Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1915-04-07

and dope are to other men, danger
and excitement are to me. 1t is not
written that shall die in bed. have
told you that already There is no
other woman now. And I do love you
after a fashion, as man loves COM
rade. Wait till this dancing bout is
over and l may talk otherwise. And
now | 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 drop of
blood in my veins, a breath in my
body, I'll stick to this fight if only
to prove that I'm not a 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
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
evinced no little bewilderment at the
appearance of these men,
What is it you WISH sir?''
! ; II am from the secret service and
I have it from a pretty good source
that there is counterfeit money hidden
in this house. More than that, I can
put my hand on the very place it is
hidden" d..
THAT is impossible, sir" declared
Jones Indignantly.
I'm an old hand, Mr.. Jones. It
will not do you bit Of good to put
on that bold front" d
Beggs smiled How was he to know
that this was 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
"a certain shelf, extracted three vol
umes, and there lay the money In
three neat packages.
/ Good heavens!" gasped JoneA
shall nave to request you ana the
family to accompany me to the sta
ton"
But it is all utterly impossible,
sir! l know nothing of that money,
nor how it got there. It's plot I
declare on my oath, sir, that I am
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. It would be
just as we'll not to say anything more.
sir" H.. /. ..-'l =.
Very we'll; but some one shall
smart for this outrage"
THAT remains to be SEEM" was the
terse comment of the secret service
man.
He led his prisoners away directly.
Norton and his men had to wait far
into the night. The Black Hundred
did 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 regis.
tered every word. The printing plant,
which had so long defed 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 the
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 blundered
about in the dark. BY luck Norton
So. = \ l. - Fs !