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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-02-25
CHAPTER Xxx.
Braine Tries Another Weapon.

eraine Tries Another Weapon.
What I want now" said Braine
as he paced the living room of the
apartment of the countess, lis re-
venge. I've been checkmated enough,
Olga; they're playing with us"
That is nothing new" she replied,
struggling. AT the beginning
warned you. l 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'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"
"Thanks!"
%, I'm not Gliding you. I've failed,
too"
Are you turning against meo' he
demanded bitterly
Do. my actions point that way"
she countered. mo. But the more I
view what has passed. the more dis
heartened grow. 1t has been series
Of blind alleys. and all we have sue
ceeded in doing is knocking our heads.
can see now-that all our failures
are due to one mistake"
And what the devil is that" he
asked. irritably
We were in too much of hurry
at the beginning. Hargreave prepared
for quick action on your part
And if had not acted quickly he
would have started successfully on one
Of lis 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-
rnent"
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lffns6 H6osi1 y. "a 3.your. ~, Hen,
EtSnse,' NJ cried to TIE hall maid. who
wanted ! look At the card. "up Z tn
room. VI. He'll 100 yuh!. The boy
kept the silver salvef extended *
pectantly, but Jones won't past with
out apparently noticing the hint.
The Russian was standing BY : win.
dow whsn Jones knocked and was
hidden to enter.
q You are not Hargreaye."
Neither are you the Russian min
iister Of police" urbanely.
who are you ?"
81 Am Hargreave's confidential man.
III" NJ
The ~ men eyed each other eau
tiously.
You speak Russian"
mo. + am able to scribble = few
words; that Ii all" s
The Russian lit cigarette and
smoked leisurely. He was in NO hur-
~. .-e
mo, / am not the minister; but
am his accredited agent. I am en-
to bring back to Russia
man who is known here by the name
Of Braine, another by the name Of
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Copyright, 1914. BY Harold kacGrath)

He went to the telephone. A low
muttering conversation took place
Olga could hear little or none of it
When Braine put the receiver bach
on the hook his face was not pleas
ant to see.
THAT, girl"
What now?"
1T seems she had been out horse.
back riding that morning. She had
seen one of the boys cross the field
and suddenly disappear; and she was
curious to learn what had become of
him.. With ner usual luck she stun
bled on the method of opening the
door of the cave and went in. She
must have been nosing about. She
didn't have much time, though, as the
boys came up to await me. Evidently
she crawled into that old chest and in
some inexplicable manner purloined
the letter from Jackson's pocket. They
left to reconnoiter; and it was then
that Jackson discovered his loss.
When Florence heard them returning
she jumped into the we'll. And lived
through that tunnel! The devil is in
it,"
"Or out of it, since we consider him
our friend"
And I had her in my hands, note
and ALL"
But with all that water there will
not be any writing left or-the letter"
Invisible ink is generally indelible
and imperyious to the action of wat
er; at least the kind l use is. Id
give thousand for sight of that
letter"
And it might be worth a Million
Olga suggested.
Not the least doubt of it in my |
mind. Olga, old girl, it does look as if
my star was growing dim. Well never
get our hands OH that -millien.-I feel
1t in my bones. So let's settle down
to campaign of revenge, without any
turbelows. ! want to twist Har-
greave's heart before the game winds
up"
You wish really to injure herr"
w uCl NloH W IlJuIc HcI. L di
from it," he replied. smiling evilly.
You want her r.. dead?"
whispered Olga, paling.
Exactly. want her dead. And
so if all my efforts here come to moth
ng, so shall Hargreaves His mil
ions will become waste paper to him.
That's revenge. The Persian peach
Poison? You shall not! You shall
lot kill her." vehemently.
Tender hearted"
mo. If must in the end go to
'rison, so be it; but refuse to die in
he chair"
Every well, then. We shan't kill
err but we'll make her wish she was
cad. I was only trying to see how
ar you would go. The basket of
caches is in the hallway. Every
each is poisoned. No man in the
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ton room, intending to go upstairs.
At that moment the maid was ad.
uniting messenger with a basket of
| fruit.
For Miss Hargreave," said he. He
gave the basket to the maid, touched
his cap awkwardly, and swung on his
heel, closing the door behind him. He
was in a hurry to deliver another
message. ,.
20, what lovely fruit" cried Susan.
pausing. I'm going to steal one"
she laughed. She selected a peach
and began eating it on the way up to
her room.
