The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-01-08

reads about in the Persian. tales. AS
matter of fact, after the second
sneeze he had gone up to the roof,
got out by the trap, and jumped
rather risky business, toto the next
roof and had clambered down the fire
escape of the second building. He
was swearing inaudibly. After all
these days of care and planning, after
all his cleverness in locating the rem
devious of the Black Hundred, and
now to lose his advantage because
of an uncomfortable sneeze! 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 a
day or so? There were some clever
rogues among this band of theirs; but
their cleverness was we'll Offset by an
equal number of fools.
Yes, there were some clever rogues,
and to prove this assertion Braine
secured a taxicab and drove furiously
away, his destination the home Of his
ancient enemy He dropped the cab
a block or. two away and presently
slowed himself away in the summer
house at the left of the lawn. 1t would
| have been a capital idea-that is, if
the other man had not thought of and
anticipated this very thing. So he
used public pay station telephone;
and Braine waited in vain, waited
till the lights in the 1fargreave 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
a wonderful game O; blind mans buff,
and it was going to be sport to watch
this fool Paroff blqrder into pit
| The next afternoon Florence and
| Norton sat in the summer house talk
ing of the future. Lovers are prone
| to talk of that. rs if anything else
in the world ever equals the present.!
| They talked Of ni,e little apartments
| and vacations in the summer and how
much they wopll save out of his
salary, and a tlio1sand and one other
things which Would not interest you
at all if l recbunted them in detail.
But they did loF e each other, and they
were going to be married; you may be
| certain of thf. They did not care
snap of the finger what Jones
thought. They we're going to be mar
ried, and that vas all there was to it.
Of coW q. Fblence couldn't touch a
penny ed nther's money. II he,
NortoY lhJ take care Of her with
out h @B, he wouldn't be worth
the I'd .er b blow him up with.
But, myldaar, you must be very
careful" he said. Jones and I will
always be bout somewhere. If they
really get BID of you once, God alone
knows whit will happen. 1t is not
you, it is bur poor father they want
to bring {lt into the open. If they
knew whfe he was they would not
bother yO in the least"
Have really father! sometimes
! doub6. why couldn't he steal into
the houseand see me, just once?"
"Perhds ne dares not. This house
is alwat watched, night and day
though null look in vain to discover
any one Your father knows best what
he is d. ing, my dear girl You see,
I met Tim years ago in China; and
when hi started out to do a certain
thing III generally did it. He never
botched any Of his plans So we all
must wait Only I'm going to marry
you ali the same, whether he likes it
or not The rogues will try to impose
upon Jou again; but do not pay any
attent bn to notes or personals in the
paper4 And it was lucky thing that
was On the freighter that picked you
I'd atke. shall always wonder how