The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-02-12
CHAPTER Xxx.
sralne Tries Another Weapon.

venge I've been checkmated enough,
Olga; they're playing with us"
"That is nothing new" she replied,
Struggling. AT the beginning I
warned you. I 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 I cannot see that you've gone for
ward. Has It ever occurred to you |
that the organization may be getting
tired. too? They depend solely upon
your invention, and each time your
invention has resulted in touching
nothing but zero"
"Thanksl"
20, I'm not Gliding you. I've failed,
too"
Are you turning against me?" he
demanded bitterly.
do my actions point that way?
she countered. "No. But the more
view what has passed, the more dis
heartened 1 grow. It has been a series
of blind alleys, and all we have sue
ceeded in doing is knocking our heads.
I can see now that all our failures
are due TO one mistake.
"And what the devil is that?" he
asked, irritably.
I'VE were in too much of a hurry
at the beginning Hargreave prepared
himself for quick action on your part
"And If had not acted quickly he
would have started successfully on one
Of his world tours again, and that
would have been the last of him, and
we should never have learned of the
girls existence. So there's your argu-
ment."
Perhaps you are right. But for
all that we have not played the game
with any degree of fnesse.
"Bahl" Braine lit a cigarette and
smoked nervously. Il cant even get
rid Of that meddling reporter. He has
been as much to blame for our fail
ures as either Jones or Hargreave
l admit that in his case l judged
hastily. I believed him to be just an
ordinary newspaper man, and he was
clever enough to lull my suspicious.
| But I'm going to get him, Olga, even
If | have to resort to ordinary gun
man tricks If there's any final reck-
oning, by the Lord Harry. he shan't
get a chance in the witness stand"
: and l begin to think that that lit
tie chit of a girl has been hoodwink-
, ing me all along. BY the way, did
you find out what that letter saidY
she asked after a pause
> letter. What letter."
= She sprang from her chair. do you
: mean to say that they have not told
. you about that?" Olga became great
= ly excited
O Explain" he said.
. why, was at the garden day be
fore Yesterday, and man approached
10 and asked If was Miss Hargreave
" Becoming at once suspicious tina
i something very important was abou
:, to happen, l sIgnified that was Mis-
Hargreave, The man slipped a pape
~ into my hand and hurried of. tool
a quick glance at IL and was dun
founded to find It utterly blank o
~ writing. At first l thought some iOk
- had been played on me, then
AZ CHANGED to remember the invisible I'M
~ letters you always wrote me. Under
4 standing that you we're to visit tn
az cave In the morning, had one ma
~ at the garden take the note. An
~ you never got It'll"
Some one shall pay for this carr
A0 lessness, I'll call up Vroon and Jaol
son at once. Wait just a moment.
Az He went 30 the telephone. A To-
" muttering conversation took plao
olga could hear little or none of
When Braine put the receiver BAG
on the hook his face was not plea
ant to see.
4 ''That grill"
what nowg"
1T seems she had been out hors
back riding that morning. She he
seen one Of the boys cross the he
4 and suddenly disappear; and she WI
curious to learn what had become
him. With her usual luck she stun
bled on the method Of opening Il
door Of the cave and went in. 81
must have been nosing about. 81
didn't have much time, though, as Il
boys came up to await me. Evident
she orawled into that old chest and
some inexplioable manner purloin
the letter from Jackson's pocket. TIL
left to reconnoiter; and It was tn
that Jackson discovered his loI
When Florence heard them RETURNS
she jumped into the we'll. And liv
through that tunnell The devil is
i'll"
cor out Of 1t, since we consider b
our friend"
And l had her in my hands, nc
and alll"
But with all that water there "
not be any writing left on the lette
Invisible ink is generally indelil
and impervious to the action Of W
you er; at least the kind ! use is.
sss' give a thousand for a sight Of Il
'i'o letter"
And it might be worth a millio
H. Ole