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

aviator or Mr.. Hargreave.'
Jones drew in 4 deep breath and his
eyes closed for a moment. At the door
he spoke to the reporter.
"What DO you think 81 that woman"
81 believe that she has told the truth.
She j. charming
"She Is. But for all her charm and
truth ! cannot help diStrusting her. | have
an idea. ! shall call up your office Al the
end Of each day. If a day comes without
a. call, yon viii know that something H.
wrong"
VA very good idea" Norton shook
hands with every one and departed.
"What a brave, pleasant young mani =
murmured Susan.
Il like him. too: and Ia like him for 4
FRIEND" said the guileIess glrl.
ut Is very good to have a friend like
Mr.. Norton added Jones, and passed out
into the kitchen. All the help had been dis
charged and upon his shoulders laN the
burden Of the cooking till such time when
he could reinstate the cook.
There was a stormy scene bet ween
@tN ~ tfAAAAt r. AiAAt XII
Are you in Your dotage!" she asked
vehemently.
"There, there: bring Your voice down a
bit. Where's the girl,"
an her home. Where did Won suppose
she would be. after that hotchwork Of let
ting me 20 to do one thing while YOU had
IN mind another And an ordinary pair
of cutthroats. NJ that ?"
"The thought came to me after you left.
/ knew you'd recognize the men and under
stand. | see no reason why il didn't work.
1T would nave been "a; right ii vou had
consulted a c~Iairvoyant.~
"What the deuce DO YOU mean by that p
Braine demanded roughly.
II mean that then YOU would have learn
ed your friend the reporter was To arrive
upon the scene at H. most vital moment"
"What. Norton!"
"Yes. The trouble j. with YOU. YOU
have been - successful an these years
that You have grown o~verconfdent. | tell
You that there i a desperately Shrewd
man somewhere back 81 All this. Mark me,
! do not believe llargreave Is dead. lie j.
~ tANAf~ ~ may ~ nNNl ~ AIF liUN
have dropped from the balloon before il
left land. The man they picked up may
be- Ort~, the acronaut. The five thousand
might have been his fee FOR re~cuing IIar-
greave. Here j. the greatest thing we've
ever been up against and YOU start III with
every day methods
"Littlc woman. don't let your tongue run
away with YOU TOO far"
"l'm not the least bit afraid of you, Leo.
lon need me. and il has never been more
apparent than I'd this moment"
"All right. ! tell by the waySide this
trip. Truthfnllv. realized il five min
utc> after the men were gone. The only
clever thing ! did was To Keep the mask
on my face. They can't 60 ne back IN me.
But the thing looked - easy; and il would
have worked but for Norton's appearance.
You all but compromises me. That
butler worries me a little" Her expires
sion lost it, anger and grew thoughtful.
lie always about, DO You
think Hargreave took him into his conf
denceg"
Cant tell. He's been watched straight
for forty hours. lie hasn't mailed a letter
or t%clephoned 70 any place but the grocery.
There have been no tclcgramS. Some one
~ that house knows where The money i.
and it, ten 10 one that il will be- the girl"
"She looks enough like Katrinka to be-
her ghost
Bralne went over % the window and
stared up "a the stars.
'ion have made a good impression on
the girlf" with hiS back still town.l her.
Il had her in my arms"
olga. my hat j. of to you." turning.
now that hi~ face wa~ again III repo~e
very franknesS regarding your re-
lation~hlp will pull the wool over their
eyes OF course, they'h make inquiries
and they'll find out that YOU haven't lied.
H. perfect. Not even that newspaper
weasel will see anything wrong. Toward
Non they will eventually ease up and YOU
can act without their even dreaming your
part IA the business. We must not b. seen
% public any more. This butler may know
where | stand even though ~ cannot prove
1t. Now. I'm going 10 tell YOU something.
Perhaps you've long since guessed il. Ka-
trina wa mine till Ilargrcave-nevrr mind
what his name was then-till ~Ilargreave
came into the fold. 80 sure Of her wns |
Thai ! used her a. a lure 10 bring him a.
n. She Tell IN love with him, but too Int,
~ warn HIM. had the satisfaction ct Zee
ing him east her aside. .ar~r her. am
leave her. IN one thing She fooled u All.
! never knew Of the child TIL you told me. \
lie paused to light a cigarct.
"llarereave was madlv i'm love with
her. lie cursed her. but he came bark IL
The house 10 forgive her. 10 find that she
had been seized BY the secret police n
eniomhed in the fortress. | had my r..