Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1914-11-20
t0opyright, isl4, By Harold MacGrashI

| pose she would be, after that botch-
work of letting me go to do n thing
while you had in mind another? And
an ordinary pair of c~utthroats, at
that!"
THE thought came to me after you
left l knew you'd recognize the men
and understand. / see no reason why
it didn't work"
1t would have been all right il 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 o have grown overconfident. l
tell you that there is a desperately
shrewd man somewhere back of all
this. Mark me, l do not believe Har-
greave is dead. He is in hiding. 1t
may be near by. He may have dropped
from the balloon before it left land
The man they picked up may be Orts,
the aeFonaut. The five thousand might
have been his fee for rescuing Har-
greave. Here is the greatest thing
we've ever been up against; and you
! start in with every day methodist"
Little woman, don't let your tongue
run away with you too far"
~Im not the least bit afraid Of you,
Leo. You need me, and it has never
been more apparent than at this mo-
ment-
IAN right. Il fell by the wayside
this trip Tpathfully, ] realized it five
minutes after the men were gone. The
only clever thing I did was to keep
the mask on my face. They can't
come back at me. But the thing looked
SO easy; and It 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. Hes always about, some
where. Do you think Hargreave took
him into his c~onfidence?'
Cant tell. He's been watched
straight for 40 hours. He hasn't
mailed q letter or tefephoned 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 loolSes enough like Katrina to
be her gh0st."
Braine went over to the window
and stared up at the stars.
/ lyon have made a good impression
on the girly' with his back stiii to-
ward her.
Il had her in my arms"
Olga, nay hat is OF to you" turn
ing, now that his face was again in
repose. your very frankness regard
ing our relationship viii pull the
wool over their eyes. OF course
they'll make inquiries and they'll find
out that you haven't lied. It's perfect.
Not even that newspaper weasel will
see anything wrong. Toward you
they will eventually aee up and you
can act without their even dreaming
your part IN the business. We must
not be seen in public any IN This
butler may know where | stand even
though he cannot prove it. Now, I'm
going to tell you something. Perhaps
you've long since guessed it. Katrina
was mine till Hargreave-never mind
what his name was then-till Har.
greave came into the fold. So sure
of her was i that l used her as a lure
to bring him to us. She fell in hove
with him, but too late to warn him. ]
had the satisfaction 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 back
to the house to forgive her, to find
that she had been seized by the secret
police and entombed in the fortress. ]
had my revenge. 1t was / who sent in
the information, practically bogus. But
in Russia they never question; they
act and forget. So he had a daugh,
terri
He began pacing the floor, his hands
behind his back; and the woman
watched him, ~oscillating between lovs
and fear. He came to a halt abruptly
and looked down at her.
Don't worry. You have no rival
IN leave the daughter to your tender
mercies."
THE butler" she said, has fall pow
ers Of attorney to act for Hargreave
while absent, up to the day the gir
becomes Of legal age"
I'll keep an eye on our friend Jones
From now on, day and night, there will
be a cat at the mothole, and ware
mouse! Gould you make up anything
like this girl?" suddenly.
"A fair likeness"
DO it. Go to the ship which picked
up the man at sea and quiz the cap
tain. Either the aviator or Hargreavs
is alive. 1t is important to learn which
at once. Be very careful; play the
game only as you, know how to play it
And IL Hargreaye is alive, we win. To
morrow morning, early. Tears of an
guish, and all that. Sailors are cas-,
when a weeps. No color, re
member; just the yellow wig and thu
salient features. Now, by-by!"