The maid passed on into the library.
What's this?" inquired Florence, as
the maid held out the basket. She
selected peach and was about to set
her white teeth into it when Jim in.
terposed.
"Wait moment, dear" Florence
lowered the peach. Jim turned to the
maid. who sent it,"
II don't know, sir. A messenger
brought it, saying it was for Miss
Hargreave"
Let me see if there is a card
But Jim searched in vain for the card |
of the donor. At once all his suspi-
cions arose. Don't touch them. Bet
ter let the maid throw them out.
Fruit from unknown persons might
not be the healthiest thing in the
world"
What do you Think"
That in all probability they are poi.
soned. But there's no need trying to
prove my theory right or wrong. Ask
Jones. He'll tell you to throw them
away"
"Horrible!" Florence shuddered
But they do not want to poison me-
I'm too valuable. They want me
alive"
"Who can say" returned Jim
gloomily. They may have learned
that they cannot beat us, no matter
what card they turn up. l may be
wrong, but take my advice and throw
them away. o.. Good Lord, what's
that?" startled.
Some one cried!"
20, Miss FlorenceH exclaimed the
maid, terror stricken as she recalled
Susan's act. Miss Susan took a
peach from the basket and was eating
it on the way to her room!"
Good heavens!" gasped Jim. Il =
was right. The fruit was poisoned"
Jim had head enough to send for a
specialist he knew. The specialist ar.
rived about twenty minutes after Sus.
ans first cry. To his keen eye it
looked like q certain poison which had
Tor Its basis the venom of the cobra.
will she liver
%, yes. But she'll be . wreck for
some months. Send her to the hos
'ital where can visit her frequently.
And I'll take that peach along for
analysis. No police AFFAIR." ,
mo. We dare not cali them in," ,
'aid Jim.
That's your affair. III send down ,
he ambulance. Keep her quiet She'll ,
AVE species Of paralysis; but thatTl ,
york OF under the treatment. A
'trange business"
80 It IT," agreed Jim grimly.
Florence knelt beside her friends
'ed and cried softly.
You called me Just IN time. An ,
louf later, nothing would have saved +
yer. She would have bssn parslysed :
Or Mfa." -
Jim accompanied the dostor to the .
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W. promise to givs you sonsthtns IL
exchange for 1t" ss WI
WHAT asked Jim With u much
nonchalance as he could assume.
Life" 81 \, ss s:;s Z;
Search, 7" said Jim. You won't ol.
ject to my smoking Z" He began to
roll cigarette while they pAAssd oyer
him. He struck 4 match: the pleas
ant aroma Of tobacco Heated shout his
head. 4.ss
Hes got It on him somewhere. /
saw him take It. He's got his nerve
with him." 81 s
The cigarette glowed. Jim smoked
hurrfedly .
Through every pocket they went.
The contents Of his wallet lay scat
tered at his feet; his watch dangled
from the chain. The cigarette grew
shorter and shorter. Suddenly one OF
the men stretched out q hand and
whisked the cigarette from Jim's lips.
He threw it to the floor and stamped
out the coal.
Il thought SOL" he exclaimed, hold
b Z
ing out the scrap of burnt paper to-
wards Braine.
The words Dear Hargreave" were
all that remained of the message. With
q snarl Of rage Braine whipped out his
revolver.
Il will give you one minute to tell
me what that paper contained"
And after that minute is up?"
"A bullet in your stomach"
Quick as flash Jim's hand shot
out. caught the loosely held revolver.
gave it a wrench, and brought 1t down
savagely upon Braine's head. Then
he reversed it and backed toward the
front entrance.
"Au revoir, till we meet again, gem
tlemen!"
Ito be Continued, -
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HOLDS PRIESTS FOR RANSOM

Washington, Feb. 22.-AI the native
Roman Catholic clergy in Mexico City
are being held for half million pesos
ransom. according to official advises
rom diplomatists in the Mexican cap
ital today. The only priests exempt
ed are those Of foreign nationality,
who have been ordered to leave the,
country.
Secretary Bryan late today instruct
ed Consul Canada at Vera Crus 10 m
tervene with General Carranxa 81 be-
nan OF the priests, who arc said to
number 100 and to have been arrested
by General Obrsgo6, They are being
detained in the naEioaal palace.
