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The Spectator., 1916-05-12
SYNOPSIS.

Stanley Hargreave, millionaire, after, a miraculous escape from the den of the gang of brilliant thieves known as the Black Hundred lives the life of re- cluse for eighteen years. HargreaVe ac- cidentally meets Braine, leader of the Black Hundred. Knowing Braine will try to get him, he escapes from his own home by balloon. Before escaping he writes letter to the girls school where eighteen years before he mysteriously left. on the doorstep his baby daughter, draws s1,000o00 from the bank, but it is reported that this dropped into the sea when the balloon he escaped in was pune tured Florence arrives from the girls school. Countess Olga, Braines compan- ion visits her and claims her as a rela- tive. Two bogus detectives call, but their plot is foiled by Norton, a newspaper man. By brlbing the captain of the Or- ent, Norton lays a trap for Braine and his gang. Countess Olga also visits the Orients captain, and she easily falls into abortive through Braine's good luck and only hirelings fall into the hands of the police. After failing in their first attempt, the Black Hundred trap Florence. They ask her for money. but she escapes, again foiling them. Norton and the countess call on Florence the next day, oncs more safe at home The visitors having gone. Jones removes a section of flooring and from a cavity takes box. Pursued by members of the Black Hundred. he rushes to the water front and succeeds in drop
 
 of Braine kidnap Florence while she Is shopping and hurry her off to sea. She leaps overheard and is picked up in daZed condition by fishermen. The Black Hundred locate her and Braine, disguised as her father, takes her back to sea with him. Florence sets fire to the boat and Is rescued by a ship on which Norton has been shanghaied. Norton and Florence. safely ashore. take the train for home. The train is wrecked. Norton, who tries to rescue her, is tied to the railroad tracks. Florence saves him and finally Jones comes to the rescue of both Con- cealed above the rendezvous of the Black Hundred, a man learns of the recovery from the sea of the box of jewels by sailor and of it's subsequent return to the bottom of the sea, and he quickly com municates the fact to Jones. A duplicate box is planted and later secured by the band but before it's contents are exam ined the box mysterously disappears. Owing to the falling off of contributions to the parent organization in Russia, an agent arrives and assumes the leader ship of the American branch of the Black Hundred. Through the connivance of the countess and Braine the new head Is thoroughly humiliated. Finding him. self checkmated at every turn Braine en- deavors to enmesh the Hargreave house. hold in the law in order to gain free ac- cess to the house. The timely discovery of the plot by Norton sets the police at the heels of the pack and results in raid on the gangs rendezvous, which, how ever, proves to be barren of results
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But we can't stir the old fool. We can't get him out of that house I've tried to get that maid to put a little something in his coffee, but she stands off at that She says that she did as she agreed in regard to Flor ence, but her agreement ended there. We have given the jade five thousand already and she is clamoring for the balance"
 Have you threatened herr" asked Olga.
 Braine smiled a little. My dear woman, it is fifty-fifty. While have a hold on her, it is not quite so good as she has on me. We are not dealing with an ordinary servant we could threaten and scare No, indeed; a shrewd little woman who desperately wanted money. And she will be paid; no getting out of 1t. She will not move another step, one way or the other, after she receives the balance. Hargreave will have a pretty steep bill to pay when the time comes"
 She has no idea where the mil lion is?"
 If she had, she's quite capable
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l always said that you had gray mat. ter if you cared to exert yourself"
 Thanks" replied the doctor dryly. I'll drop dowD there tomorrow. if you say so. ostensibly to see the other patient It will make deuce of a dis turbance."
 Not If you scare the hotel people,"
 That is what propose to do. They will not want such thing known. It would scare every one away for the rest of the season. But of course this depends upon whether they are honest or in the hotel business to make money"
 Again Braine laughed. Bring her back to New York alone. Esculapius, and a fat check is yours. Nothing could be simpler than an idea like this. It's a fact: no man can think of everything. and you've just proved it to me. I've tried to do generals s work without aids Olga. does any one watch me come and so any more?"
 No: I've watched dozen nights The man has gone. Either he found out what he wanted or he gave up the
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believed the two were covertly guard ed by the detective he had sent after them.
 When Braine called up Olga he found his doctor there.
 Well. what's the news?" he asked.
 "I had better run down and inquire how the young lady is progressing" said the doctor, who was really a first rate surgeon and who had performed a number of skilled operations upon various members of the Black Hun dred anent their encounters with the police. I've got Miss Florence where you want her. It's up to you now"
 She ought to be separated from her companion. We have left them alone for whole week, so Jones will not worry particularly. A mighty curious thing has turned up. Before liar greave's disappearance not a dozen persons could recollect what Jones looked like. He was rarely ever in sight What do you suppose that signifies?"
 Don't ask me-" shrugged the man of medicine. T shouldn't worry over Jones" k
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CHAPTER XV-Continued.

