The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1914-11-06
CHAPTER VI.

RANGE" he snarled. MY girl
haven't | Just told you that had to
fight for my life? My boat was IN
flames. We had to swim for 1t Till
we we're picked up by a Long Island
barge tug. l don't know what became
of the motorman, He must have
headed straight for shore. And I'm
glad he did. Otherwise he'd be howl-
ing for the price of another boat
Olga, for the first time I've had 10
let one Of the boys have a look at
my face. Doesn't know the name
but II Of these days he'll stumble
across it, and the result will be black
mail. unless l push him off into the
dark. It was accidental"
The countess leaned forward, her
hands tightly clinched.
But the box!"
Braine made a gesture OF despair
Leo, are you using any drug these
days."
Don't make fun of me, Olga I'M
patiently. Did you ever see me drink
more thar a pint Of wine or smoke
more than two cigars in an evening!
Poor foolsl What! let my brain go
into the wastebasket for the sake OF
an hour or so of exhilaration? No
and never will l! I'm keen about the
gray matter I've got, and by the Lord
Harry, Pm going to keep 1t. There's
only one dope iend in the Hundred
and he's one of the best decoys we
have; so we let him have his coke
whenever he really needs it. But this
man FELTON, has seen my face. Some
day he'll see it again, ask questions
and then
Then what7",
"A burial at sea-" he laughed. The
laughter died swiftly as it came
Threw It into eight hundred feet o.
water. on a bar where the sands ART
always shifting. He'll never find 1t
even II he took the range. He coult
not have got a decent one. The SUI
was dropping and the shadows wer'
long. He threw the chest into thu
water and then began pegging AVA
at us, cool as you please, and fret
our tank"
ut looks to me as If he had waste
his time"
THAT depends. Between you an
me- and the gate.post, I've a sneakin.
idea that this man Jones, whom nc
body has given any particular after
ton. is a deep, clever man. He ma
have been honestly attempting to fin
a new hiding place; the advertisement
in the newspaper may have draw
him He may have thrown the bo
over in pure rage at seeing himsel
checkmated. Again, the whole thin
may have been worked up for gu
benefit, a blind But II that's tn
case, Jones has US on the hip, for W
can't tell. But we can do what in a
probability he expects well cease I
do-watch him just as shrewdly a
before"
Olga caught his hand and drew hiI
down beside her. Il wasn't going {
bother you tonight, but it may mea
something vital"
"What?" alertly.
For reply she rose and walked owe
to the light button. She pressed
and the apartment became dark.
Come over to the window, quick!
She dragged him across the room
. over the way, the house with tn
marble frontage"
A man emerged, lit a cigarette, an
walked leisurely down the street.
n mo-" she cried, as Blaine turne
@ to make for the door doubtless wit
y the intention of finding out who tn
@ man was. Every night after yo
leave he appears"
Does he follow me?"
No. And that's what bothered n
at first. l believed he was watchir
some apartment above. But regular
Il when I turn out the lights he com,
forth. So there's no doubt that
watches you enter and takes note
K your departure"
o. but doesn't follow me. That's cd
What the devil Is his idea?"
I'D give a good deal to learn"
O. The shadow and the glowing clga
Is cite disappeared around the corne
r and the lights In the apartment WEI
q. turned on again.
10 He's gone. You really think he
watching me?"
He is watching this apartment,
know that much"
y And even at that moment the watc
II er was watching from his vantage
hind the corner.
10 "Suspicious!" he murmured, fossil
20 the cigarette into the gutter. They
watching me for a change. I'll dr.
r. out. know what | know. It's a gre
world. It's fine to be alive and kiokit
on top Of it." He went on witho
to haste and took the subway train I
m downtown.
ed rs there any way l could get ne
%. him?" asked Braine,