The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1915-01-06
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Jim said nothi atrst about Ds
adventure to jos whom he met
half an hour late
WAS it necesry okeep that in
visible letter." fasked.
NO" said jon
Would it h~aygsssnEour affairs a
Sssrious turn if its fallen into alien
han6s2"
aDecidedly,p a,sgered Jones. 1T
would mean f~ighIBr4he Black Hun
dred OF a long tEne under cover, if
our friend Brainelearnea 'nat russia
was now taking AsctiIe interest," IN
the doings of the slsck Hundred.hAnd
eventually all OF would have
to be done over AN
"Ah!"
"Yon look a b. mussed up. Any
thing happenedgSksdethe keeneyed
butler.
Nothing muchs y mSoe cigarette
out Of the letter % pokeu IT,.
Jones chucklei Issee nat you
have had an adYAeureiof some sort;
but it can wait
ct can"
because I wAt3elsto PACK on TO
Washington"
Washington
Eyes 1 wae NJ to interview
thosa officials WdSn6 most familiar.
w,th a.. aytraaa tjtS sws.",
a new kinkM
what 1 wishfs3seIn is this: Can
a t-uan, formerly Eggafable, take out
Naturalization nfpaf2hd hold to the
~nrotection OF ~ V1ted States gov
ernmentY Thaf8s1 Jay, a poisoner,
menaeed by Sf&f scomes an Am
erican citizen. ffHfS$iB abducted and
carried hack To auk Could he look
to this goyeriS br protection?
That Ia what I Ssit5 bu to find out"
4qThat viii bse When shall I
start2" !
A soon af3SS5$an pach your
grip s5N
.aThat,s alwa5 BID" replied the
reporter. nYdk I'm eternally
shunted hithei tld5& at a moments
notice, SO, I alvh an extra, grip
packed for qulSyd."
"The Russia sl wants Braine,
yroon, and ~tha20HfsBs; and tonight
Fmgoing to t3tfSy9nt them out to
him. It wouISH me than
anything / eliminate this
precious THO hHlzan fashion, It's
thorough; am JS66a accomplished,
good-day to thiHS@ Hundred in Am
erica. The eSH1lsNion in Russia
has still SOM bsSal significance,
but ION this 81 The water It is
! merely an ~aSfeSSipn of merciless
thugs"
! 'Tal take u 6train out. But
you win tell lpt{
Surely"
.And take by four own heels.
\ You were wahs6sfl the hotel"
7 know itIbut&s watcher could
learn nothing:H tSxSeryan as a name
win suggest sfhS to the fool who
(onowed me.Be!a&s, we both knew
that he was peek through
the keyhole. TlA8 Sctel, you know,
tim retains hs Fashioned key
les. M
60 keep \ sn8tlS In good humor.
ppose." lEhsaJfn "Well, ] must
IN my wstohSEe that flyer"
The two sokiAaad and Jim hur-
ried of. Thbudwatched him till
he disappear ddx1 the subway.
Hes a % iaas he murmured,
"and a bravsa and money is only
an incident 1ulS affairs after all.
I'll be q godng$and let the two
be happy. sila ~th55love each other
and have pr in a thousand
ways" % Re,
Meanwhile Han agent settled
down before nag portfolio; and
once or twice Srote he thought
he heard a inside the door.
No doubt thi of Hargreave's
had been wa ia followed. BY
and by he ros his revolver. and
tiptoed to the Efbliquely so that
the watcher 9 light not become
aware Of bis kch. Swiftly he
.. a"gM="e. 7 e.
swung back {and the member
of the Black stumbled into
the room. a stantly the Rus
sian caught the collar and
held him up.
E"What weri bing outside my
door,"
The man q knswer. He was
trying to coll thoughts.
"a spy OF Ft, eh?"
I'm a det a said the mai
finally, thinH his way clear.
sknd what expect to learn
pking tn keyhole of my
SauktF Show me your
h in his upper
CIT hope that the
sZfer would waver.
- thief" declared
Has such l shall
dI#yer. to the hotel
leb tell me exactly
dg{bd the deep sea.