Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-02-17
Copyright. 1914, By Harold MacGrath)

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this mar Jones was playing it like
maste. 1t did not matter that some
one SO laid down the rules; it was
the way ~ which they were inter-
preted.
Braine heard Of the failure. The
Black Hundred was finding its stock
TAR below par value. Four valuable
men locked up in the Tombs await.
ing trial, to sa. nothing of the seven
gunner gathered in t the ole ware
mouse. Braine began to suspect that
MS failures were less due t. chance
than to calculation, that 1T last he
had encountered mind which anti.
cipated his every move. He would
have recognized this fact earlier had
it not been that revenge had Temporal
lily blinded him. TIL spirit of revenge
ever makes for mental olarit :.
There was a meeting that night of
the Black Hundred. Four men were
told off, and they drew their chairs up
to Vroon's table for instructions.
Braine sat at Vroons elbow. These
four men composed the most danger
Gus quartet in New York city They
were as daring as they were desper-
ate. They were the men who held up
bank messengers and got away with
thousands. They had learned to swoop
down upon their victims as the hawk
sWoops down upon the heron. The
newspapers referred to them as the
auto bandits" and the men took a
deal ct pride in the furore they had
created
Vroon went over the Hargreave
case infinitely; he left no detail un-
explained Bluntly and frankly, the
daughter Of Stanley Hargreave must
be caught and turned over to the care
Of the Black Hundred. It must be
quick action. Four valuable members
were in the Tombs. They might or
might not weaken under pressure. For
the first time in its American career
the organization stood facing actual
peril; and it's one possible chance of
salvation lay in the fact that no ones
face was known to his neighbor. He,
Vroon, and the boss alone knew who
Ind what each man was. But the
plans, the ramifcations of the organ.
Ization might become public property:
and that would mean an end to an
exceedingly profitable business.
The daughter of Hargreave rode
horseback early every morning. She
sought the country road She was in
variably attended by the riding mas
ter OF school near by.
You four will make your own
plans
1T she should be injured?'' "A
Avoid it if possible
I'VE have a free hand?"
Absolutely
I'VE risk bad fall from her horse
Il it's spirited one"
Pretend a breakdown in the road"
lnterpolated Braine.t "As they ap-
approach, draw and order them to dis
mount. That method will prevent any
accident
Well plan it somehow. 1t looks
easy
Nothing is easy where that girl
10 concerned. A thousand eyes seem
% be watching her slightest move.''
I'VE shan't leave anything to
chance. How many days will you
give us?''
Seven. A failure, mind you, will
prove unhealthy to all concerned"
with a menace which made the four
stir uneasily
E uo~o D,o:~a
for the receiver.
"A man just entered the Hargreave
mouse at the rear. Come at once"
was the message.
rs your car outsider Bralne asked.
I'VE are never without it.
Then let us be Off No one will 4
stop US for speeding on side street
Fourteen minutes by the clock
brought the car to stand at the curb
a few houses below the Hargreave
home. The men got out. The watch
er ran up.
He is still inside he whispered.
Good! Spread out. If anyone
leaves that house, catch him. If he
runs too fast, shoot. We can beat
the police.
The man obeyed, and the watcher
ran back to his post He was des-
perately hoping the affair would ter
inmate tonight. He was growing
weary Of this eternal vigilance; and It
was only his fear of the man known
as the boss that kept him at his post.
He wanted a night to carouse in. to
be with the boys.
The man for whom they were lying
In wait was seen presently to creep
cautiously round the side of the house.
He Rugged corner and paused. They
could see the dim outline of his body.
The light in the street back Of the
grounds almost made silhouette Of
him. BY and BY, as If assured that
the coast was clear, he stole down to
the street.
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