Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1915-02-19
CHAPTER Xxx.
Inc Tries Another Weapon.

what ! want now" said Braine,
as he paced the living room Of the
apartment OF the countess. "is re-
venge. I've been checkmated enough.
Olga; they're playing with u.s.
That is nothing new" she replied,
Struggling. "At the beginning |
warned you never liked this affair
after the first two or three failures.
But you would have your way. You
wanted revenge at that early date:
but cannot see that you've gone for
ward. Has II ever occurred to you
that the organization may be getting
tired. too? They depend solely upon
your Invention, and each time your
invention has resulted In touching
nothing but Zero
"Thanksl"
20. I'm not chiding you. I've failed,
too"
"Are you turning against met" he
demanded bitterly.
do my actions point that way?"
she countered. mo. But the more
view what has passed. the more dis
heartened grow. II has been q series
OF blind alleys, and all we have sue
ceeded IN doing Is knocking our heads.
can see now that all our failures
are due to one mistake"
'And what the devil is thaty" ne
asked. irritably.
we we're In too much OF hurry
at the beginning Hargreave prepared
himself for quick action on your part"
"And II had not acted quickly he
would have started successfully on one
OF his world tours again, and that
would have been the last Of him. and
we should never have learned OF the
girls existence. SO there's your argu-
ment"
Perhaps you are right. But for
all that we have not played the game
with any degree Of flnesse." ,
"Bahi" Bralne 1T cigarette ana
smoked nervously Il can't even get
rid OF that meddling reporter He has
been as much to blame for our fail
ures as either Jones or Hargreave.
admit that In his case Judged
hastily. believed him to be Just an
ordinary newspaper man. and he was
clever enough to hull my suspicious.
But I'm going to get him, Olga, even
II I have to resort to ordinary gun
man tricks. II there's any final reck-
oning. by the Lord Harry. he shan't
set chance In the witness stand"
And begin TO think that that lit
tie chit OF a girl has been hoodwink-
ing me all along. BY the way. did
you find out what that letter saidy'
she asked after pause.
letter. What letter."
She sprang from her chair do you
mean to say that they have not told
you about thatf" Olga became great
Iy excited.
Explain" he said
why. Twas at the garden day be
fore yesterday. and man approached
and asked II I was Miss Hargreave
Becoming at once suspicious thai
something very important was about
to happen. signiled that was Miss
Hargreave. The man slipped a paper
into my hand and hurried off, tool
quick glance at It and was dunn
founded to find Il utterly blank o.
writing. At FIRST thought some joke
had been played on me. then
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