Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-03-31

Braane was cool. He walked IDLY
across the room to where iVroon sat.
Very well. Faroff;; we give You free
rein. To Vroon he said: some one
is watching us from the room over.
head. I thought that room belonged
to u.s. III ~ . F5$ Is s
1T does" said vroon stolidly.
Then how s. It that some one 10
watching from up there? No excite
ment. I'm going. to bid every one
goodnight, then I'm going to investi.
gate. When I leave you will quietly
send men to all exits to the building.
! want the man who ,sneezed, and I
want him badly . .@ 4, .s If
Olga departed with Braine. only she
immediately sought the taxi that
brought her and was driven home Il
was always understood that when any
serious exploit was under way hero.
abouts she was to make her DEPART
ure at once.
Vroont stationed his men at the sey.
eral exits and Braine went upstairs.
The man who had sneezed. however:
had vanished as completely as. II he
had worn that invisible cloak one
reads about in the Persian tales Az
matter of fact, after the second
tsneeze he had gone up to the roof,
got out by the trap, and jumped
rather risky business, too ito the next
roof and had clambered down the fire
escape Of the second building. He
was swearing tinaudibly. After all
these days of care and planning, after
all his cleverness In locating the iren-
devious of the Black Hundred, land
now to lose his advantage because
lof an uncontrollab BILE sneeze!9H He would
never dare go back, and just when he
was beginning to pick up fine bits of
information! So Florence ,Hargreave
was going to have q new father In q
day or SO? There were some clever
rogues among this band Of theirs; but
their cleverness was well offset by an
equal number Of fools.
Yes, there were some clever rognes,
and to prove this assertion Braine
secured a taxicab and drove furiopsly
away, his destination the home of his
ancient enemy. He dropped the cab
q block or two away and presently
slowed himself away in the summer
house at the left of the lawn 1t would
have been capital idea--that is, If
the other man had not thought Of and
anticipated this very thing. So he
used a public pay station telephone;
and Braine waited in vain, waited
till the lights in the Hargreave house
went out one by one and it became
wrapped in darkness within and moon
shine without
Braine was a philosopher. He re-
turned to his waiting taxicab drove
home, paid the bill, smiling grimly,
and went to bed. It was going to- be
q wonderful game Of blind mans bnff.
and it was going to be sport to watch.
this fool Paroff blunder into a pit.
The next afternoon Florence and
Norton sat in the summer house talk
ing of the future. Lovers are prone
to talk Of that. AS II anything else
in the world ever equals the present!
They talked of nice little apartments
and vacations in the summer and how
much they would save out OF his
salary, and a thousand and one other
things which would not interest YOU
at all il recounted them In detail.
But hey did love each other, and they
were going to be married; you may Ibe
certain of that They did not care
q snap Of the finger what Jones
thought. They were going to be mar
ried, and that was all there was tolit.
OF course, Florence couldn't touch I
penny Of her fathers money. II he.
Norton, couldn't take care Of her with
out help, why, he wouldn't be worth
the powder to blow him up with.
"But, my dear, you must be very
careful" he said. Jones and / will
always be about somewhere. II they
really get hold of you once. God alone.
knows what will happen. It IL not
you. it Is your poor father they want
to bring out into the open II they.
knew where he was they would not
bother you in the least"
Have l really a father? Sometimes
/ doubt. Why couldn't he steal into
the house and see me, just once?" .
Perhaps he dares not. This house
b always watched, night and day,
:hough you'll look in vain to discover
any one. Your father knows best what
be Is doing, my dear girl You sse.,
I met him years ago In China; and.
when he started out to do certain
thing he generally did II. He never
botched any OF his plans So We Ill
must wait. Only I'm going to marry
you all the same. whether he likes 1t.
or not. The rogues will try to impose
upon you again; but do not pay any
attention to notes or personals Id tho
papers. And It was a lucky thing that
/ was on the freighter that picked ysu
up at sea. shall always wonder how
that yacht took fire" ss5s
ssey. ~ A1O + 5-~.1s.ols