Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-09-26

An, Olga, why the deuce must 700 "
and fall In love With bundle of ashes nks
myself Ashes and bittss akAeA too, Eoms.
times ! regret Bot As rsgettins stiy
Ssems to make me all the More savage What
opium and dope are to ether reu, dangsS
and excitement are to me II y net wit.
ten that ] shall die In bed. have told yvu
that already. There ls no other womsb-
now. And DO love You after fashion, as
man loves comrnde. Wait til this dan.
cling bout Is ever and may talk otherwise.
And now ] am going to q reception. an
going to shake hands and hobnob with the
Aits-beautlful woul Ard whns ! bov snd
smrh and crack wittcisms, and the dsvil
will bs ehueklius In cur slesres Hu, this
III tell 700, while there's a drop Of blood ~
my veins, o breath In my body IN stlch 10
this dght II only 10 prove that I'm hot
aultter.'
BE caught her suddenly IN his Arma, hissed
her, ran lightly to the door, snd Was gone
before EbO could recover from her astoplrh,
ment
The affair went ruoofafy, without hitch
Norton and bis hsn gained the house u rough
the tunnel without attracting The least u
tsndou. The Black Hundred. watching ths
front and rear n the house, pSr~S dreamed
that there existed another heds ei entrance
or that there WaH q seetst cabinet room.
Half al hour later As head oi ths VNerss
SurlS1 Accompanied by BIZ msa. lDrsthes
With "spdsr" RagGs, vhs was 10 high
tVatheI eysT hh resess arrived, demanded
aamittancS, and went at ths fCunt VI tho
business at snee, 4
Your pam. Il Jones'" began the chief.
The ssties asdded, though htS face evinCOd
no ltas hswfasrment at the appearance Os
&sss man, .-..rAI
swat "a y you piah, Eiri" SRI
al am from tAs ssJet strTies and have
Il from q pretty Eood war~ that there le
Sopnssstelt money hidden b. thls house, Moro
tt1S dat I tan pat my hand on The very
pieeS Il b hlddtp.s as,,
eNhet IL Impossible dr. declared Jones
Indignantly il
"I'p ta old hand, Mn IoneA It win no,
Do you bit Of Eood 10 put Oh That bold
front" II
Beggs smiled. Flow Was ho t1 inow that
this wns a comedy sst especially Tor hip
benefit
III should Ike 10 see that money" sald
Jones, not quite 80 brnvelr,
Z" Come With me-" sale tho secret service
man, Where's the librsryi"
"Beyond tbat door, air"
The cnef Reckoning to hIs men, entered
the library went directly to certain sbelr.
extracted three volumes. aud there )ay the
money in three neat packages.
"0ood heavens" gasped Jones
~ shall have 10 request you snd the FAM
rly to accompany me to the station"
But Il is OIL utterly impossible rhl
know nothing of tnat money, nor how il got
there lt's a, plot declOre on my oath,
cir that | am innocent that Miss Florence
and her companion know nothing about H."
You will have to toll al that to the fed
Sral Judge, SIR My duty is 10 take Jou ~
h TIE station. II would be jpst IA well bot
to say anything more, slr"
Very vslIl but some one sbnn sp,hn rot
Gnia outrage"
"Thol remains 10 he seen" was the ~rss
comment Of the Ecrst service man
Es led bis prisoners away directly.
Norton and his men bad 10 wait ieV iuts
TIE night The Black Hundred aid mot nj
tspd 10 nBhe any mirtRhs this time BY
baEty move At qnsrtcr after 10 they ds-
SeendeA BrRlns was not With thSm- phla
was due to the urgent request Of Olga, who
Stn had her doubts The men riotea ebout
ths house, IesrohlSg Books and corners, es,
ernlnins dcon and walls, opening books, pull
ipE out brewers, but they eousd nothing.
They talked trSsly, however, and p6s diets,
graph registered vsry word Tho printing
pIapt, which had 90 long 6eaed disaoVary,
was In the cellar o. tbs house ooeupisd BY
hs Black Hundred Ngtop aud hiv meu
determined to follow and raid the building
Events came 10 pam Rs they O1pected, Tbo
trailing was not tho tshsss thing. Norton
knew about whsr, the buil1lna was but ho
could not 90 to Il directly.
When tb~y reached tho building no warned
the men to hug TIE wall TO tie stalru The
trap yawnod, but no one wAS hurt They
Scampered Up the stairs Ike lot Of eager
boySi broke the door into and the weird
SxeoutivS chamber dark and empty and M
acrlo smoke 10 their nOstrns. This latter
grew stiaiDg as they bluudsred about m tbS
dark, BY luck Norton found the exit and
called 10 the men 10 follow. They san
BsEEs at the top Of the stairway and called
out 10 him 10 surrsnde. Ffs hold up hh
hands and the stairs collapsed. Real Gro
burst out and Norton and Eis companion bgd
q desperate battle with fame and smoks 70
gain the street
The 0rs was put out finally, but mere vas