The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-09-11
THE MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY

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safe. He talked to her. but she merely
stared at the receding coast. -. 49, -
"All right, don't talk If you Il don't !.
want to. Here" TO one OF the men,
take her to the cabin and keep. her
there. hut don't you touch her. I'll
break you If You do. Put her in the
: o, in and guard the door: at least
keep an eye on it." -
Even the temporarily demented are
not without species OF cunning.-
Florence had never sem Braine till g
lie appeared at the Barnes cottage, :
Yet she reyolted at the touch OF his
hand: hated him with a violence
which would have stirred the scien&
luficr interest of an alienist She want {
edsto hurt him., torture him, beat him
down and trample on him. But as this
was physical impossibility, she did
the next most agreeable thing to her
distorted mind. On the second .day.ofit
toward NeW York, she found q box orr
matches and hlithely set -s!ss sos hs.es;
cabin walked out into the corrldots
end thence TO the deck. When the fire 3
Wa discuyefcdit had gained toosinue,f y
hcad%ay TO BIO slapped. The yacht was,
oooineu. Thcy put Ctf In the beats aiIti =
ior half Il day driftEd helplessiy.. l,..s
Fate has everything mapped out like
game or chess. Y0r move q pawt.
and bang goes your bishop, or your
knight, or your king: or tiieEiets YOU
almost win n Ngatne, and them ciigGRz
mates you. Eut' there Is one thinS tdt
&c said In her favor--rail ut hor fi1w
We viii, she Is always giving ai,iSst5
the innocent i.4 j.
Mike Bannock was In the piIothouse,
looking over his charts when THO :
lockout In the crows nest sans. Gout. 2
vra poits aif, off the port bow,
Sur" And Hammock. who. vase first
s!aps sailor. although o. rough 1one, S
5hnaicd down rho tube to- the engine
fotta The freighter cam6 10 q halt iri
abi,u; ten; minutes. The castawhys saw
shat they had breas noted, and puiIletlS
galiantly at the oara.
There arc some things q which
science. wei, advanced as Il is, canIlfis I,
explain. among them Is the z shock
which cuts off the past and the
eountefshock which 'reawakenss mem
oryst They may write treatise alters
treatise and exp0und, but they neveRs
succeed in truly getting beyond that
dark wall of mystery. ys s,.s s.s,
y Az the sound of Sila E6FtGn's voice
anu at the sight of his faeeA4for fstitjz
consciously she must have been think
tng of him all the while--a great
binding heat-waiye seemed t0Hbiifh
across. her eyes, end when the effei,ts
pafsed away she Was herself agais.
a wild glance at her sufr6undifis VI, I
convinced her that both she and her
lover wefe in danger sstI. &. s.
Keep back whispered Tins .ncn's i
recognize me- + egs
"They believe that I'yo lost nv
mind, ana iii keep maj inca in their
heads Sometime tonight Isii find 3 q
chance to talk to YOU" ~ ~
1t took good deal OF caut,.9uA ma
neuyering to bring about the meel1
Ing.
Y'Thes shahghaied me. And
thought you deatll It was all wrong.
II was q trick of that Perigen wdtasii
and 1t succeeded. Girl, girl, love you.
better than iife!.
~ know Il now" she said; and iBhn
kissed him Has my father app eaTgd
yet?" ~; 4s.
"No." 4,.,.sf...
do you know anything at ALI kabotit
him?" sadly. -
"I'thought I did; It's all tumble %
mo. But beware or the man whd9
brought you here,a He is the head OF
all oar troubles and rif te EiIen iIsssils
1n board he'd Kill me out Of haildlE
He'd have to.",t a 3Iiss.
/ Bfainc Offered Bannock d tliousantt
dollars TO turn back aB far as Bostos;
and as BaiinOek had ail th6s time IN
theT world cafTying NO perigliahigs
goods. hc consented. But he never
could quite understand, what foii6wSd.
lie had put Florenee aud Brasne iti
fhea boat and landed ttetiis but wilee
he went down to see &c BfaiHe had left 3
anything -behini, slia;, found that II d.
yifual boundland gagged In Iiis bunk
ITO Be Continued.) Ne