The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1915-05-27
CHAPTER Xxx.
eralne Tries Another Weapon.

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apartment of the countess, lis re-
venge. I've been checkmated enough.
Olga; they're playing with us"
That Is nothing new" she replied,
struggling. AT the beginning
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 ii 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. Pm not Gliding you. I've failed,
too"
Are you turning against me?1 ne
demanded bitterly.
do my actions point that way?'
she countered. mo. But the more |
view what has passed, the more dis
hea-tened I grow. It has beer a 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 that?" 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 IL | had not acted quickly ne
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."
Perhaps you are right. But for
all that we have not played the game
with any degree OF finesse."
BAH" Braine lit a cigarette and
smoked nervously. II can't even get
I'D OF that meddling reporter. He has
been as much to blame for our fail
ures % either Jones or Hargreave.
\ admit that In his case | judged
hastily. I 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 have to resort to ordinary gun
mar tricks. II there's any final reck-
pning, by the Lord Harry, he shan't
get a chance in the witness stand"
And 1 begin TO think-tiat 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 that!" Olga became great
fy excited.
Explain" he said.
why / was at the garden day be.
Tore yesterday, and a man approached
and asked IL I was Miss f~argreays.
Becoming at once suspicious that
something very important was about
TO happen, | signified that I was Miss
Hargreave. The man slipped a paper
into my hand and hurried off. took
a quick glance at 1t and was dunn
founded to find 1t utterly blank of
writing. At first | thought some joke
had been played on me. then |
GnhikACu u tCiiCAuUtT tnG tufsSiDlG ~
letters you always wrote me. Under
standing that you were to visit the
cave In the morning, I had II man
ut the garden take. the note. And
you never got IL"
Some one shall pay for this care
~lessness. I'll call up vroon and Jack
son at once. Wait Just a moment"
He went to the telephone. A low
muttering conversation took place,
Olga could hear little or hone OF it.
When Braine put the receiver back
on the hook his face was not pleas.
I'M to see.
THAT girl
What nowr
1T seems sic had been out horse
back riding that morning. She had
seen one OF the boys cross the field
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. as the
boys came up to await me. Evidently
che crawled into that old chest and In
some inexpIicable manner fpurloined
the letter from Jackson's pocket. They
left TO rec0nnoitcr; and It was then
that jackson discovered his loss,
NWhen Florence heard them returning
rhe jumped into the well. And lived
through that tunnel! The devil is in
'sOr out OF Il, dnce we consider him
CUR fricnd."
and l had Aee In my hands. note
md ALI! :.
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not be any writing left on the letter
s1nvisibIe ink y generally indeiible
and imperrious y the action OF wat.
kr; at least the Kind ] use ts. fo
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