For what?" the men asked
 For sending that paddle around few times"
 Get into that seat, but don't touch any of those levers one of them warned. Twenty is twenty, Jack, and the boss is sorehead today anyhow. Give her a shove for the fun of it."
 It was dumfounded aviator who saw his hydroplane skim the water and a moment later sail into the air. These swift moving days a reporter of the first caliber is supposed to be able to run railroad engines, subma- rines, flying machines, conduct a war; able to shoot. walk, run, swim, fight, think, go without food like a python, and live without water like camel Norton had flown many times in the
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was being hoodwinked. Why should she entertain any suspicion? This doctor, who seemed kindly and henev- olent, who had prescribed for Susan and benefited her, why should sho, doubt him? !
 Tn heavens name, tell me what is. the matter?" she pleaded. !.
 Stay here for little while and I'll be back Under no circumstances leave your room till return" :
 He paced out into the hall, to meet the frantic Susan
 We must see the manager at once. he replied to her queries. And we must be extremely quiet about it. There must be no excitement You had better go to your room. You must not go into Miss Hargreaves- Tell me, where have you been? Have you been trying to do any charitable work among the poorer classes?"
 Only once," admitted Susan, now on the verge of tears.
 "Only once is sufficient. Gomez we'll go and see the manager to- gether." :.
 They arrived at the desk, and ths manager was summoned.
 'I take it," began the doctor lowiy. that a contagious disease. if 1t be- came known among your guests, would create a good deal of disturb ance?"
 Disturbance! Good heavens, man. it would ruin my business for the whole season." exclaimed the astound- ed manager
 II am sorry, but this young lady's companion has been stricken with smallpox"
 The manager fell back against his desk, his jaw fallen. Susan turned as white as the marble top.
 "The only way to avoid trouble Ss to have her conveyed immediately so some place where she can be treated properly. Not word to any one now. absolute secrecy or a panic
 The manager was glad enough to agree.
 She is not dangerous at present. but it is only matter of few hours when the disease will become viruient If you will place a porter before Miss Hargreave's door till I make arrange ments to take her away, that will simplify matters"
 Smallpox. Susan wandered airnless- ly about, half out of her mind with terror. There was no help against
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CHAPTER XVI.
Treachery in the Household.
 Jones shru

