The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-10-06
Copyright. 1914. by Harold Mac
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Him. Complimentary?"

"Ah. Olga, why the deuce must you
go and fall in love with O bundle of
ashes like myself? Ashes and bitter
ashes, too. Sometimes regret But
the rngretting only seems to make me
all the more savage. What opium and
dope are 10 other men, danger and
, excitement are to me. 1t is not written
that I shall die In bed. have told you
that already. There is no other wo-
man-now. And / do love you after
fashion, as a man loves a cOmradc.
Wall till this danger bout Is over and
/ may talk otherwise. And now I 2Hli
going to reception. I am going to
shake hands and hobnob with the elite
beautiful wordd And while 1 bow
and smirk and crack witticisms. and
| and the devil will be chuckling in
in our sleeves. But this I'll tell you,
while there's a drop OF blood in my
: veins. a breath in my body. I'll stick
| tO this fight if only to prove that I'm
not quitter.
He caught her. suddenly in his ;rms.
kissed her. ran lightly to the DIOR, AMI
was gone before she could recover
; from her astonishnent.
Tho affair went smoothly, without
q hitch. Norton and his men gainell
the house through tho tunnel without
attracting the least attention The
Black Hundred, Watching the front
and rear of the house, mover dreamed
that there was n secret cabinet room.
| Half an hour later the head OF the
secret service, accompanied by his
men, together with Spider" peggs,
who was in high feather over his sue
cess. arrived. demanded admittance.
and went at the fount of the business
nt once.
-Four name is jones'" began the
chief.
The butler nodded though his face
evfnced no little bewilderment at the
appearance of these men:
| What is 1t you wish. sir?"
II am from the secret service and
have 1t from pretty good source that
there is counterfeit money hidden in
this house. More than that, can put
my hand on the very place 1t is hid
den."
"That is impossible, sir" declared
Jones indignantly. 4
H. I'm an old hand, Mr.. Jones', It will
not do, you q bit of good to put on that
bold front. .t.i hr,,
| Reggs smiled. How was he 70 know
that this was a comedy set especially
[for his benefit.
tn.t"'I should like to gee that money"
said Jones, not quite SO .brayely.
Come with me- ? said the secret SER
vice man Where's the 'library?"
Beyond that door, sir.s
| The chief. beckoning TO his men, On
tered the library, went directly to; a
certain shelf, extracted three VOL
umes. ard there lay the money lin
three neat packages.
Good heavens" gasped Jones.
II shall have to request you and the
family to accompany me to the sta
tion"
"But 1t Is all utterly impossible,
sir! knew nothing of that money, nor
how IL got there. It's q plot. / de-
| clare on my oath, sir. that i am inno-
cent, that Miss Florehce and her COM
paaion know nothing about it."
! You VIII nave 10 teIi ali tnat 10 tne
| federal Judge. sir. My duty is to take
i you ali to the station. 1t would be Just
as we'll not to say anything more,
| SIR"
Very we'll; but some one shall
smart for this outrage"
THAT remains to be seen," was the
terse command Of the secret service
Iman. .EGin - IsS gl5A.is 10
rsfse led his prisoners, away directly. !.
jeiINorton and his men had to wait far
into the night The, Black Hundred did
not intend to make lany mistake this
Itinast stbea hasty move. t;auartef after
10, they descended Q. raine !, waRi mot
with thems This was, due to- the; urgent
request of Olga, who still had her
doubts. The men riot,Nl about the
house.. searching npoks and corners,
examining floors and walls, opening
books Spnlling out drawers, but they
found nothing. They talked freely,
however. and the dictagraph registered
every word. The printing plant, which
had so long defied discovery, was I'm
the cellar OF the house occupied by
the Black Hunfred. horton and his
lmen determined TO fellow and raid
1.-THE building A.td the reporter prom
ised, himself q good front page story
without in any way conflicting With
thisypronsises 10 Jones.
J .TsyesSts came to pass as they ex-
ipected. The trailing was not the cas-
I lest thing. Norton knew about where
the building was, but he coaId 20 to 1t
I tsiroctiy He was quite confident that
1 It's entrance waa Identical with that
(which had the trap door through which
he lad been flung that 1nenorabie day
/ when he had been shan nghaisd ata
j When they reached the Building he
i warmed the IpenSt to hug the wall to
the stairs The trap yaYned, hut no
one was hurt They. scampered up the
stairs like q lot of eager boys; broke
the door lnto lind the weird execil-
tive ch0tnber dark and empty and an
alfid sasosse 70 their nostriIs. This
Isatter grew stiflins ss they biundersG
iiabout In the dssek. By luck Norton