Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1915-02-19

made her heart jump, but the mildly
curious expression on her face did not
change.
She and the captain came into the
salon hurriedly. They went directly
to table upon which the cat was
sleeping. The feline dreams We're rude,
Y shattered however, for the mistress
pushed the animal to The floor Madame
pressed certain bits of inlay and Sc
cret drawer was revealed From this
drawer she took two old daeuerreo-
types.
"'rhe same" whispered the captain.
"'lhc very same oh, we are In luck,
captain. t. tnd this out in time That
mine is this pir Hudoras, and wen
have TO watch our cards"
Put her ont Of the way"
There's been a little too much Of
that Wen try all other methods
first But what luck"
"'reIephone' he said "shal | an.
sWrr it,"
Better LEI me She returned to
him after a moment. bruce he's slip
ped through as usual"
Clever chap"
and the gems are still on board
the boat"
In the meantime Baird had no great
difficulty IN hanging to the heels of
/ Itrp,.,'., ,,uJ Ia, IA a.
cab would seek II deserted spot, posi-
bly, near the water front, where there
is II good deal Of abandoned property.
While his eye followed the cab in front
his mind was elsewhere. A year ago
he had been II crook, not dangerous
one, TO be sure, but Internally clever
And here he was, striving honestly to
live dcccntly, all because e had fallen
In love with the girl tha should have
been his victim. Lots of kinks in this
old world lots of stnrtlihg twists and
windings. But Of what use to love
herr She loved another md n clean,
decent man too. lie VOL Tered il the
day would come when he could tell her
the truth, that for months he had play.
ed at being her uncle alu had boldly
attempted 10 do away with her
What n contemplate couudrel hc
had been and what II sin cular lack OF
perception he had had of this fact nm
til love awokc him! Come, now; he
must not fall To dreamiug His bust
ness was TO watch yonder cab Bruccs
cab began to leave n trail! through the
warehouse district and eventually came
to Il stop before a dsl ed factory
Baird dismissed his cab and waited to
see what the Smuggler 4 a. He, too
dismissed the cab, glanced swiftly over
his shoulder ana entered the factory
door evidently by mean of u key
Baird waited Il reasonable length of
time then made for the factory. lie
knew that he would find i door lock
ed but nevertheless he tried it, II,
wasn't ut all disturbed to find it lock
ed In ruined old buiomg like this
there were many rickcty windows
lie had no difficulty in getting inside
1t was not intended that he should
have any real difficulty in gaining en-
trance. Bruce, knowing the tricks Of
detectives, had been quite certain that
he would be followed from the boat
pier lie had merely led Baird into Il
trap. Bruce had gone In by one en-
m.
him two blocks away and he was
driven to another part Of the town in
fact, to Il scmoccupied apartment
house where there was tunnel which
led to the secret elevator in the house
OF Nine Du Val on the next street.
He received royal welcome from
Nine. Du Val and Captain Radcliffe
He had brought to port something like
S2o,o0o worth Of purest BraziianS.
"Oh, ! was followed" he boosted,
and | led the follower by his nose IL
the old trap, and by this time he Is
doubtless out Of the running But this
man Hunt is getting on my nerves
He knows, but he can't prove amy
thing. Now. what's your news"
They told him briefly
You have found the real herr he
cried
YES And we have just arrived ut
the conclusion of n conference. This
girl Xudora must he put away until
we've MIXED that mine Of Its last peb
bic. Her fathers partner old crook
that he is must be pushed off the
board completely. There's million in
that pocket yet, believe me. think
by quick action we can get what we
want within six months. Well keep
Xtldora under cover for that period Of
time. As we understand 1t, she's en-
gagged to lawyer named Storm We
can fake up IN accident to Storm and
draw the girl into the net
actions the word AMI there's no
better place to hide her until the coast
Is clear than in the ole Junk hut
That's where the boys viii he taking
Hunts undcrstudy 10y this inc
but the diamonds" interiected
Nine. Du Val
My dear lady. return ~ Liverpool
on the same boat | arrived on. You
with come and see me off And when
yon bid me a fearful f}rewell the
precious pebbles win be inside your
mulf In fact return IL the same