Treachery in the Household.
 The maid stole into the house, won dering if she had been seen. She wanted to be loyal to this girl, but she was tired of the life; she wanted to be her own mistress. and the small fortune offered her would put her on the way to realize her ambition. What had she not seen and been of life since she joined the great detective force, Lady's maid, cook, ship stew ardess, fash woman, actress, clerk, and a dozen other employments. Her pay, until she secured some fat re- ward, was but twelve hundred a year; and here was five thousand in advance. with the promise of five thousand more the minute her work was done. And it was simple work. ence as far as she was concerned. The whole thing rested upon one diff culty: would Jones permit the girls to leave the house?
 One day Florence found Susan sit ting in a chair, her head in her hands
 Why, Susan, what's the matter?" cried Florence.
 II don't know what is the matter, dear, but I haven't felt well for two or three days. I'm dizzy all the time. I can't read or sew or eat or sleep.
 Why didn't you tell me?" said Flor detective-maid. Ella. I don't know anything about doctors hereabouts."
 Il know a good one, Miss Florence Shall I send for him?"
 Do; Susan is ill"
 Jones was not prepared for treach- cry in his own household; so when he heard that doctor had been called to attend Susan he was without the least suspicion that he had been be- trayed. More than this, there had been no occasion to summon a doctor in the seven years MT. Hargreave had lived here So Jones went about his petty household affairs without more thought upon the matter. The maid had been recommended to him as one of the shrewdest young women in the detective business.
 The doctor arrived He was a real doctor; no doubt of that He investi- gated Susan's condition-brought about by a subtle though not danger ous poison-and instantly recom- mended the seashore. Susan was not used to being confined to the house; she was essentially an out-of-doors little body. The seashore would bring her about in no time The doctor sug- gested Atlantic City because of it's mildness throughout the year and it's nearness to New York.
 I'm afraid she'll have to go alone," said Jones, gravely.
 Il shan't stir!" declared Susan T shan't leave my girl even if am sick"
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of Juggling it off all by herself" said Braine
 The doctor laughed.
 Olga" went on Braine, "yon must look at it as 1 do; that it is still in the middle of the game, and we have neither lost nor won."
 How do you know that Hargreave may not have at his beck and call an organization quite as capable if not as large as ours?' suggested the physician.
 That is not possible" Braine de clared without hesitation.
 Well, it begins to look that way to me. We've never made a move yet that hasn't been blocked"
 Pure luck each time. tell you; the devils own luck always at the critical moment, when everything seems to be in our hands. Now. we want Florence, and we've tried a hundred ways to accomplish this fact and failed The question Is, how to get her away from her companion?'
 Simple enough" said the doctor ccmplacently.
 Out with it, if you have an idea"
 The doctor leaned forward and whispered few words.
 Well, I'm hanged!" Braine laughed and slapped the doctor on the shoulder "The simplest thing in the world. Mad dog wouldn't be in it..
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1914, by Harold MacGrath)

Give you million, knowing you all to be a pack of liars? Bring Miss Flor ence back and the money is yours. We are tired of fighting As indeed Jones really was The strain had been terrific for weeks.
 The money first. We don't lie any better than you do. Fork over. You'll have to trust us. We have no use for the girl once we get the cash
 And you'll never touch penny of it, you blackguard!" cried Norton from the doorway
 The agent turned to behold the re porter and the girl. He did not stop to ask questions, but bolted. He never got beyond the door, however.
 Always the small fry" sighed Jones' And if I could have put my hands OF the money I'd have given it
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Susan caught Florences hand and pressed it.
 Would you like to go with her, Florence?" asked Jones, with shy glance at the strange doctor. The shy glance was wasted The doctor evinced no sign that it mattered one way or the other to him.
 Tt is nothing very serious now," he volunteered. But it may turn out serious if it is not taken care of at once."
 What is the trouble?" inquired Jones, who was growing fond of Su- san.
 Weak heart Sunshine and good sea air will strengthen her up again. No, mol" as Jones drew forth his wal let. "Ill send in my bill the first of the month. Sunshine and sea air;
 that's all that's necessary. And now. good-day."
 | All very businesslike; not the least
 cause in the world for any one to suspect that a new trap was being
 set by the snarers. The maid re- turned to the sewing room, while Florence coddled her companion and
 made much of her.
 Jones was suspicious, but dig in
 his mind as he would he could find
 no earthly reason for this suspicion
 save that this attribute was now in- stinctive that it was always near the top. If Susan was i'll she must be given good care; there was no getting l around this fact. Later, he telephoned several prominent physicians. The | strange doctor was recommended as
 a good ordinary practitioner and in | good standing; and so Jones dismissed
 his suspicious as having no hook to | hang them on.
 His hair would have tingled at the | roots, however, had he known that
 this same physician was one of the
 two who had signed the document | which had accredited Florence with | insanity and had all but succeeded in making supposition a fact. Nor
 was Jones aware of the fact that the 1 telephone wire had been tapped re-
 gently. So when he finally concluded
 to permit Florence to accompany Su- san to Atlantic City he telephoned to l the detective agency to send up a | trusty man, who was shadowed from | the moment he entered the Hargreave | home till he started for the railway l station. He became lost in the shuf- 1 fie and was not heard from till weeks | later, in Havana. The Black Hundred
 found a good profit in the shanghai l ing business.
 Susan began to pick up, as they say, | the day after the arrival at Atlantic | City, due, doubtless, to the cessation
 of the poison she had been taking
 unawares. The two young women be-
 gan to enjoy life for the first time | since they had left Miss Barlow S. | They were up with the sun every day and went to bed tired but happy. No l one bothered them. If some stray re-
 porter encountered their signatures on | the hotel register, he saw nothing to
 excite his reportorial senses. All this. | of course, was due to Norton's policy of keeping the affair out of the pa pers.
 Following Jones orders, they made l friends with none. Those about the hotel-especially the young men 1 when they made any advances were politely snubbed Every night Flor ence would write to her good butler to report what had taken place dur ing the day, and he was left to judge for himself if there was anything to arouse his suspicious. He, of course,
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Florence aus Into oco of dutCfe-
 sand. such dread disease. Her Florence her pretty rosy checked Florence. dis figured for life .. ..
 Miss Susan, where is Florence?~
 70, Mir Norton!" she gasped
 Whats the trouble?" instantly alert
 Florence has the smallpox!"
 Impossible! Come with me-
 But the porter, having had thss strictest orders from the manager, re fused to let them into Florence's room.
 Never mind. Susan. Come along" Out of earshot of the porter he said- My room is directly above Florence'ss We'll see what can be done. This smells of the Black Hundred mile off. Smallpox. Only yesterday she wrote me that she never felt better Have you wired Jones?'
 'I never thought to-"
 Then I shall. Our old friends arg at work again"
 But it's the same doctor who sent me down here."
 Norton frowned.
 What followed all appeared in the reporters story. as written three months later. He and Susan went up to his room, raised the flooring. cut through the ceiling, and with the fire escape rope dropped below. Cne glance at Florence's tear-stained face was enough for him. Norton'D suhec quent battle with the doctor and hie accomplices made very interesting reading. Their escape from the hotel their flight, their encounter with one of the gang in the road, and Flor ence's blunder into the bed of quick sand, gave succession of thrills ts the readers of the Blade.
 And all this while the million ac- cumulated dust. layer by layer, Per haps an occasional hardy roach scrambled over the packets. no doubs attracted by the peculiar odor of the ink.
 CTO BE CoNTINUED)
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All Must Be Well Done.

