The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1914-09-26

play an old game twice"
How does ahs act toward your
Cordial as ever. and yet %
yet what"
Il thought her an ordinary school
girl. and yet every once In awhile
she makes what you billiard players
7 call a professional shot What mat
teri SO long as they do not shut
the door In my face. AJAX nothing
more. Bu, do you want my opin-
ionT feel II In my bones that
something will 10 wrong tomorrow. +"
Good lord. are you losing your
neryeg" cried Bralne impatien,ly.
The Hecrc, service has the warn.
Ing. they will ind the green stuff,
and Jones A Co. viii mog off TO the
Z police station. And ihers1i be n
week OF red tape before they are
turned loose again. They'll dig
into Hargreave's finances and all
that. Well have all the security
In tho world 10 find out II the
money IN In tho house or not. Why
worry
TITS only the way I feel There
iH something uncanny In the reg.
ularity OF that girls good luck"
~Ah. hu, we're not after her this
time: tia the whole family"
The servants. too"
Everybody in the house will be
under suspicion"
And you can trust Beggs?''
His life IL in tho hollow OF my
hand. You can always trust man
when you hold the rope that's
around his neck"
Still the frown did not leave
OigA'a brow. With all her soul she
ionged 10 be on, OF this tangle. II
had all tho way looked so easy at
the start: yet hero they were.
weeks later. no further forward
thar at the beginning. and added
TO this they had paid much in lives
and money. Well. n abe would be
fool enough 10 love this man she
must abide with the consequences.
She wanted him all by herself. out
OF danger. In n far country. He
might tire. but she knew in her
heart that she never would. This
was her one great passion. and
while her mode OF living was not
as honest as might be. her love was
honest enough and answering.
though II was not gilded by the
pleasant fancies OF youth.
"Of what are you thinkingf" he
asked when he concluded that the
pause had been long enough.
You"
HIN. Complimentary"
mo: just ordinary everyday
love"
"Ah. Olga. why the deuce must
you 20 and fall in love with a bun
die OF ashes like myself? Ashes
and bitter ashes. too. Sometimes
regret. but the regretting only
seems TO make me all the more
savage. What opium and dope are
to other men. danger and excite
that shall die in bed. | have told
you that already. There is no
other woman--now. And | do love
you after a fashion, as n man loves
n comrade. Wait TIL this dancing
bout is over and | may talk other
wise. And now | am going to a
reception. am going to shake
hands and hohnob with the elite
beautiful world And while | bow
and smirk and crack witticisms.
and the devil will be chuckling I'm
our sleeves. But this I'll tell you.
while there's a drop of blood In my
veins. breath In my body. I'll
stick 10 this fight II only TO prove
that I'm not gutter"
He caught her suddenly in his
arms, kissed her, ran lightly to the
door. and was gone before she
could recover from her astonish-
ment.
The affair went smoothly. with
out hitch. Norton and his men
gained the house through the tun-
mel without attracting the least
attention. The Black Hundred,
watching the front and rear of the
house. never dreamed that there
existed another mode OF entrance,
or that there was n secret cabinet
room.
Half an hour later the head OF the
secret service, accompanied by his
men. together with Spider" Beggs,
who was In high feather over his
success, arrived, demanded admit.
lance, and went at the fount of the
business at once.
Your name is Jones?" began the
chief.
The butler nodded. though his
face evinced no little bewilderment
at the appearance OF these men.
What Is II you wish, sir?"
II am from the secret service and
I have Il from pretty good source
that there Ia counterfeit money