The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-02

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a An sorry % dlgappolut you.n hf
~. rbut shall neither lelB You nor
a. 10 by.bg."
Qtfch a. q bIrd shadow above grad.
he fang the brandy ovef bis ehoaldtr
into the face Of The man behind. sam
sou yelled with pain. Almost At ne
same instant Norton pushed over she
table. upsettins nfalne with Il. Next
te dashed through the curtains.
slammed the dctt and fed 10 the
sifeel, very shalty ahoutrfha knrc, II
the truth is to be told.
General Honeeraon'a views upon the
lnte3t balkan mnddlo we're missing
from the Blaze the following morn
ing. Norton. Instead Of returning 70
The generals aud fulfilling his assign
ment Ike = ditimI reporter. hurried
OUT 10 RiverSlde 70 acQualnt Jones
with what had happened. Joncs was
glad 70 Q him safe aud sound.
That new reporter started the
Eamc.~ ho said. 4 overhead = word
or two while he was taiAing In the
booth. An your telephone booths are
~rhmshaeklo affairs, you use them 30
constantly. I tried to find you. but
5ou were o. OF sight. Now. tell me
what happened"
"shi" warned Norton az he spied
Florence coming down the stairs.
4 thought you couldn't comet" she
cried. But ten o'clock"
= che; ed my mind" hi replied.
laughing,
He caught her arm IN his and drew
her toward the library. Jones smiled
after them with that enigmatical smile
Of HIS. which might have slenined
ireny or affection. After half An
hours chat, Florence. quite aware
that tie two men wished to talk. 70
tired.
A. the door Norton told Jones what
had taken place at 80 Elm street.
"Ahl We must not forge. that mum
Der" unused Jones my advice Is.
keep an BYE on this 0reEE chap. We
may get somewhere by watching him"
DO you know where h~iargreave isg"
Jones scratched his chin r~cfectvaly.
Nofton iEuEueI. 4 can bet Any
thing out OF yoa."
Much less Any ono else. I'm grow
ins fond Of you. my boy. You're a
man.
Thanks; and goodnight"
When Olga Perigof called the next
day JONES Invested himself OF his liv-
cry, donned a plain coat and hat. and
left the house s~tealthily. Today he
was determined to learn something
definite In regard 10 this suave. hand
some Russian When she left the
house Jones rose from his hiding place
and proceeded TO follow her. The re-
suit Of this espionage on the part OF
Jones win be seen presently.
Meantime Sim went down TO the
office and lied cheerfuily about his
missing the general. Whether the
city editor believe him OF not Is OF
no matter. Jim went over to his desk.
From the corner OF his eye he could
see Gregg scribbllng away. lie eve
raised his head as Jim sat down to
read his mail. After awhile Gregg
rose and left the Office; and. OF course,
Jlm1eft shortly aftorward. When the
newcomer saw that he was being fol.
lowed, he smiled and continued on his
way. This Norton chap was suspi'
clous. All the better; his suspicious
should be made the hook to land him
with. BY and by the man turned into
a drug store and Jim loiterod about
TIL he ~reappeared. Gregg walked
with brisket steps now Il was his In.
tention to lead Norton on a Wild goose
chase for an hour or so. long enough
to give Braine time 10 arrange a wei
come At another house.
Norton kept perhaps half a block In
the rear OF hiB man all the while. But
for this caution ne would have wit
messed a little padtouime that would
have put him wholly upon his guard,
Turning q corner, Gregg all but
bumped into the countess. He was
quick enough TO place a finger on his
lips and motion his head toward q
taxicab. Olga hadn't the least ldea
who was coming around the corner,
but she hailed the cab and was on n
II before Jim swung around the cor
ner.
Jones, who had followed the count
ess for something owe an hour anC
a half, Rugged a doorway. What now
he wondered. The countess knew th'
man. That vas evidence enough fol
the astute butler But what mean
the pantomimS and the subsequen'
hurry? He soon learned. The maj
Gregg went his way, and then jim
turned the corner. Jones cast a wist
full glance az the vanishing cab Of TN
Russian, and decided 10 shadow th'
shadower-ln other words, follow IN
reporter. to see that nothing serlouI
befell him.
The lurer finally paused az a 5ooi
opened II with q key. and swung
behind him. very careful, however. no
10 spring the latch. Naturally jim
was nightly pleased when he founI
the door could be opened. Whel
Jones. not far behind. saw him opel
the door, he started to call out a warn
ing. but thought the better OF u.
Norton was walking Into a trap Il wa
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