The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1915-01-07

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~spldar' Begss sasped, 4 M Il
unexpected; but ct tho same til1eA ~!
most instinctively he plunged hs'
long through the window, and the Ii
| let which followed shipped = l0gk
his hair. He threw himself M slIs
lvefAnda ana scurried across theaA yysS
xig5ag tashion. But no more egl}
followed. 4
Jones' turned on the lights and t
vestisated the room, but he could rot
| mud anything disturbed. and naturally
came to the conclusion that tn IN.
truder had been interrupted befDfA hA
had begun his work. He turned o3ssl
the lights and sat up the major 10xt
OF the night. Nothing more happene
Florence came down. but De sent ~
back TO bed. explaining that Soma one|
had attempted>t to enter the house and
he had taken q shot at him.
Spider" Beggs had letter to wTtte.
He was in high feather. He ladI
tackled a dificult job and had come
away without scratch. But he hid
the misfortune to write his letter TN
the secret service officials IN q hoEe3
often frequented by Norton And ~
Jim. ON finishing his own letter. blotted
1t and casually glanced at the blottes.
A single word caught his eye. Being
an alert newspaper man, always on TIE
hunt for stories. he examined the blot
ter with care. II was an easy .matter
for him to read writing backward
having fooled away many an hour n
the composing rooms. The word whielk
had awakened the reportorial senGo
I'm him was counterfeit He hold
the blotter toward the mirror ard !.
read enough to satisfy himself that
the Black Hundred had become active
once more. And this was one Of the
best ideas they had yet conceived.
Hargreave had always been Some
thing of mystery to his neighbors.
Where he had lived In other days W1s
unknown; neither had any one the u.
hottest idea from what source ~
riches had been obtained. And moth
ing was known Of Jones or the dangh-5
ter. 1t was very shrewd method
Of clearing every one out Of the house
and leaving It to be examined at let's
ure. And he had fallen upon this
thing: he, Norton, all because his
tailor had written him sharp no&e
about his bill and he had been Pro
voked to reply in kind! Counterfeit
money. There was quite furry these
days over certain issues OF spurious
paper. 1t was SO good that only ex
perts could detect 1t. There were two
plates. one for ten and another for q
twenty. For while he was pulled be-
tween duty and love. Well, it would
only add another interesting chapter
to the general story when he published
it. He started out to Riverdale to &C.
quaint Jones with the discovery.
.Humph!" said Jones; mot bad
idea this. So that's what the sneak
was doing here last night. I've been
and wondering Let's have
a look.
He went through the books and at
length came across the three volumes.
These held thousand in excellent
3s
Mighty good work that What
are you going to do?" asked the re-
porter.
Jones rubbed his chin reflectively.
How long may counterfeiter be
sent up?"
Anywhere from ten to twenty
years."
THAT will serve. My boy, this time
veil go and take Mr.. Black Hun
ired right in his cubby hole.
4 "Y0u know where It fs?"
Every nook and corner of it. Now
you 60 at once to the chief of the local
branch of the secret service and put
he matter to him frankly. l. Flor
snce, Susan. and the rest Of us must
'e arrested. The wretches must be-
ieve that the house is empty. They'll
owe about fruitlessly and will return
o their den to report the success Of
he coup. An the while you and
'ome detectives will be in hiding up
tairs. dictagraph and all that. When
he time comes you will follow. This
vim not reach the heads, perhaps, but Il
{ win demoralize the organisation i
'uch . way as to make It helpless tpr
everal months to come. There ID =
unnel from the stables to this house,
what. tunnel?"
Yes. Mr.. Hargreave had Il buiat f
everal years ago. dent know what
lis idea was; possibly he anticipateA
N event like this. You and your men
vill ind entrance BY this method.
{ can be done without exciting ~
uspicfons Of the Watchers"
Looks - II my yarn wasn't golng
o be delayed 30 long aftef an Jon4n; !,
on ought to have been n the see1f I
ervice yourself" Admiralty.
Jones smiled and shrugged. II n
satisfied with my lot
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