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Ito be Continued;
THREE MEN KILLED IN FIGHT
U. S. Deputy Marshals Attacked from
Two Sides by Defiant Gangs in
Rocky Mountain WiIds.

| Grayson, Utah, Feb. 22-sfn a battle
in the wilds of Ute Mountains between
the Piute Indians and force of depu.
ties under Aquila Nebeker, United
States marshal, two Indians were
killed, six taken prisoners, one white
man lost his life and two were wound
ed. The fight was near Bluff.
The posse tried to surround the In
dians' position at daybreak the other
morning, but the Indians heard them
and Immediately opened fire. Joe
Akin of Dolores, Colo, fell at the first
volley. Firing continued for some
minutes and two Indians were seen to
fall over dead. '-t------
Both sides ceased firing and Mar
shall Nebeker sent Mancos Jim, Piute
who had joined the white men, to par
ley with the Indians and urge them
to surrender. After a long powwow,
Mancos Jim returned to the -posse
with the message from the Indians
I'VE will fight until DEATH"
While the marshal was receiving
this Information, another band of In
dians under a chief named COsey,
came up the San Juan River about
forty strong and attacked the posse
from behind. The white men replied
to the attack and held them off, In
the meantime, the Indians camped on
the rocks outside Bluff reOpened the
attack and the posse was caught, be-
tween two fires. Joe Cordova, another
member of the posse, was shot
through the body. At last reports he
was still alive but in dangerous con-
dition.
The fighting took place in one of
the widest parts of the country. Bluff
is in the extreme southeastern part of
Utah, on the San Juan River, and at
the edge of the Navajo reservation.
This region is the home of the prehis-
toric cliff jewellers and many miles
from a railroad. The country, except
'or a few spots, is made up of rough
Mountains, separated by steep, rocky
canyons. Many parts u it have not
,een expored by white men.
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explicit orders to the chef, orders
which did not in any way refer to
cooking. Then Jones and the reporter
left the house. each quite aware that
they were. being followed. Near the
Blank hotel they separated in order
to confuse the stalker. He might dod-
der and follow the wrong man. But
It was evident that this time he had
been directed to follow Jones; ios he
entered the hotel . minute after
Jones.
Meantime second spy. whom Jones
had not seen, had observed the trans.
fer Of the invisible writing and Ma
Immediately informed Braine, ~
was not far away. That hid polssne4
fruit had stricken down an oussi1ee
troubled him none at all. hut ut
mysterious message he meant to have:
Il might be = life ana death aRais. e
maoAt be q clue to the treasure. q
Tie Whereabouts Of Haryrsave..
Thus. while only one man followed
Jone9 several kept . far 80 q m.
Jones scribbled his nAms a ! h1nnk
card And had Il taken q the Risuianh
reo1. The Page eyed hat oasl On.
Oily. Il was diaerlat froa anyek1
- ~ eves ~ he66sN. Inapaak -
- VEN v15tt0 thr6o u 49, 49,
49, reBsna1e1 8 .SSu(e ~ 49, g 3
t<l - 0voek IS. 3 $3.50 S.
- z, - - = -
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VrOOn, and woman who calls her
self a countess and unfortunately is
one. All desire is some damaging
proof against them that they are out.
laws in this country. The rest will
be simple"
"They have all three taken out nat.
uralization papers,"
The Russian waved his hand airily.
Once they are in Russia those docu-
ments will never come to light. This
man Braine, 1t has been learned, has
long been in the pay of Prussia, and
has given the general STAFF of that
country many plans of our frontier
Notifications. do not know what any
one of the three looks like. That is
why sought Hargreave."
II will gladly point them out to
you," said Jones, rubbing his hands
together, a sign that he was greatly
pleased.
THAT will be very good of you, I'm
sure" in a rumbling but perfectly
Ineligible English.
and suddenly they all three will
disappear"
Suddenly; and you may believe me
that from that time on they'll be heard
of never more"
"All this sounds extremely agree
able to me. Mr. Hargreave will be
happy to hear that his long enforced
hiding will soon come to an end"
"All you have to do. sir, is to point
them out to me-"
1T may take week or ten days"
my government has waited for ten
years to gather in this delectable trio.
A month. II you like"
''The sooner the better shall call
this evening after dinner. We shall
begin with Mr.. Braine; and generally |
where he is is the woman. vroon
will be the most difficult."
after dinner. then, since you know
some Of his haunts. There Is re-
ward" h.
