The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-10-10

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them on.
Ills hair would have tlngled nj
the roots. however had he known
that this same physician was one
OF the two who had signed tho
document which had accredited
Florence with insanity. and had all
but succeeded IN making a suppo
sition a fact Nor was Jones aware
of the fact that the telephone wire
had been tapped recently. So
when he finally concluded To per,
nit Florence 10 accompany Susan
To Atlantic city he telephoned TO
the detective agency 10 send up n
trusty man. who was Swallowed
from the moment he entered the
llargreave home I'll he started for
the railway station. Tie became
lost in the shuttle and was not
heard from ,ill weeks later, In lia'
yana. The BLACK Hand found a
very good proli, In the shanghai
Ing business.
Susan began 60 pick up, as they
say. the day after the arrival NJ
Atlantic city. due. doubtless, to
the cessation ~ the poison she had
been taking unawares Tho two
young women began TO enjoy life
FOR the first time since they had
left Miss Farlow'H They we're up
with the sun every day and went
TO bed tired but happy. No one
bothered them. u some stray re-
porter encountered their sigma
lures ON the hotel register, he saw
TO excite his reportorial
senses. All this. OF course. was
due TO Norton's policy OF keeping
the affair out OF the papers.
Following Jones orders, they
made friends with no one Those
a bout the hotel especially the
young men when they made any
advances were politely snubbed.
Every night Florence would write
90 her good butler TO report what
had taken place during the day.
aud he was left TO Judge for him
self N there was anything to arouse
his suspicious lie. OF course, be
lieved the two were eovertly guard.
ed BY the detective be had sent
after them
When firaine called upon Olga
he found his doctor there.
Well. what's the newsf he
asked
Il had better run down and In.
quire how tho young lady Is pro
said IN. doctor. who
was really a first rate surgeon and
who had performed number OF
skilled operations upon various
members OF the Black Hundred
anent their encounters with the POI
lice I've got Miss t1orcuc.
where you want her. It's up TO
you now
Ssh. ought TO be separated from
her companion. We hav. left
them alone for Who'll. week. so
Jones will not worry particularly.
A mighty curious thing has turned
up. Before Hargrcave's disappear
ance not a dozen persons could
recollsct what Jones looked like.
he was rarely ever In sight What
do you suppose tina, Signifies
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 20 get that maid to put
a little something IN his coffee. but
she stands Off at that She says
that she did as abe agreed In re-
gard to Florence. but her agree
ment ended there. We have given
the Jade five thousand already and
she IL ciamorinE for tho balances"
Have you threatened herr
asked Olga
Brains smiled a little. MY dear
woman. II Is fifty-flfty. While I
have q hold on her. II Is not quite
80 good as she has on me. We
are not dealing with an ordinary
servant we could threaten and
scare. No. indeed: a shrewd little
woman who desperately wanted
money. And she win be paid: no
getting out OF H. She viii not
move another step. one way or the
other, after she receives tho bal
ance. Hargreave will have pretty
steep bill to pay when the time
comes"
she has no idea where the mil
lion is7-
III she had. she's quite capable
Of lugging II off all by herself"
said Braine.
The doctor laughed
Olga" went on Braine. you
must look az II as do; that II ia
still In the middle OF the game. and
we have neither lost nor won"
How do you know that Har-
greave may not have Mt his beck
and call an organization quite as
capable II not as large as ours7"
suggested the physician.
That Is not possible" Braine do
clared without hesitation.
Well, II begins 10 look that way
To me. We've never made a move
yet that hasn't been blocked"
Pure luck each time. tell you;
the devils own luck always at the
critical moment. when everything
seems TO be In our hands. Now,
we want Florence. and we've tried
hundred ways TO accomplish this
fact and failed. Tho question In.
how TO get her away from her
companion"
simple enough" said the doctor
complacently.
"out with II. II You have an
idea"
The doctor leaned forward and
whispered a few words.
We'll. I'm hanged," Braine
laughed and slapped the doctor on
the shoulder. The simplest thing
in the world. Mad dog wouldn't
be In H. always said that you
had gray matter II you cared to
exert yourself"
Thanks" replied the doctor dry.
". I'll drop down there tomor.
row. II you say so. ostensibly TO
see the other patient. II will make
a deuce OF a disturbance.
Not n you scare the hotel peo-
Pile"
That Is what propose 10 do.
They Will not want such a thing
known. IL would scare every one
away for the rest OF the aeaaon.