Nothing is done well enough for the present which is not we'll enough for all time. The idea that imperfco tions are of no consequence now, ant that the crooked lines can be straight ened. and the rough corners smoothet on by and by has put many a workes in the failure class
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last four years. At the moment he called out to Florence to jump he dropped to the water with all the skill of an old timer and took her aboard And he could not use line of this exploit for his paper!
 
 Jones heard the bell It was the agent from the Black Hundred He smiled jauntily.
 Well. old fox, we've cornered you at last, haven't we? want that money. or Hargreave's daughter takes another sea voyage. and this time she will not jump overheard A million; and no more nonsense"
 Give me fifteen minutes to decide" :" begged Jones. hoping against hope. Fifteen seconds!"
 Then we can't do business. What!
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to him! An, girl. it doesn't do any good to talk to you, does it?"
 But they told me he was dying."
 Jones shrugged
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Uncle Eban.

De young man dat has good TR an a good ma." said Uncle IDek don't need to go no furder in brnE. gin bout his ancestry"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Cenral Commlttee called.

A meeting of the newly elected dem
ocratic central committeeman for
Umatilla county has been called by
County Chairman Norborne Berkeley
to be held here on Saturday afternoon
at $50 The meeting will be held in
the commissioners court room at the
court house and will be for the pur-
pose of organization Mr.. Berkeley is
now filling out the unexpired term Of
Will NJ. Peterson, VINO resigned sew
eral months ago.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Head Physician Dies.

J. P. Walker, secretary of the local
Woodmen of the World received a
telegram today telling of the death at
Denver of Dr. James Stenhouse, head
physician of the order DR.. Stenhouse
died last night after a weeks illness
from pneumonia. The telegram was
sent by l. I. Boak, head consul with
headquarters at Denver. Mr.. Walker
is also one of the head officials of the
order, holding the position of head
sentry.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25

E. b. Gambee of Portland, father
of Principal L. p. Gambee of the high
school, will arrive here this evening
to visit with his son over commence
ment. H. c. Gambee, a brother OF
Principal Gambee, arrived here yes
terday from Phoenix, Arizona, where
he is an Instructor in the Phoenix
high school, E. B. Gambee was for
merly a prominent farmer in soutern
Umatilla county and served a term
as representative from Umatilla coun-
ty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25