Jones laughed shortly. Keep It
yourself. sir. Mr.. Hargreave would
willingly double Whatever this reward
Is to eliminate these despicable crea-
lures from his affairs"
Thanks"
While this conversation was taking
place Norton idled about; and feeling
he cravings for q cigarette. prepared
% roll one, only to find that he hadn't
he "makings." So fate urged him to
'tep into the nearest ts6accoHist's.
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got to ut still. but III the end wo.l
get them. That she devil V. ''s
4 mo, my friend; that M devil. n,
woman 10 mad over him and woult
commit any crime at his bidding. But
this is his work We want him. HI
wasn't without courage to send thia
fruit. knowing that / would instantly
suspect the sender. Yet, Il have nc
definite proof, / could not hold him
in court In law. He will have bought
the fruit piece by piece. the basket IA
a basket shop. He will have injected
the poison himself when alone. Poor
Susan! That messenger was without
doubt some one over whom he holds
the threat Of the death chair. That's
the way he works.
Jim tramped the room while Jones
carried the fruit to the kitchen. The
butler returned after q while.
What about that blank sheet Of pa.
PERI"
1T has to be dipped into a solution;
after that you can read 1t by heating.
l have already dipped it into the solu-
ton. The moment the heat leaves the
sheet the writing disappears again.
The ink is waterproof. I'll show you"
Jones got candle from the mantle,
lit 1t, and held the sheet of paper very
close to the fame. Gradually, almost
imperceptibly, letters began to form on
the blank sheet. At length the, mes.
sage was complete. -,
Dear Hargreave-The Russian min.
lister of police is at the Blank hotel
under the name Of Henri Servan He
is Investigating the work of the Black
Hundred in this country and can free
you from their vengeance if you sup.
ply the evidence needed"
Now, what evidence can he want?"
asked Jim.
Such as will prove Braine an unde.
srable citizen"
"And then"
Quietly pack him of to Russia,
where he is badly wanted"
who sent this message?"
"One Of our mysterious friends. We
lave few, as you already know. But
IL go and make this man Servan a
'isit. have seen the real minister,
md If this man is the same one, some.
hing of Importance may turn up.
hall want you somewhere about.
lera. I'll let you have this letter. Re.
member, heat brings it out and cold
ir makes 1t vanish. Now I'll go up
or moment to see how that poor
irl is getting along. We are lucky
here's no gainsaying that"
You're clever man, JONES' said
i'm.
Jones turned upon him, his face
rave. The two men looked steadily s
ito each others eyes. Jones was 9
rst to turn aside his glance, ais he 7
I'D something to conceal and Jim had Il
othing. b
When the ambulance took the tor.
red Susan away, Jones addressed Il
lorenzo gravely
Il am going out and so is Mr.. Nor
n. Do not leave the house; not n
zen if you have telephone call from n
cor Norton. Both of us will return; IL
don't let anything bother or con- n
Sc you" c.
II promise" said Florence, strug- fe
ng with sob. Of
Jones went downstairs again, paused W
a window as If cogitating, and sud.
My threw it up and looked abroad. "
rustic among the lilacs caused a to
lile to fit across his face. So they pl
d sent some one to learn the effect
the poison? Or to follow him 81
ould he leave the house? He re- in
ed to the kitchen and gave some
III
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Perhaps you are right. But for
all that we have not played the game
with any degree of finesse."
BAH" Rraine lit cigarette and
smoked nervously. 81 can't even get
rid of that medding reporter. He has
been AS much to blame for our fail
ures rs either Jones or Hargreave.
| admit that in his case judged
hastily. 1 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 shant
get a chance in the witness stand"
And begin to think that that lit.
tie chit of girl has been hoodwink.
ing me all along. BY the way. did
you find out what that letter said?"
she asked after a pause
Letter. What letter."
She sprang from her chair DO you
mean to say that they have not told
Scu dOoul NIldt olSd great
Iy excited.
Explain" he said
Why. was at rha garden day be-
fore yesterday. and a man approached
and asked If was Miss Hargreave.
