The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1915-03-24


got to trust to luck But I'll tell you
this much, Baird; I'm In this Sfair to
the hilt I'm going to. win, blind. ]
feel It in my bones that if can get
the right stuff can break up the big
gest smuggling gang in the country.
They are all clever, wei educated.
They can walk in muck without bring
ing any of it away. And when we do
throw the net, there mustn't be hole
large enough for perch spawn to
swim through"
There was one thing the conspira-
tors did regularly, and that was to
search once a week the South African
sailing lists. Sometimes Radcliffe per
formed this service, sometimes Bruce,
sometimes Nine Du Val herself. So,
one day, when Bruce was making the
rounds, he came across the two names
He jumped into a taxi and spun
away to the Du Val villa to acquaint
the mistress with the news.
Hunt and Baird are of to South
America on Saturday" he announced.
This means new stunts for US.
They're having good deal of luck, II
you want my opinion; and with no
one to stop them they may stumble
upon something worth while. What
shall we dol"
THE captain will be here shortly"
said Madam. Wen talk it over when
he comes. If we move at all it must
be at the same time as they move"
And Radcliffe, when he arrived, read
lily agreed with this. He had no desire
to leave the comforts of New York,
and he growled not little; but he
realized that he had no choice.
with Hunt and Baird out of the
way I might be able to induce Zudora
to take vacation" suggested Madam
"She has beaten me a dozen times
and it rankles."
suit yourself about that. What's
the matter with sending her to visit
Beggar Mary at Craig island? There's
no need now of putting her out of the
way for good"
"But we could make good terms with
the enemy If we had Zudora where We
wanted her."
well, that's in your hands. Come
on, Bruce; we may find it difficult t.
get decent booking"
ION South African tub? Leave
that to me. But we must agree upoI
some corking good makeup, If we ar
to escape the old hawk eyes Of Hunt.
On the day of departure Hunt salt
to Baird that it would be wise to max
no acquaintances in the smokeroom
They both played chess, and the
could very we'll while away the time a
this pursuit, without any outside al
sistance. With equal cunning Rae
cliffe impressed Bruce with the fac
that they had better dine in their stat
rooms and keep off the promenad
, deck as much as possible. They bot
might escape a casual glance froi
,, Hunt: but there was small need
counting discovery by hanging aroun
= in the vicinity of the old thief-taker.
The voyage was uneventful. s.
weeks later Hunt and Baird arrive
at the Zudora mine and set about IL
task of locating the second mine. Oh
end of the survey they could locate
! but whether it ran north, east or we
remained for them to find out. The
3 employed the services Of an expe
miner to spot blue clay"
81 guess you chaps ara up again
It." he admitted after the first wee
From your map the claim might
ten or twenty miles north or east
d west. What you have shown me
Q merely your mans starting point. Y
. 90 somewhere from here. But where
4 'Tts a wild goose chase. all RICH
,. replied Hunt. "But we had to hnd G
s for ourselves. And by the way, Ban
l. have you noticed the man on crutch
IL and the chap with the big beard we
:, been running into lately
:, Eyes. I've been watching them, q
We what is more. they've been watchl
e. u.s."
c. Same idea here. Well. let
nd watch. Much good it will do thel
40 They'll probably carry away SO
of gems. There is no Injunction 10 n
nd the rogues in the leash. Hunt,
,ss sentimental about this DEAL" contln
is Baird gravely. 81 want that girl
rs come into her own. There was
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