always about
somewhere Do you think Hargreave
took him into his confidence
Cant tell He's been watched
straight for 40 hours He hash
mailed letter or telephoned to any
place but the grocery There have
been no kilograms. Some one in that
house knows where the money is, and
it's ten to one that it will be the girl
"She looks enough like Katrina to
be her ghost"
Braine went over 10 the window
and stared up at the stars.
"You have made good impression
on the girl?" with bis back still to-
ward her.
Il had her in my arms
Olga. my hat is of TO you" turn
ing. now that his face was again IN
repose. Your very frankness regard
ing your relationship will pull the
wool over their eyes. OF course,
they'll make inquiries and they'll find
out that you haven't lied. us
feet Not even that newspaper wea-
sci will see anything wrong Toward
you they will eventually ease up ana
YOU can act without their even
dreaming your part in the business.
We must not he seen in public any
more. This butler may know where
stand even though he cannot prove
Il. Now. I'm going to tell you some
thing. Perhaps you've long since
guessed IT, Katrina was mine TIL
Hargreave-never mind what his
name was then-till Hargreave came
into the fold SO sure OF her was
that | used her as lure to bring him
to us. She fell in love with him, but
too late to warn him. had the sat
isfaction OF seeing him cast her aside,
curse her, and leave her. In one
thing she fooled us all. ! never knew
OF the child till you told me-
He paused to light a cigarette.
"Hargreave was madly In love with
her He cursed her, but he came
hack 10 the house to forgive her, TO
end that she had been seized by the
secret police and entombed In the
fortress. had my revenge. II was
who sent in the Information, prac-
tically bogus But in Russia they
never question; they act and forget,
SO he had a daughter
He began pacing the floor, his
hands behind his back; and the wo-
man watched him, oscillating be-
tween love and fear lie came TO a
halt abruptly and looked down at her
Don't worry You have no rival
ri leave the daughter TO your tender
mercies
"The butler" she said, has full
powers OF attorney TO act for Har
greave while absent up 10 the day
the girl becomes OF legal age"
"Ill keep an eye on our friend
Jones. From now on, day and night
there will be cat at the knethole
and ware mouse could you make
up anything like this girl?' suddenly
"A fair likeness"
do IL. Go TO that ship which
picked up the man AZ sea and quiz
J tn .,ptain ,fthe aviator OF
II IS important
4. Earn lare