White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1914-09-27


man is a normal man. and a norma
man has no right to remain single
You proved yourself a man this after
noon, considering that you did no
know occupied the wheel seat
Come to think 1t over, you reall.
saved the day. You gave me the op
%portunity of steering straight for tn.
police station. Well, good-by."
Queer ducki'' unused the reporter
as, after telephoning. he headed fol
his Office. Queer duck, indeed
What a game it was going to be
And this man Jones was playing Il
like a master. II did not matter tina
some one else laid down the rules
it was the way in which they were
interpreted.
Braine heard of the failure. The
Black Hundred was finding it's stock
far below par value. Four valuable
men locked up in the Tombs, await.
ing trial, to say nothing Of the seven
gunner gathered in at he old ware
house. Braine began to suspect
that his failures were less due 10
chance than to calculation. that at
last he had encountered a mind
which anticipated his every move
He would have recognized this fact
earlier had it not been that revenge
had temporarily blinded him. The
spirit of revenge never makes for
mental clarity.
There Vas a meeting that night OF
the Black Hundred. Four men were
told off. and they drew their chairs
up to Vroon's table for instructions.
Braine sat at vroon's elbow. These
four men composed the most danger
Gus quartet in New York City. They
were as daring as they were desper-
ate. They we're the men who held
up bank messengers and got away
with thousands. They had learned
to swoop down upon their victims as
the hawk swoops down upon the
heron. The newspapers referred to
them as the auto bandits and the
men took a deal of pride in the flu
rore they had created.
yroon went over the Hargreave
case infinitely; he left no detail un-
explained. Bluntly and frankly. the
daughter of Stanley Hargreave must
be caught and turned over to the
care of the Black Hundred. 1t must
be quick action. Four valuable mem
bers in the Tombs. They might OF
might not weaken under police pres
sure. For the first time in its
American career the organization
stood facing actual peril; and its one
possible chance of salvation lay In
the fact that no ones face was
known to his neighbor. He, Vroon
and the boss alone knew who and
what each man was. But the plans
the qualifications of the organization
might become public property: and
that would mean an end TO an ex-
ceedingly profitable business.
The daughter of H~argreave rode
horseback early every morning. She
was invariably attended by the rid.
ing master of a school near by.
You four will make your owl
plans"
IF she should be injured?"
avoid it. If possible"
I'VE have a free hand?"
Absolutely"
I'VE risk a bad fall from hel
horse If it's a spirited one"
Pretend a breakdown in ths
road interpolated Braine. AS they
approach. draw and order them tc
dismount. That method will prevent
any accident"
Wen plan it somehow. 1t looks
easy"
Nothing is easy where that girl |:
concerned. A thousand eyes seem tc
he watching her slightest move"
I'VE shan't leave anything t
chance. How many days will vol
give us?"
Seven. A failure. mind you viii
prove unhealthy to all concerned
with a menace which made the foul
stir uneasily.
The telephone rang. Brain'
reached for the receiver.
"a man Just entered the Hargreav.
house at the e Come at once,
was the message.
rs your car outsider" Brain,
asked.
I'VE are never without it."
Then let us be off. No one vii
stop Is for speeding on a side street
Fourteen minutes by the clock
brought the car to a stand at tn,