The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1921-07-08
CHAPTER IV-Continued
ooked at him doubtfully.

looked at him doubtfully.
@WeI. OF course, I've got to thinE
So" I admitted, hoping to gain further
enlightenment. -but you leave me
pretty well in the dark What do
really know? Nothing. You talk
Rlibly about a million you propose 20
ing ffty-fifty with me on. That nat
urally sounds good. but Il would sound
better If even knew who I was deal
Eng with. I never saw you before in
my life"
I'll. that's So" he grinned cheer
fully, II forgot I wasn't talking 10 an
old PAL. Just to be sure you're Harry
DAILY was enough to make me cough
up, but that don't help you out, does
ST. Ever hear of Gentleman George
in your travels?"
George Harris - the name Ieaped
90 my lips in inspirations only the day
before I had CHANGED TO read maya
zine account of a famous criminal ex-
plot. His eyes cleaned in genial ap-
Dreciation.
II thought maybe that would fetch
you" he said exultantly. There amt
many OF the old boys but have my
number, and they all know l play
square How is lit VIII we shake
hands. and call It a deal? I've got to
get back In with that bunch"
took the extended hand cordially,
feeling the iron grip of his fingers.
do not believe I was ever more fright
ened in my life. although outwardly
cool enough. and my brain perfectly
clear. There was no retreat possible.
must 90 on, acting out the strange
character In this drama to which l had
been assigned
But you are not known by that
name here?" l ventured
Il should say not. I'm Horner. p
8 HOrner Of Detroit. See That's
the gIIy who had the papers. He was
English all right but pretended to be
United States. and had a passport to
come through with this bunch. So
I've got the bull by the tail-for cool
million, old man, a million. All I'm
afraid Of is this ID woman-they al
ways did get my goat"
Keep still, and let her show her
cards" 7 suggested. feeling the neces-
sity OF saying something.
what I'm aiming TO do. Well, so
Song DAILY. I'll be back presently with
everything straight. Better turn out
the light, or some one might wander
In here"
was alone again in the dark, but
under vastly different circumstances
than when wandering blindly about
between those imprisonlng factory
walls. With no effort OF my own.
purely by blind chance, I had been
given a new name and identity. and as
instantly indicted into revolutionary
criminal plot as fascinating as il IN
dOubtedly was dangerous. Who Harry
DAILY might he I had not the slightest
conception. yet there was no escape
from the conviction that Harris be
IIeved blIndIy in my identity He was
not acting. for he would have no pos
.sIble object in such pretense. I was
10 his mind Harry Daily, a well-known
criminal. an international thief. q man
after his own heart. TO be warmly vel
coined into partnership as a most valu-
able ally.
What should I do under these
peculiar circumstances? Seek TO es-
cape during his absence. and thus
brighten the covy, or remain, and trust
fortune to show me n way to both ex-
pose their villainy and save myself? l
was young, adventurous. and I chose
the latter. thinking less Of the danger.
I admit. than of the mystery of the
case. and-yes, the girl.
Harris had spoken confidently OF
gaining possession Of a large sum-a
million dollars, surely a stake worth
daring much for-but how, by what
means. did he expect to get his hands
on such a fortune?
My mind reverted to the fragment
Of letter which had sent me on this
mad chase, to It's mention of a letter
OF credit TO be deposited with the
banker. Krantz. to the credit Of the
recipient. The writer had stated that
the sum would be found ample for all
needs. But a million dollars Could
If be possible that so large an amount
would be thus advanced? If so. then
the result hoped for must be proper
tiOnately important. To whom had
this letter been sent-Alva, Who aD-
parently was the active leader here in
New York. or the revolutionary repre-
sentative i'm Washington. seemingly
known as Mendez? Whichever il was.
thar man evidently had the disposition
OF this vast sum entirely at his dis
posal; either it was already in his
hards or so deposited as to be quickly
available. In my judgment the fell |
low would be Alva. for sundry rea-
sons first, he had been one of the men |
registered at the hotel when the lac |
quered box was lost; and second. the |
expenditure Of this money was seem |
1ngly intended to be made IN and about |