Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-07-11

5ttkht~ VI HEAf tEfe
III keep I'm eye on our friend Jones.
From now ON. day and night, there will
be a eat in the knotholc. and ware
mouse. Could You make up anything
like this girly~ suldealy.
"A fair likeness.
~Do IL. ao 10 that 81 which 81 ked
up the man M sea and qa'z the captain.
Either the aviator ar ll4rrr-asc j. alive.
II il important a. learn which ~ once.
BE very careful: play the game as only
you know how ~ play il. And IL liar.
greaye il alive. We vim. Tomorrow morn.
ing early. Tears uf anguish and all that.
Sailors are easy NArn Il woman w,cpS.
No color. remember: just the yellow wig
and the salient features. Now. by by :"
Aren't YOU going ID Kiss me. Leo"
lie caught her hands. There j. a slc-
&cieS Of Delilah about yoa- Olga. A kiss
night from your lips would snip my
locks: and ! need u clear head. Whether
we fail or win when this game i played
you shall be- my wife" He kissed the
hands aud STROBE out into the hall.
The woman gazci down IN her small
white hands and smiled tendcrly. THE
~tigrcSs has her tender momenis,) lie
meant ID,
She went into her dressing room and
for an hour or more worked over her
face and hair. till she was certain that
if the captain Of the ship described her
10 any one else he could not fail 10 give
a fair description Of Florcm-c Hargrcave.
But Norton reached the captain first.
Other reporters had b~eSicgcd him. but
they had succeeded IN getting the vagucst
kind Of information. They had no descrip-
ton of Hargrcaye while Norton had.
Before going down TO the boat. however.
he had delved into the past Of the Prin-
cess Olga P~erigoff. II cost him a pocket
full of money, but the end Justified the
means. The princess had no past worth
mentioning. BY piecing this and that TO
gethcr he became assured that she had
told the simple truth regarding the re-
lati0nShip 10 Fl0rence'S mother. a cable
gram had given him all the facts in the
history; there were no gaps or discrcp-
ancies. Trust a Russian secret agent to
know what he was talking about.
80 Norton's suspicionS-and he had
entertained ome-werc completely lulled
10 sleep. And he wouldn't have doubted
her az all except for the fact hat Braine
had been with her when he had intro
duced Hargreave. Hargreave had feared
Braine; that much the reporter had eli
cited from the butler. But there wasn't
the slightest evidence. Braine had been
in New York for nearly six years. The
princess had arrived i'm the city hut a
wear gone. And Braine was a member Of
several fashionable clubs. never touched
cards. and seldom drank. He was nm cx-
pert chess PLAYER and a wonderful anna.
teur billiardist. Perhaps Jones. the tact
turn and ~inscrutablc. had not told him
al he knew regarding his masters past.
Well. well: he had in his time nntangled
worse snarlS. The Office had turned him
loose. a free l9nec. to handle the ease as
he saw fit. 10 ,urn in the story when ID
was complete.
But what a story il was going Ia be
when he cleared II up The more mystify-
ing il was, the greater zest and sport for
him. Norton was like a gambler who
played for big stakes. and only big
stakes ~tlrfcu MS cravings.
The captain Of the tramp steamer ORR
cnt told him the same tale h. had told
the other reporters: he had picked up n
man III sea. The man had been brought
aboard totally exhausted.
Was there another body an~ywhere?"
mo-
What became Of him ?"
81 -aut a. wtI.-. .,l 4l.s ..-.n A.
bother him. II looked 10 me hat h. did
not want anybody to learn that he had
been rescued. The moment the boat touch
"a the pier ne lost himself i'm the crowd.
Fifty reporters came aboard. but he was
gone. And | could only tell them Just
what lin telling YOU"
"He had money >"
about five thousand
please describe him.
The captain did q. Ii was the same de
Scripti0n be- had given to all the report
ers. Norton looked over the rail al the
big warehouse.
Was il an ordinary balloon?
There you've got me. Ny ma-aroni
man says the balloon part was like any
other balloon: but the passenger ear
was a new business to him. 1t could be
driven against the wind
Driven against the wind. Did you
tell this TO the other chaps?~
Don't think did. Just remembered
II. Probably some new invention: and
now its nj the bottom of the sea. Two
men. az | understand ii. went off in this
contraption. One il gone for good
For good echoed the reporter grave
Nv. Gone for good indeed. moor dewitt