Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-11-25

III the entire mouse. W nat IN IN
wo4ld could that mean? Used as sh
was to heart-rending suspenses. sh
was none the less terrified. Some
thing had taken the servants fron
the house. From whence was tn
danger to come this time. Where wa
Jones? Why did he not return, as h
had promised? II was long past tn
hour when he said he would be back
She went into the library AM
picked up the telephone. She wa
told that Mr.. Norton was out OF
an assignment. but that he woul'
be notified the moment he returned
She opened a drawer in the desk
She touched the automatic but dit
not take IL up. She left the drawer
open. however.
Earlier, at the newspaper Office
that night, Jim went into the man
aging editor's office and laid a bulky
manuscript on that gentleman's
desk.
rs this it?'
IT is" said Jim.
You have captured them?"
NO. but there Is net about
| them from which not one shall es-
! cape. There's the story of my ad-
| ventures. OF the adventures of Miss
/ Hargreave and the butler, Jones.
! You'll lind II exciting reading. You
i might Just as we'll send it up TO the
! composing room. At midnight I'll
telephone the Introduction. It's a
! scoop. Don't worry about that"
The editor rifhed the pages.
"a hundred and twelve pages, 800
words TO the page; man, it's a
novel;
"It'n read like one
sit down for a minute and let me
skim through the first story"
At the end of ten minutes the
editor laid down the copy. He
opened u drawer and took out two
! envelopes. Tho blue one he tore up
and dropped into the waste basket.
Norton understood and smiled. They
had meant TO discharge him il he
fell down. The other envelope was
g fat one.
"Open it said the editor. smiling
a little himself.
This envelope contained II check
for s.. 50l. two round trip, first class
tickets to Liverpool, together with
innumerable continental tickets such
as are issued to tourists.
''Why two" asked Jim innocently
Forget Il, my boy, forget Goa
ought to know that in this office We
don't employ blind men. The whole
staff is on. There YOU are. IA.
check and three months vacation.
Go and get married; and Il you re
turn before the three months are up
IN FIRE you myself ON general prin-
ciples.'
Jim laughed happily and the two
men shook hands. Then Jim went
forth to complete the big assignment.
E.,r, liz 4
him up to learn that he had gone
What should she do? Jones had
told her to stay in the house and not
to leave it. But where was he? Way
did he not come? What was La9
meaning Of this desertion by the
servants? She wandered about aim
lessly. looking out of windows,
imagining forms in the shadows He'
imagination had not deceived her;
she had heard doors close softly.
Susan, Susani' she murmured;
but Susan was in the hospital.
Oliver Twist! What had possessed
her to start reading that old tale
again? She should have read some
thing of q light and joyous charac-
ter. After haif an hours wandering
about the lonely house she returned
to the library, feeling that she would
be safer where both telephone and
revolver were.
And while she sat waiting for she
knew not what, her swiftly beating
heart sending the blood into her
throat so that it almost suffocated
he. d man turned into the street
and walked resoluIely toward the
Hargreave place. He passed q man
leaning against a lamp post, but he
never turned to look at him.
The man, however, threw away his
cigar and hot-footed it 10 the nearest
pay station. He knew in his soul that
he had just seen the man for whom
they had been hunting all these weary
but strenuous weeks-Stauley Har-
greave in the flesh. Half an hour
after his telephone message the chief
OF the Black Hundred and many
lesser lights were on their way to the
house OF mystery. Had they but
known?
Now. the man who had created this
tremendous agitation went serenely
on. He proceeded directly and fear
lessly to the front door, produced a
latch key and entered. He passed
through the hall and reception room
to the library and paused on the
threshold dramatically. Florence
stepped back With q sharp cry of
alarm. She had heard the hall door
Op1AA SAAih bAOoCd anu AItu ldhGl II
for granted that Jones had returned.
There was a tableau Of short dura-
ton.
Don't you know me-" asked the
stranger in a. slngularly pleasant
voice.
Florence had been imposed upon
too many times. She shook her head
defiantly, though her knees shook SC
that she was certain that the least
touch would send her over.
81 am your father, childi''
Florence slipped unsteadily bellino
the desk and seized the revolver
which Icy in the drawer The mar
by the curtains smiled sadly. It was
smile that caused Florence 10 wavei
bit. Still. she extended her arm.
You do not believe me?' said the
man, advancing slowly.
no. ] have been deceived toe
many times, sir. Stay where you are
You will walt here till my butler re-
turns. o, If l were only sure." she
burst out suddenly and passionately
What proof have you that you are
what you say?"
He came toward her, holding out
his hands. This, that you cannot
shoot me. All, the damnable
wretches! What have they done tc
YOU, my child, to make you sls-
picious Of every one? How I have
watched over Won in secrpti I viii