The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-09-23

have been SC sua<,ss-'il al these yeSfs
that you have grown ovesconhdent. /
ite,l you that there is desperately
q .ew6 man somewhere back OF all
ss:,t.s. dark no, I do not believe Har.
:,,.eaye Is dead. He Is in hiding. II
n.ay be near by. He may have dropped
FRA The balloon before 1t left land
The man they picked up may be orts'
! the aaronart The five thousand might
:. has been his fee for rescuing Ear-
5 sl.Sase. Here. Is the greatest thing
we've ever been up against; and you
start in with every day methods!
Little woman, don't let your tongue
rca away With you too far.
I'm not the least bit afraid OF you.
Leo. You need me, and 1t has never
been r.oro apparent than at this mo-
ment.
s.A.li right. fell by the wayside
this trip. Faithfully, realized it tve
minutes after the men were gone. The
Only clever thing / d:d was to keep
the mask on my face They can't
come back at me- But the thing looked
30 easy; and It would have worked
but for Norton's appearance"
-yoa ell but compromised me- That
butler worries me little Her e1'
pressson lost It's anger and grew
thoughtful Hes always about, some
where. Do you think Hargreave took,
s him into his confidence"
Cant ten. He's been watched
straight for 10 hours. He hasn't
mailed q letter or telephoned to any
place but the grocery. There have
: beea no teiegrans- Some one Ii that
hcase knows where the money Is, and
I MS ten. to one that It VIII be the girl.
81 .She iookes enough Hike Katrina 20
Z Be her ghost.
irnine went over TO the window
and etared up at the stars.
.rYou have made a good impression
On the gtri?" with his back atili Co
ward her.
81 had her IN my AIMS"
3Oign. my bat Is OF 70 yon." turn
! sng. now that his face was again IN
repose. syour. very frankness regard
ing youf relntionshtp win pull the
mco, over their eyes. OF course,
.5theyN make inquiries and they'll find
out that you haven't lied. It's perfect
Not aYen that newspaper weasel VIII
see anything wrong. Toward you
they wM eventually ease up and you
can act without their even dreaming
Your part in the business. We must
not be seen IN pubic any more. This
( butler may know where ] stand e-ea
though he caanot prove 1t. sssciss, ~
going 70 tell yon something. Perhaps
s you've long since guessed Il Katrina
was mine TIL Hargreaye-never mind
what his name was then--tin Har-
sreaYe came into the fold. So sure
cf her ives that I used her as lure
10 bring him TO u.s. She fell 81 love
with him. but roo late to warp him ]
had the satisfaction Of seeing him cast
her aside, curse her. and leave her. In
Z ONE thing she fooled US all. / never
knew Of the child TIL you told me. "
He paused to light q cigarette.
aargreaye was madly IN love with
her. He cursed her, but he came back
10 the house to forgive her. to find
! that che had been seized By the secret
poliee and entombed IN the fortress. ],
Had my revenge. It was who sent In,
the information. practically bogus. But
{ n Rlssia they never question; they.
act and forget. So he had daugh-
teri.
He began pacing the floor, his hands
behind his back: and the woman
watched him. oscilating between love
i and fear. He came 10 q halt abruptly
and looked down at her.
Don't worry. You have no rival.
Fn leave the daughter to your tender
asercies-.
The butler" she said. has full pow
ers of attorney to act for Eargreave
while absent. up to the day the girl
5 becomes OF legal age"
.Pn keep an eye on our friend Jones.
From now on. tsy and night, there viii
be car at the knothole, and ware
moasei Could you maka up anything
Ike this girfr' suddenly.
"a fair likeness"
-Dett, Go to, the ship which picked,
ap the man az sea and euiz the cap
tain. Either the aviator or Hargreave
Z !s alive. lt Is important to learn which
at, once Be very careful; play the
Z game only as you know how 10 play It.
And if Hargreave Is alive. we win. To
morrow morning. early. Tears Of an
z gnlsh, and ell that Sailors are easy
when woman weeps. No color. re-
member. Jus: the yellow wig and the
salient features. Now. by-by!"
= e-.Arsn.t you going to Ess me. Leo?'
Hs caught her hands. There is q
species OF Deliiah about you. Olga A
Kiss tonight from your lips would snip
my locks: and need a clear head
Whether I'VE fail or win, when this
game Is played you shall be my WIFE
he kissed the hands and strobe out
into the ball.
The wenan gsxed down at her small
{ vhite hands and smiled tenderiy. (The
tigress has her tender rnomentsD he
meant It.
She went Into her dressing room end
( for an hour or more worked over her
{ face and hair, till she was certain that
! r the captsin OF the ship described her
to anyone else he could not fail to give
{ q fair description Of Florence Har-
gTeaye.
But Norton reached the captain first
Other reporters had besteged him, but
they had succeeded In gathering the
saguest Kind OF information They had
no description Of Hargreave. while
Norton had Before going down to the
z S,->oS hoyuavo- ho had IoluoS 5r<o Tho