The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-22
CHAPTER Xxx.

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as. he placed the living room of the
apartment Of the countess. sis re-
venge. I've been checkmated enough,
Olga; they're playing with u.s."
That ~ nothing new" she replied,
struggling her shoulders. "At the be-
ginning warned you. never liked
this affair after the first two or three
failures. But you would have your
way. You wanted revenge at that
early date; but / cannot see that you
have gone forward. Has q ever &C.
CURED to you that the organization
may be getting tired. too? They de-
pend solely upon your invention, and
each time your invention has result
led in touching nothing but zero"
"Thanks!"
20. I'm not chiding you. I've failed.
too"
tAre you turning against me?" he
demanded bitterly. .,..
do my actions -pointi-that- sEay3"
she c6untered, mo. But the more I
view what has passed the more dis
heartened / grow. 1t has been a SER
les o. biinu alleys, anu ali VIC nave
succeeded in doing is knocking cur
heads can see now that all our fail
ures are due to one mistake"
And what the devil is that?" he
asked, irritably.
I'VE were in too much of hurry at
the beginning. Hargreave prepared
himself for quick action on your
part"
"And IL had. not acted quicly he
would have started successfully on
one of his world tours again. and
that would have been the last of him.
and we would never have learned of
the girls existence. So there's your
argument"
Perhaps you are right. But for all
that we have not played tine game
with any degree of finesse."
"Bah!" BreiLe lit cigarette and
smoked neryously. 81. can't even get
rid Of that meddling reporter. He has
been as much to blame for our fail
ures as either Jones or Hargreave. I
admit that in his case judged has
tily. believed him to be Just an or
binary newspaper man, and he was
clever enough 20 lull my suspicious.
But I'm going to get him, Olga, even
IL have to resort to ordinary gun
man tricks. II there's any final reck-
oning, by the Lord Harry. he shan't
get g chance in the Witness stand."i
"And I begin TO think that that
iiti.e chit OF girl has tss:. EoSd.
winking me all along. By the way, did
you find out what that letter said?"
she asked after pause.
Letter? What letter?r
She sDlang from her chair. "Dou
you mean to say that they have not
tcia ycs. ssoe: tihattfT' Olga became
greatly excited.
Explain he said.
II yrr0 Of fhn rnp pHnn ao, 1,n
fore yesterday. and q isaan approsc.is
ed and asked if / was Miss Hargreave.
Becoming at once suspicious that
som m5thing very important was about
to happen. signifled that was Miss
HargEeaye. The man slipped q paper
into my hand and hurried OF. took
n quick glance at It and was dumb
founded TO find 1t utterly blank OF
writing. AT first thought some joke
had been played on me. then / chanc-
ed to remember tho invisible ink let
terra vnns afuavn ufrnfa ma Iinhnr-
standing that you were to visit the
cave IN the morning. I had one man
at the garden take the note. And you
never got it2"
Some one shall pay for this care
lessness. IN call up vroon and Jack
son at once. Wait Just moment"
He went TO the telephone. A low
conversation took place.
Olga could hear little or none OF it.
When Braine put the receiver back
on the hook his face was not pleas
antst to see. Il, IS
THAT gfril"
What nowtr
1T seems she had been oit lorae-
beck riding that mor1ing. She hai
nfakri f,f,a NJ as,a h<s,ra ssence, fl,,f sfyl Il
and suddenly, disappear: and she was
carI6ne to learn what had become OF
him. With her usual luck she Stun
iIled onto the method OF opening the
door o. the cave and vent In. She
must I'm, . been nosing about. She
afdn have much time. though. as
the boys came up to await me. EVi-
daatly she crassied into that old chest |