Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1914-10-16
CHAPTER xf,

CHAPTER xi.
When Jones received the telegram
that Florence was safe. the iron nerve
o, the man broke down The suspense
had been SO keenlv terrible that the
sudden reaction left him almost hys
tericailT weak Three weeks OF val.
ing, waiting Not even the scound7e
and bis wife who had been the prioci
pal actors il the abduction had been
found From great saip In midocear
they mad disappeared. Doubtless they
had hidden among the immigrants
who. for little money. would have
iooied all the oiHcsrs On board There
was no doubt IN Jones mind that the
pair had landed safely at Madrid.
As for Susan. she cid have hygter
fcs. She went about the room. xs;lins
and laughing and w-;nging her hands
You would have though: By her action:
that Florence had ;uz. died The sigh
OF her stirred the Eaiurnine lips Of thE
butler into Ernile Put he did moi
demonstrate with her In fact, he
rather enTied her freedom in emotion
Man cannot let 60 IN that fashion: il
Is sign Of weakness: and ne daree
not let even Susan zee any sign o.
weakness in him.
SO the reporter had found her. ant
she was safe and sound and on he,
way TO New York? Knowing by thi:
time something OF the reporters cour
age, ne was eager TO learn how thf
event had come about. When he hst
not had a telephone message fron
Norton in - hours. he had decided
that the Back Hundred had finally
succeeded in getting hold Of him r
had been Eomething OF a blow: 70,
while be looked with disfaycr upor
the reporters frank regard for his
charge. he appreciated the fact tina,
Norton was staff to lean ON, and ha6
behind him all the power of the press
which included the privilege Of going
everywhere even II one could not al
ways get back
AS he folded the telegram and PM,
It into bis pocket. ne observed the
man with the opera glasses over the
way. He shrugged Well, let him
watch till his eyes dropped out OF his
head: he would see only that which
was intended for his eyes. Still, Il
was irksome to feel that no matter
when or where You moved. watching
eyes observed and thronicled these
movements.
Suddenly. not being devoid of a
sense OF dry humoT. Jones stepped
over to the telephone and called uI
her ni:huesa the Princess PerigoH.
-W'Eo is it,"
te was forced TO admit. however
reluctantly, that the woman had 8
marvelously fine s-e2sins voice.
1T is Jones. ul,:=n.'
jones'"
MI I!argrea7e's butler, madam"
%: You A.ye rev's OF Fiorence?'
''Yrz" Il will b. an EN- barrassins
day for humanity hen some one III
which tao pereons at the tao ends O.
the tele-anH. may observe the facia,
eE3rah..ons Of each ether
d: "Wilat is +? Tell me quickly"
Florence has been found, and sht
fs on her way back to New York. She
was found By Mr.. Norton, the report
err
Il an go glad! Shall come up a:
once ard have you tell me the whole
amazing story"
1t would be useless, madam for ]
know nothing except what ! learned
from telegram I have just received
But 40 doubt some time this evening"
you might risk cal"
Ring up the instant she returns
Did she say what train
No, madam lied Jones. smiling.
He hung up the receiver and sLarei
at the telephone as if he would forca
his gaze in and through it to thu
woman at the other end. Flesh ART
blood, Well, greed was stronger tina,
that Treacherous cat! Let her play
let her weave her nets. dig her pits.
The day would come, and it was not
far distant, when she would find that
The mild eyed mongoose was just az
deadly as the cobra, and far more
cunning.
The heads of the Black Hundred
i must be destroyed. Those were the
orders. What good to denonnce them,
to send them to a prison from which,
With the aid OF money and a tremen.
y dots secret political pull, they might
readily find their way, out? They must
be exterminated, az one kills Oft the
poisonous plague rats of the Orient
D. woman? In the law OF reDriaal