Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1914-08-23

the Countess Pcrigoff
call AT tonight" he read II
have an important news story for
you Tell no one. as ! cannot be
Involved In the ease Cordially.
olga. Countess Perigoff"
Hump, Norton twiddle the note
IN his fingers and al length rolled
II into ball and threw IL into the,
wasteDasket lie. too. made mis-
take. he should have kept That note
he dressed. dined and hurried OFF to
the apartments OF the countess
He arrived ten minutes before
Florence and Susan
And Jones did some rapid tele-
phoning
How long, how long" the butler
nurmured. How long would this
strange combat last The strain was
terrific lie slept but little during
The nights. for his ears were always
waiting for sounds He had cast the
chest into the sea. and IL would take
a dozen expert divers TO locate H.
And now. atop OF all these worries.
the child must fall in love with the
first conner, II was heartbreakng
Norton. so far as he had learned. was
cool and brave. honest and reliable
In pinch. but as the husband uf
stanley Harpreave's daughter. that
vas altogether d different matter
| Aud he must devise some means Of
utiing stop 10 H. but
nut he was saved that trouble
MongOOse and cobra. that was the
game being played the cunning Of
the one against the deadly venom
Of the other II he forced matters
he would only lay himself open 10
the strike of the snake. lie must
| nave patience Gradually they were
breaking organization. looping off q
! branch here and there. but the peace
of the future depended upon get
ting a grip on the spine Of the CO.
/ IRA himself
The trick was simple The coun-
tess had news. trust her for that.
She exhibited a cablegram. dated al
GIBRALTAR In which the British au-
thorities stated definitely that no
'uch O person a. William Orts. ayia-
tor, had arrived al Gibraltar. And
then. as he rose she rose also and
GENTLY precipitated herself into his
arms. Just al the moment Florence
appeared IN the doorway.
Very simple. indeed When Wo.
man falls toward q man there is
nothing for him 10 do but extend
his arms 10 prevent her from falling
| OUtwardly however. to the eve
which saw only the o cturc aud com
pretended not the cfuse h had all
he hallmarks OF an uifectionatc en-
race
Florence stood perfectly sim Tor
I9 moment, then turned away
Il beg your pardon said the
countess but sudden faintinr
spell seized me Ms heart Is bit
weak
Don't mention a. replied tnc
gallant Norton He was as innocent
as babe a. 10 what had really
taken place.
Florence went back home She
wrote q brief note To Norton and in
closed the ring which she had eecre.
'iF WI u hhihNlfN w II IlNlf iNhlN
around her neck
When Norton came the next day
she refused 10 see him n was all
ever She never wished 10 sec him
again
he says there has been SONS
cruel mistake said Jones
u saw him with the COUNTIES IN
his arms ! do not see any cruel
mistake In that saw him Tell
him so And add that / never wish
10 see him again
Then she ran swiftly 10 her room.
where she broke down and cried Bit
tcrly and would not be comforted
by Susan
In heaven name. demanded the
frantic lover. what has happened "
The comedy of the whole affair
lay iu the fact that neither OF the
two suspected the countess. who con
acled them both
TO be- continued