Becoming at once suspicious that
something very important was about
to happen, | sisniiied that | was Miss
Hargreave The man slipped a paper
into my hand and hurried off. ! took /
quick glance at it and was dunn
founded to find it utterly blank of |
writing. At first | thought some joke
hac been played on me, then l
CHANGED to remember the invisible ink
letters you always wrote me- Under !
standing that you were to visit the
cave in the morning, | had one man
at the garden take the note And
you never got it,"
Some one shall pay for this care
lessness. I'll call up Vroon and jack
son at once. Wait just moment"
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Vile and st. Augustine than from the
latter city southwark, but that the gar
ages in st. Augustine are filled with
cars whose owners have been discour-
aged by the garage people from at
tempting to make the journey further
south. They tried their best to dis
suade Mr.. Schoeberlein from driving
through but being acquainted with the
country he was not misled by their
advice. His only prccaution was the
use of chains, although he was well
prepared for any emergency
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a souvenir of her visit to the chapter
and all then repaired to the banquet
room where refreshments were served
and pleasant social time enjoyed UNI
til the midnight hour.
Mrs English departed this afternoon
to continue her tour of official visits
to o. E. S. chapters along the East
Coast, going from this city to Titus
vile.
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ROLLER SKATING CONTEST
AT BLUE LAKE PARK RINK

The roller skating contest. in which
Charles Come of this city and Walter
Anger of DeLand will hold a series OF
races for the championship of Volusia
county, will be opened with a race at
Blue Lake Park, DeLand, tomorrow
evening at 900 o'clock, and it is prob
able that there will be quite a number
who will go over by automobile tomor-
row evening to root" for Come. The
match is for the best two out of three
and the next race of the series will
be held at the Arcade skating rink in
this city.
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GARAGE PEOPLE
DISCOURAGE TRIP
E. r. ScHoEBERLEIN SAYS THE
GARAGES AT ST. AUGUSTINE
ARE FILLED WITH CARS DUE
TO FEAR OF ROAD.

f.. +. Schoeberlein, of Aurora, ILL.,,
who is spending the season at his win
ter home on South street, went to
Jacksonville by train Saturday and re-
turned Sunday, driving down from
that city in his touring car. a Packard.
Mr. Schoeberlein had no special diifi-
Guilty in making the trip and says the
road is really worse between Jackson
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Gu Thursday evening of this week
the Sans Souci club will be enter
tanned by Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Holmes
at their beautiful home on Halifax
avenue north. This is to be guest
night and each member is permitted
the pleasure of bringing a guest. The
entertainment is to be "A night in ia
PAN" Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes have trav-
eled extensively in the East and the
members of the club and their guests
anticipate. "a delightful evening.
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II. f. Pence. who came south VIII
his family and had been with them +-
his winter home on South Palme'.'
avenue. left Tuesday afternoon i''
Minneapolis. Mimi, on business '''f
of two weeks or more, after which ~
will rejoin his family in this city h-'
trip north is in connection with u
automobile show to be held in Mime
apolis.
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Munir VI saba visited his brother.
J. NJ. Saba. and family at their home
on Emmett street in Palmetto Park.
Tuesday. coming over from Orlando.
where he conducts a store. and Ieav.
Ing in the afternoon on business trip
10 Jacksonville.
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Mrs. Geo. Lee Atkins returned Mot
day from Miami where she lad h'"n
for 10 days with Mr.. Atkins, having
joined him in that city Mrs Nnla-
says the weather conditions al MuHl
are not better than here. there being
much rain, interspersed with "r'r
sional warm days.
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Thomas Hsskins announces class
lessons in latest modern dances Thurs.
day evening. January %. from 8 to
10 o'clock. at his studio. 274 South
Beach street lover Western union).
chilsren's class Saturday afternoon at
; o'clock. Phone 53blue for Informa.
Won. 1922
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Rev. William Stones came over from
Oviedo Tuesday afternoon and will be
here with his son. Fred stones. and
family. at their home on Bellevue ave
nue. until Friday when he will go to
Rodmsn.
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Mr.. and Mrs. William Ball ati
daughter. little Miss Louise l-ah"
Ball. of Jacksonville, are in Day'a'a
for few days, while Mrs bal, Is
engaged in demonstrating instant C.i.
fee. Mr.. Pail is a cousin OF MIS-
Joseph Realing of this city ana p"
and his wife at one time resided Ner"
and have many friends in Day'''l
and vicinity. II was while living lex"
that their daughter was born, between
nine and ten years ago.
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The road scraper was used TO ad.
vantage on Orange avenue Tuesday
for the removal OF the loose material
along the edges Of the roadway and
much good can he accomplished on
other streets in similar manner.