The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1916-06-02

"Jnst a minute. Captain Monk" said
Il voice. Mr.. Fisher will sound his
huzzer when he's ready for you to
come In"
An right. all right" doomed Monk
In q deep voicc.
The buZzer sounded: Monk went In.
And right behind him was Tom. Monk,
it was plain, supposed that he vas at
tached to the office. Fisher, glancins
at Tom; pal! no more attention to him.
As Tom had hoped. he supposed that
Monk had brought some one with
him.
Tom realized In a moment that luck
had favored him II an almost incrcdi-
BE degree. for Monk, without pream-
bic, launched into a report OF the most
confidential sort.
We'll. its all right, boss" he an
bounced. He spoke in what he cvi
IDENTIFY believed to be Il low. carefully
modulatcd voice. but every word was
audible TO Tom Il brought In the
cargo all right. all light. And non Of
them smart Alecks of customs boys
- " Ait II 1890 ~ .NNsi - iit Niil
not with the lions and tigers and crit
tiers Of that sort the hold was full Of.
SO, the opium's all ashore and in Cru
ems place"
Tom had heard all that he needed to
Know. Slowly ana SO as not to attract
suspicion TO himself he went out the
door.
Fisher, meanwhile. had frowned
slightly as le saw Tom 90.
Look here, Monk" he said, this
sort Of thing ought to BE kept pretty
much to ourselves. The neyt time you
have Il confidential report to make
don't bring any one With YOU"
what roared Monk. Il didn't"
Then who was that fellow who
came in with you:"
"IIims He works for You. don't he:
He Just followed me IN. and when You
didn't say nothing l supposed he was
al right"
They stared at one another a no
ment. And then Fisher, with Il sud
den suspicion. reached into his desk
for a batch Of photographs. which he
studied. he cried II sharply and
then handed Monk 4 picture of Tom
I.arni.am.
That's HIM" said Monk.
Yes. and he's Tom I.arnigan.' said
Fisher, II government special prose
cltor or agent u SPY SET upon the syn
dictate t. destroy II, \ tine trick we've
let him play on US
The said Monk. with a great
tlecl, sea oatI Ill eel him or my
names mot Monk
You'd better trr.' said Fisher satil
ieall.N. IF yon don't llelf oct isl
can promise you that. i'll 70 to work.
too. 90 along now and warn ';tueI 10
sc careful. That Wild animni store
of lis his been too useful t. IL fer is
10 let tie government cot Oh to its
real character"
Fisher. When Monk Ind ore tclc
plloinl at nee 10 Stanford Stone. tell
Ing him What had happened.
"All right" sail Stone after 4 mo
ment. !" suppose | shall have 70 pul!
us ont Of the hole that you AMI Monk
in your stupidity have dug for us
Fine business"
Stone set the wheels of his %organiza
ton turning at once. He sent for
Dunn. the man who served him in his
most critical affairs and over whom
he held as Il constant threat his knowl
edge Of il certain criminal episode OF
the past.
As Il matter IF fact sail stone
I'm not sorry this has happened
Fishers Il fool. Int his folly has turned
out well this time. I.arni.aH Will .,
to Gruen's. lnn can see t. ii thai
when he does So he Walks into i
trap"
Meanwhile. however. there had beer
a change in Tatn's plans. lie had
gone Immediately 10 the Office Of the
Independent. the newspaper which
was backing Bruce I.arnigan's fight.
with Jack Stevens as its editor. There
be had found Bruce and also a tele-
gram from Washington ordering him
to go at once to Rio dc Janeiro. where.
It was said, the consul would be able
to give him instructions concerning a
special mission co9pected with the op-
efations Of the graft syndicate.
you'll have to 60" Bruce said.
but I'm nearly well now. I'm well
enough. at any rate. to take hold Of
this affair. So there need be no change
In our Plans"
And another factor was about TO be
introduced into the case. Dorothy
Maxwell and her chum. Kitty Rock.
ford. were by this time. thanks to
their o or less accidental success
In the past In helping the Larnigans.
convinced Of their own powers a. de-
tectives. Dorothy had been engaged
to Bruce. Stanford Stone was IN love
with her. and owing to his hold upon
her father and his threat II she did
not yield to him to ruin him Dorothy
was afraid to come out openly against
Stone. In secret however. she was
his enemy.
The two girls while out WALKING spsed
Dunn and, remembering him from pre-
vi0us attempts against the Larnigana