The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1915-02-05

Perhaps you are right. But for
all that we have not played the game
with any degree Of hnesse."
BAH" Braine lit a cigarette and
smoked n~ervously. ~ can't even get
rid of that meddling reporter. He has
been as much, to. blame for our fail.
ures Is either Jones or Hargreave.
I admit that in his case I judged
hastily. 1 believed him to be just an
ordinary newspaper man, and he wal
clever enough to lull my suspicious.
But I'm going to get him, Olga, even
If I have to resort to ordinary gun.
man tricks. II. there's any final reck.
oning, by the Lord Harry, he shan't
get a chance in the witness stand"
And l 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. said?"
she asked after a paVse.
Letter. What letter."
She sprang from her chair. do you
mean to say that they have not told
you about that" Olga became great,
~ excited. S@ t u }
Explain" he said.
why, ] was at the garden day be.
fore yesterday. and . ~ approached
and asked II l was MISS nargres,v
Becoming 1t once suspicious that
something very important vas about
to happen. l signined that l was Miss
Hargreave. The man slipped 1 paper
into my hand and hurried OH. l took
e. quick glance At II and was dunn,
founded To- ind II utterly blank, Of
writing. 1t hrst I thought some Joke
had been playedi on me, then !
CHANGED to remember the invisible inv
letters you always wrote me. Under.
standing that you were to visit the
cave In the morning. I had one man
at the garden take the note. And
you never GOT it!",. ..
Some one shall pay for this care
~lessness. I'll call up Vroon and Jack.
son at once. Wait Just . moment"
He went to the telephone. A low
muttering conversation took place.
Olga could hear little or none Of it.
When Rraine pat the receiver back
on the hook his face was not pleas
ant to 9
THAT grill"
what now?"
1T seems she had been out horse
back riding that morning. She had
seen one Of the boys cross the field
and suddenly disappear; and she was
curious to learn what had become Of
him. With ner usual luck she stun.
bled on the method Of opening the
door Of the cave and went In. She
must have been notjng about. She
didn't have much time, though, as the
boys came up to await me. Evidently
she crawled into that old chest and In
some inexplicable manner purloined
the letter from Jackson's pocket. They
left to r~econnoiter; and it wal then
that jackson discovered his loss.
When Florence heard them returning
she jumped into the well. And lived
through that tunnel! The devil is in
it,"
"Or out Of it. since we consider hin
our friend"
And l had her in my hands. note
and ALL"
But with all that water there will
not be any writing left on the letter"
Invisible ink is generally indelible
and impervious to the action Of wat
or; at least the kind l use 10. I'd
give q thousand for = sight Of that
letter."
"And II might be worth . million"
Olga suggested. "a rars. 81, s~.s r
mot the least doubt Of 1t In my
mind. Olga, old girl. 1t does look 10 II
my star was growing dim. Wen never
get our hands on that million, I fee
It In my bones. SO let's settle down
to . campaign Of revenge. without any
furbelows. 4 want to twist Har
greave's heart before the game winds
up"
you wish really to injure herr"
II do not wish to injure her. Fal
from It," he replied. smiling evilly.
you want her ... dead?"
whispered Olga, paling.
Exactly. l want her dead. Ant
30 II all my efforts here come to moth
ing, so shall Hargreave's. His mil
lions will become waste paper to him
That's revenge. The Persian peact
method"
Poison? You shall not! You shall
not kill her!" vehemently.
Tender hearted?"
mo. II l must in the end go tt
prison, 30 be it; but l refuse to die IL
the chair"
very well, then. We shan't kill
her, but we'll make her wish she wa
dead. l was only trying to see how
far you would go. The basket o.
peaches is in the hallway. Every
peach is poisoned. No man in thu
country knows more about subtle poi
sons than l do. Have l not written
books on the subject?" ironically.
"And they will trace it back to you
$1,000 N1