H. Dale. Carl Engdahl, II, j. Rosen-
berg, w. G. Sutherland, Tom Thomp-
son, ]. b. Baker, Frank w Beatty,
Grant Ehrhart. Geo. Peringer T, F.
Boylen, Lee Moorhouse Elmer Turn
er, w. c. E. Pruitt, c. S. Jerard, w,
A. Storie, l. U. Temple, Earl Gilland-
ers, A. ]. Gibson, Marion Jack, F. o,
Rogers. Willard Bradley, Elmer
Moore. ]. F Thorne Ed Dupuis. j.
Frank spinning, Asa B. Thomson
Frank Sloan, Lloyd Riches, S. r. old
aker. E. p Dodd, C. f, Spencer, A. B
stephens, Daniel Kemler, G. w Done
E. b. Casteel. Pat Dougherty, A. s
QUAINT and Henry La Zinka.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Republican Committeeman Named.

With the exception of two or three
precincts, all precincts in the county
last Friday named their committee
men for the republican central COM
mittee. The following were elected
c. T. Cockburn, D. Chessman. F. w.
Nesley, D. ]. Kirk, Harry Whitaker, S.
B. sanderson, John S. vinson, H. S
Denison, w E. Putnam, S. A. Miller,
c. ]. Mckenzie. C. W. Steen, ]. E
Jones, R. G. Sailing, S. A. Barnes, E.
o. Demoss, H. A. Barrett, A. E. Shick,
j. W Welch, F. S. Curl, ]. F. Thomp.
son j. 0. Hales, william Albee. w.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
nies at state Hospital.

A. NJ Ames, formerly a merchant
of this city but who had been a pa
tient at the state hospital for the past
two years, died yesterday. The flu
neral will be held at the Brown
chapel tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock and Rev. c. A, Hodshire will
conduct it. Deceased is survived by
wife. He was a member of the Mod
ern Woodmen of this city.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Cost Of Bond CampaIgn.

w. C, E Pruitt, publicity man and
acting secretary of the good roads as
sociation that backed the road bonds
measure, has filed the statement of
expenses incurred during the cam
paign, as follows: Stamps $140,
printing S12O, office 800, newspaper
advertising, 5000, total $3.50. Aside
from this there are outstanding bills
amounting to about 5000. Candidates
filing their expense statements are as
follows: Willard Bradley, 40 cents;
]. L. Miller of Milton, $14; and Grace
Gillian, $9S.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25

Yesterday afternoon the WomenS
Missionary Society of the Presbyterian
church met at the home of Mrs. ]. w.
Maloney with Mrs. Naloney, Mrs. Pot
ter and Mrs. Norris as hostesses. A
very interesting program was given
Mrs. q e. Geiss spoke very instructive
lv upon Cuba and Porto Rico and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Alleges Husband was Bootlegger

Alleging that her husband. Frank
Lewis was engaged in bootlegging at
Long Beach, Calf, in 1915 and ours
ed her when she protested. and that
he has since deserted her, Ednah
Lewis yesterday afternoon brought
suit for divorce against him through
her attorney S. ~ Newberry.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
One Of the Best Buys Of wheat Land
In uaIIa WalIa County.

s miles from the city, all under cul-
tivation: ESQ acres to fall wheat the
balance summer-fallow; about ~
acres of alfalfa land, well watered
with weil and springs. New house
modern, rev barn and out buildings
This IS good 40 to so bushel land Can
make good terms. Must be sold
Washington Land & Investment Co..
L P. Rounds, Manager, Z 30. Inlrh
Street, Walla Walla, Warrington
ADV.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Charged With Assault.

Marshal Elmer Albee last evening
brought in from Helix Dan Feig, who
is charged with assault with a dan
gerous weapon upon William FRANKLIN
and who will be held to the grand
jury He is alleged to have struck
Franklin with an axe upon the arm
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Locates stolen Horse.

A horse stolen from f. A. Courier
of Castle Rock was located yesterday
by the sheriff at the Stanley dairy
ranch two miles and half below this
city. 1t had been sold there by the
thief, John Cook, who has since been
arrested in Morrow county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-25
Wanted in Boise.

Deputy Sheriff O. E, SommeryIlle
of Boise is here today and this even
ing will take back Hason Rhodes ar
rested here Tuesday by Sheriff Tay-
lor and wanted in Boise on a charge
of assaulting a man with a knife.