The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-03-04

other woman--now And do love you,
after fashion, as a man loves COM!
, rade. Wait till this dancing bout is!
! over and may talk otherwise. And,
now l am going to shake hands and
hobnob with the elite-beautiful word!
And while bow and smirk and crack
witticisms, / and the devil will be-
chuckling in 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 to this fight If 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 re-:
cover from her establishment.
The affair went smoothly, without.
hitch. Norton and his men gained
the house through the tunnel 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 secret
cabinet room. ...#.s.
!, 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 sue
cess. arrived, demanded admittance,
and went at the front of the business,
at once.
Your name is JONES'" began the
chief
The butler nodded, though his face
| eyinced no little bewilderment at the
appearance of these men.
What is it you wish, sir?"
81 am from the secret service and
L have it 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
hiddenx'
THAT is impossible, sir" declared
Jones Indignantly.
'Tm an old hand, Mr.. Jones. It
will not do you bit of good to put
ION that bold front"
Beggs smiled How was he to know
that this was a comedy set especially
for his benefit?
| II should like to see that money"
said Jones, not quite so bravely.
Come with me-" said the secret
service man. Where's the library?"
/ Beyond that door, sir"
The chief reckoning to his men,
entered the library, went directly to
h certain shelf, extracted three vol
umes, and there lay the money In
three neat packages.
! "Good heavens!" gasped Jones.
81 shall have to request you and the
family to accompany me to the sta
ton"
But it is all utterly impossible.
sir! know nothing of that money!
nor how it got there. It's a plot 1,
declare on my oath, sir, that / ann
innocent, that Miss Florence and her:
companion know nothing about It."
you will have to tell that to the;
federal judge, sir. My duty is to take
you all to the station. 1t would bel
just as well not to say anything more,
sir"
Very well; but some one shall
smart for this outrage"
THAT remains to be seen," was the
terse comment of the secret services
man.
He led his prisoners away directly,
Norton and his men had to wait far
into the night. The Black Hundred
ibid not intend to make any mistake
this time by hasty move. At quarter
after ten they descended. Braine was
not with them. This was due to the
urgent request of Olga, who still had
her doubts. The men rioted about the
house, searching hooks and corners,
examining floors and walls, opening
books, pulling out drawers, but they
found nothing. They talked freely,
however, and the dictagraph regis7
tered every word The printing plant,
which had so long defied discovery
was in the cellar of the house occu-.
pied by the Black Hundred. Norton
and his men determined to follow and
raid the building. And the reporter
promised himself good front page
story without in any way conflicting
with his promises to Jones.
Events came to pass as they expected
The trailing was not the easiest thing;
Norton knew about where the build-
ing was, but he could not go to it d.
rectly. He was quite confident that,
its entrance was identical with that,
which had the trap door through which,
he had been flung that memorable,
day when he had been shanghaied.
When they reached the building he:
warned the men to hug the wall to thei
stairs. The trap yawned, but no one
was hurt. They scampered up the
stairs like lot Of eager boys; broke
the door into find the weird execu-
tive chamber dark and empty and an
acrid smoke in their nostrils. This
latter grew sitting as they Numbered
about in the dark. BY luck Nortont
found the exit and called to the men,
to follow. They saw Beggs at the top
of the stairway and called out to him
to surrender He held up his hands
| and the stairs collapsed. Real fire.