Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-19

n Information! So R1orvnS 1RrErvave wns
scng To have new father IN a dny or sol
There were sJmo clever rogucs among lhis
hand OF theirs; hat their clevcrucss was wen
Offset by an equal number Of fools
Yes there we're some clever rogut~ Anl to
prove this assertion Braine secured a taHieab
aud drove rriously away, his destination the
heEe Of his ancient enemy. He dropped the
cab hloeA OF two nway and presently slowed
hlinEeli away In the summer house at the len
ot the lawn II would ave been cnpihl
dSa- that is. II the other man had not thought
II mad anticipated this very rhins- So he uNsd
a public pay station telephone; and Brano
waited IN win. waited I'll the lighn IN tho
lIArtrcave house went ont one By cue and II
became wrapped in darkness within and
noonshne without.
Braine was phiioCophur lie returned 10
his waiting taxicab druvr home paid the bin
sniling grimly. and wen, TO bel II was going
= be wonderful gnme Of blind uan's buff,
and 1t WIS going 10 be sport 20 ,satth this fool
Paroff blunder into pit
The next afternoon Florence md Norton sat
In the gunner house talking Of the future
Lovers are prone to talk Of that As II my
thing else In the wortl ever equals the present
They talked Of nice little apartments and vaca
lions In The mmmcr and how mncb they would
ave out Of bis SALARY, and thousand und ono
Sthcr thines which would not interest you at
al II rccountsd them IN dctnil But they
did love each other, and they we're going tn be
umrricd you may he eertaiD ,oi that They
dll not earc a Enap Of the finger what Jones
thonebL They were going to he married and
that was all there was to Il or course, Flor
eDee couldn't touch a penny Of her fnthsTN
money. " be, Norton, couldn't take care Of
her without help, why, bo wouldn't be worth
the powder 10 blow him up with
But my dear yvn mut be WY carfnL"
hr mid Jones sDd WIn always he about
somewhere. n they reaIlJ Grl hold Of yon
once Cod alone knows What viii happen. II
IL not you, IL Ia yvur pOv fstrr they want to
brnf ont into tie open " they knew where
he was they would moi bother yuu In the least"
"Bap really n iaiher1 Sometimes |
doubt Why cOuldn'i he stenl into the house
md see me, just onseT
'' Perhaps he darcs mot Thk hoUas IL al
why's watched, night and Jay, tluugh you'll
look in vain to dbopveI any one Y0m fRlher
knows hest what he Is doing, my dear girl
You sec, ! mei him yrar ago IN China, and
when he started ont tn do certain thing he
generally did II. He never botched my of his
plans So We NIL rnust wait Only I'm going
tn marry yVn all the Gnns, whether he likes Il
or not 1hc rDEues will try 10 Impose upon
yon again, but 10 mol Ray any attention to
notes or personals in the papers You'vs been
through enough. And II was lUehy thinr
that I was on chat frclEbter that picked you
np at sea. shall always wonder how that
yacht took Ere"
So shah T." replied Frlor"pee, her brows
drawing together iD pnzzement. Sometimes
I think must have done H. You know, poo
pie ont Of their heads do strange things !
Heem to SEE myself in n dream. And this
mau BraiDe is u scuundYel"
Yes; ard more than that he Is the denF
friend Of the couutess But understand, you
must never Jet her dream or saspert that you
know by mliins her into overcou6dence some
day she will naturally grow careless, uni then
w.ll have them all ! think ! understand
what your iather'e idea IN not to have them
arrested for bsclmsh, bot practically 10 ex-
terminate them. put them IN prison for such
terms Of ycnrs that they'll die there. When
yon see snake, poisonous one, don't let il
get away. Kin IL we1. ! sorst be OF to
work.
And you be careful, too. You are In more
danger than ] am.- :.........,