The Detroit times., 1914-07-13

said Bratne.
"A German pancake. buttered toast,
and coffee, ordered the reporter
Man, eat something"
IT'S enough for me-
And you'll go all the rest OF the
day on tobacco ! know something
OF you chaps ] don't see how you
manage TO do g."
Food is the least Of our troubles.
by the way may ] ask you a few
| questions? Nothing for print. unless
you've got a new book coming
Fire away"
What do You know about the Prin.
cess Perigoff?"
Let me see HIM Met her first
about year ago az a reception given
| 10 Nasimoya. 4 very attractive WON.
an see quite a lot of her Why
Well. she claims 10 be a sort OF
aunt TO HargreaveS daughter"
She said something TO me about
that the other night You never
know where you're at in this world,
do you?"
The German pancake the-toast and
coffee disappeared and the reporter
| passed his cigars
THE president visits town today
and I'm of 10 watch the show. |
suppose III have TO interview him
about the tariff and all that rot
When you start on a new book let
me know and I'll be your press
agent"
That's a bargain
Thanks for the breakfast"
Braine picked up his newspaper
smoked and read He smoked. yes
but he only pretended 10 read. The
young fool was clever. but no man is
! infallible. He had not the least sus
/ picion, he saw only the newspaper
! story Stll, In some manner he
might stumble upon the truth. and IL
! would be just as we'll TO tie the re.
porter's hands effectually
The rancor Of early morning had
/ been subdued anger and quick TEN
/ per never paid in the long run. and
no one appreciated this fact better
| than. Braine To put Norton out of
| the way temporarily was only a wise
precaution il was not a matter of
! spite or reprisal
! he paid the reckoning left the res,
! taurant, and dropped into one Of his
| clubs for game OF billiards He drew
4 quite a gallery about the table. He
won easily racked his cue, and sought
! the apartments Of the princess.
! What a piece of luck il was that
| Olga had really married that old do
! tard Perigoff lie had left her Is
| tied widow six months after her mar
riage But she had had hardly ko-
! peck TO call her own.
4
there last night But somehow he
anticipated the raid and bad the po-
| lice in waiting, The question is, has
he fooled us? Did he take that mil
lion or did he hide IL? There is one
thing left to get that girl No mat
Tier whore Iargreaye is hidden, the
knowledge that she is in my hands
will bring him out into the open"
NO more blind alleys"
What's on your mind?"
She has never seen her father.
She confessed 10 me that she has not
even seen a photograph OF him"
There was a long pause
DO you understand me?' she ask
ed
BY the Lord Harry / do You've
head on you worth two OF mine
The very simplicity of the idea will
win out for us Some one to pose as
her father; a message handed to her
IN secret, wire misfortune If she
whispers word TO any one; that
her fathers life hangs upon the Sc
crecy she must confide in no one,
least Of all Jones. the butler. IL all
depends upon how the letter gets 10
her Bred in the country. she proba-
bly, sleeps with her window open A
pebble attached 20 a note, tossed into
the window I'll trust this TO no one:
I'll do IL myself With the girl in
our control the rest will be easy II
she really does not know where the
money is, Hargreave will tell us
Great head, little woman, great head
She does not know her fathers hand
writing?"
she has never seen a scrap OF IT,
All that Miss Farlow ever received
was money The original note left
on the doorstep with Florence has
been lost Trust me 10 make all these
inquiries"
Tomorrow night, then, immediate.
~ after dinner, a taxicab will await
her just around the corner. Grange
is the best man ! can think Of He's
an artist when II comes TO playing
the old man parts P"
Not too old. remember. Hargreave
isn't over 45
another good point I'm going to
stretch out here on the divan and
snooze for a while Had a devil of a
time last night
when shall I wake you?"
II. n
sent in want TO keep out OF every.
| bodvs way By-by."
In less than three minutes he was
sound asleep The woman gated
down at him in wonder and envy. n
only she could drop 10 sleep like that,
Very softly she pressed her lips to
/ his hair
At II o'clock the following night
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