The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1915-05-01
CHAPTER XXX.

4 4 W II .
II BraIne Tries Another Weapon.
~What I want now" said Braine.
~ he paced the living room of the
apartment OF the countess, lis re-
venge. I've been checkmated enough.
Olga; they're playing with u.s."
THAT IL nothing new" she replied,
shrugging. .At the beginning I
warned you. I 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 It 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" -,
"Thanks!"
20. I'm not Gliding 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. 1t has been 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 thatf" he
asked. irritably.
I'VE were In too much OF a hurry
at the beginning. Hargreave prepared
himself for quick action on your part"
"And II I 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.r
Perhaps you are right. But for
all that we have not played the game
with any degree Of inesse."
''Bah!" Braine lit cigarette and
smoked nervously. Il can't even get
rid of that meddling reporter. He has
been as much to blame for our fall
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 lull 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
get chance In the witness stand
And I 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 pause.
Letter, What letter."
She sprang from her chair. do you
mean to say that they have not told
you about THAR" Olga became great
ly excited.
Explain" he said.
"Why. I was at the garden day be.
fore yesterday, and a man approached
and asked II I was Miss Hargreave.
Becoming at once suspicious that
something very Important was about
to happen, signified that was Miss
Hargreave. The man slipped q paper
into my hand and hurried of. took
a quick glance at 1t and was dunn
founded to find 1t utterly blank Of
writing. At first>I thought some Joke
had been played on me. then
CHANGED to remember the invisible ink
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 I'll"
Some one shall pay for this care.
lessness. I'll call up vroop 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 Braine put the receiver back
ON the hook his face was not pleas
ant to see.
THAT grit"
what nowr
1T seems she had been out horse
back riding that morning. She had
seen one Of the boys Cross the 1eld
and suddenly disappear; and she was
curious TO learn what had become Of
him. With her usual luck she STUN
bled ON the method OF opening the
door Of the cave and went In. She
must have been nosing about She
didn't have much time. though, q the
boys came up to await me. Evidently
she crawled into that old chest and In
some inexplicable manner pufloined
the lettsr frem Jackson's pocket. They
left to reconnoiter: and Il was then
that Jackson discovered his loss.
When Florencs heard them returning
she jumped into The well. And lived
through that tunnsli The devil 4 IN
~or out Of Il. sinos We consider him
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