The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-04-24

tain: and 20 long - che could fool
the pretty infant the suspicious Of the
reporter were nsgligible guam.
tity. She greeted item eifusively and
offered Thorn chairs. For half an hour
They sat there, chatting inanities. all
the while each mind busy with deeper
concerns.
When the man in search Of Flor
ence eventually arrived and asked the
manager of the garden II he knew
Miss Harsreave by sight the manager
pointed toward the box. The man
wound his way In and out OF the idlers
and by the time he reached the box
Jim and Florence had made their de-
parture. The man bowed. approached.
and asked II she was Miss Hargreave.
For Z moment the countess suspected
. trap. Then It appealed to her mind
that II there was no trap It might be
wen to pose AZ Florence. II only TO-
learn what, the outcome might be.
Eyes. What 10 wanted?" she asked.
The man took letter from his
pocket and handed It to Olga. saying.
Give this to your father. He knows
how to read It."
Before she could reply the man had
turned and. was hurrying away.
Olga opened the note. her heart
beating furiously. II was utterly
blank. At FIRST she thought It was .
hoax. Then she happened to remem-
Der that there was such thing a. In
visible ink. At lastl Hargreave was
alive; this letter settled all doubt In
her mind On this question. Alive!
And not only that, but the girl and
Jones were evidently in communica-
ton with him. She summoned Q
waiter. made 4 secret sign,. and he
bowed and approached. She slipped
the letter into his hand and whis-
pered: SHOW that at the cave to-
morrow. II IL in invisible ink and
meant for Hargreave."
Hes alive?"
Positively"
Very we'll" The waiter bowed and
strolled away nonchalantly.
Braine was In Boston over night.
taken the mysterious note at once to
him. She remained for perhaps Q
quarter OF an hour longer and then left
the garden. She would have taken the
letter to her own apartment but for
the fact that the chemicals needed
were hidden In the cave.
Now It happened that Florence went
out for her early ride the next morn
ing, and crossing Q field she saw .
man with q bundle under his arm.
The sun struck his profile and limned
It plainly. and Florence uttered low
cry. The man had not observed her.
SO, very quietly. she slipped from the
horse, tethered Il to tree. and started
after the man to learn what he was
doing 20 far from the city. She would
never forget that face. She had seen
II that dreadful night when the note
hld Iured her into the hands Of her
enemies. The face belonged to the
man who had impersonated her father.
Il occurred to her that she might
Just a. we'll do little detective work
on her own hook. She had passed
through 20 many terrifying episodes
that abe was beginning to crave for
the excitement, strange ~ this may
seem. Like gambler who has once
played for high stakes. she no longer
found pleasure In thimbles and needles
and pins. She followed the man with
no little skin and It length saw him
approach . knoll. stoop, apparently
press . spring. and . hole suddenly
yawned. The man vanished quickly.
and the spot took on again its yir-
ginal appearance. A cave. Florence
had the patience to wait. BY and BY
the man appeared again and skunk
away. s9.
When she was sure that no was be-
yond range, she came out from the
place Of concealment. crept up the
knoll, and searched about for the magic
handle Of this strange door. Diligence
rewarded her. and she soon found
herself In large. musty, earth-smell-
| ing :aFs. Loot was scattered about,
and there we're scSAs and chairs and
6 large chest Men evidently met
here. possibly after some desperate
adventure against society. She found
nothing to REWARD her hardihood. and
- she vas IN the act Of moving to-
ward the caves door she beheld with
terror that II was moving!
She wNs near the chest at that mo-
msnt The cave Vas not . deep one.
| There wns no tunnel only . wall.
Rssolutsly she raised the lid Of the
chest, stepped inside. and drew the
| lid down. She was just IN time. The
door opened and three men entered.
| talking volubly. They felt perfectly
secure IA talking ~ loudly - they
pleased. To Florence Il seemed al
most impossible that thai did not
hear the thunder OF her heartf Strain
her ears a. she might. she could gath
| O. but little Of what they said. except:
III Hargreave had this paper We
might Al b. put on the defensive. To
an outsider It Il . blank paper But
| the boss win b able to read It. J"
The speaker moved away from the
vicinity oe the chest and she heard
vsry dsftly y7orsncs raised the I'D
5o1t enough 10 3ssp out Tho man
Whos ha1 beeo talking was putting the
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