The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-27
The MILLION DOLLAR MYSTERY
NO. By Harold MacGrath
By Harold MacGrath

reporter first. Jones depends lot on
him. Take away this prop and Jones
Will not be so sure OF himself. There's
II man outside all this circle, and all
these weeks of warfare have not serv-
ed to bring him into the circle"
"Hargreavc is dead" said Vroon
s.olidly.
"As dead as l am" snarled BraIne.
Two men went away In that balloon;
and I'll wager my head that one man
came back. / am beginning to put n
few things together that ] have not
thought OF before. Who knows? That
balloon may have been carried out to
sea purpo6ely. The captain on the
tramp steamer may have lied from be-
ginning to end. / tell you, Hargreaye
Is alive, and wherever he is he has his
hand on all the wires. He has agents
too, of whom we know nothing about.
Hang the million! / want to put my
hands on Hargrenve just to prove that
/ am the better man. He communi-
Gates with Jones, perhaps through the
reporter; lie has had me followed; 1t
was he who changed the boxes. bored
the hole In the ceiling OF the other
quarters, and learned Heaven knows
what"
"If that's the case" said vroon,
why hasn't he had US apprehendod 2"
3. Braino laughed heartily. Haven't
YOU been able to sec by this time what
his game Is? Revenge. He, does not
want the police TO NEEDLE only In the
smaller affairs. He wants to do away
with us one by one; he wants to put
terror into the hearts Of all of us.
Keep this point in your mind when
you act. He'll never summon the police
unless we make a broad daylight at
tempt to set possession OF his daugh-
ter. And even then he would make it
out plain case OF kidnapping. Elimi-
nation. that's the word. All right. Well
play at; that game ourselves. No.
shall be MIR. Norton. And if you fail I'll
break you," Braine added to the ex-rc-
porter.
"I'li get him." ,'ald the man sullen-
ly.
Later, when he applied for. situa-
tion on tho BlaIe, 1t happened that
there wero two strikes on hand, and
two or three extra men were needed
on the city staff. The man from the
Black Hundred was given n tempo
rary job ard went by the name Of
Gregg. AS his first copy showed expe-
riepce, ho was promised permanent
place as soon as there was vacancy.
Gregg smiled inwardly. 1t wonld be q
fine thing to do away with Norton and
step into his reportorial shoes.
For three days he worked faithfully,
nbstainiDg from his favorite tipple. He
had never worked In New York, SO his
record was unknown. He had told the
city editer. that he had worked on n
Chicago paper, now defunct.
He paid-no attention whatsoever to
Norton. sign or no little acumen. On
tho other hand Norton never went
forth on an assignment that Gregg did
not know exactly whore he was going.
But NIL ihese stories kept Norton .n
town; 1t would he altogether too risky
70 attempt to handle him anywhere
but outside of town. SO Gregg had to
abide his time.
1t came soon enough.
Norton was idling at his desk when
tho city editor called him up to the
wicket.
Gen. Henderson has just returned
TO- America. Get mis- opinion on the
latest Balkan rumpus. He's out at his
suburban home. Here's the address"
"How long will you hold open for
mop asked Norton. meaning how long
wuui6 the city cditor wait Tor the