The Detroit times., 1914-11-02

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to resort to ordinary gunman tricks,
II there's any final reckoning. by the
\ the witness stand"
And ] begin to think that that lit
/ tie chit Of girl has been hoodwink-
ing me all along. BY the way, did
\ you find out what that letter said
h she asked after q pause.
!, Letter? What letter."
n She sprang from her chair. do you
mean to say that they have not told
Iyou about that?" Olga became greatly
excited
Explain" he said,
why, / was at the garden day be-
fore yesterday, and a man approach.
ed and asked IL / was Miss Hargreave.
Becoming at once suspicious that
something very important was about
to happen, signified that was Miss
Hargreave. The man slipped paper
into my hand and hurried on. took
a quick glance at II and was dunn
founded to find IL utterly blank of
writing. At first thought some joke
had been played on me, then
Glanced to remember the invisible
ink letters you always wrote me. I'm
jderstanding that you were to visit the
cave in the morning. had one man
/, at the garden take the note. And you
never got lei"
Some one shall pay for this care.
ilessness. I'll call up vroon and Jack
son at once. Wait just a moment"
He went to the telephone. A low
,mnt,ering conversation took place.
sOlgs could hear little or none OF IL.
When Braine put the receiver back on
the hook his face was not pleasant to
see.
i "That girl"
l What nowT
1T seems she had been out horse
back riding that morning. She had
seen one OF the boys cross the field
and suddenly disappear; and she was
curious to learn what had become of
him. With her usual luck she STUN
bled on to the method OF opening the
door Of the cave and went In. She
must have been nosing about She
didn't have much time, though, as the
boys came up to await me- Evidently
she crawled TITO that old chest and In
some inexplicable manner purloined
the letter from Jackson's pocket.
They left to reconnoiter; and II was
then that Jackson discovered his loss.
When Florence heard them returning
she jumped into the well. And lived
through that tunnel! The devil is
in it,"
"or out Of it. since we consider him
our friend"
And I had her In my hands, note
and all"
But with all that water there will
not be any writing left on the letter"
| Invisible ink Is generally indelible
and impervious to the action OF
water: at least the kind use is. I'D
give q thousand for q sight OF that
letter"
And II might be worth Million
Olga suggested
mot the least doubt OF II in my
mind. Olga, old girl Il does look az
IL my star was growing dim. Wen
never get our hands on that million.
feel II In my bones. SO let's settle
down to campaign of revenge, with.
out any fureblows. want to twist
Hargreave's heart before the game
winds up"
| you wish really to injure herr
Il do not wish TO injure her. Far
from It," he replied. smiling evilly.
| You want her dead ?'
whispered Olga, paling.
| Exactly. want her dead. And
so II all my efforts here come to moth.
ing, so shall Hargreayes. His mir
lions will become waste paper to him.
That's revenge. The Persian peach
method"
Poison? You shall not! You shall
not kill herr" vehemently.
Tender hearted7"
mo. II must In the end 70 to
prison, so be Il; but l refuse to die
In the chair"
Very well, then. We shan't kill
her, but wen make her wish she was
dead. I was only trying to see how
far lou would go. The basket OF
peaches Is I'm the hallway. Every
peach Is poisoned. No man In the
country knows more about subtle
poisons than I do. Have I not writ
ten books on the subject" ironically
| And they will trace II back to you
In straight line." she warned. Il
will not have IT."
Il can 60 elsewhere" he replied
coldly.
you would leave me?"
THE moment you cross my WILL
emphatically.
j II became her turn to pace. Torn
between her love Of the man and