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CHAPTER XI.
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When Jones received the telegram
' that Florence was safe, the iron nerve
ot the man broke down. The suspense
been so keenly terrible that the
audden reaction left him almost hysterically
weak. Throe weeks of waiting,
waiting. Not even the scoundrel
and his wife who had been the principal
actors in the abduction had been
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jluuiiu. r rum a great snip In midocean
they had disappeared. Doubtless they
had hidden among the immigrants,
who, for little money, would have
fooled all the ofllcers 011 board. There
was no doubt in Jones' mind that the
pair had landed safely at Madrid.
As for Susan, she did have hyster*
ics. She went about the room, wailing
and laughing and wringing her hands.
You would have thought by her actions
that Florence had just died. The sight
of her stirred the saturnine lips of the
butler into a smile. But he did not
remonstrate with her. In fact, he
rather envied her freedom in emotion.
Man cannot let go in that fashion; it
is n sigu of Weakness; and he dared
not. let even Susan see any sign of
weakness in him.
So the reporter had found her, and
s]he was safe and sound and on her,
way to New York? Knowing by this
time something of the reporter's cour-:
a cm 1 *
who tager to learn now the
event had cotno about. When he had
not h4d a telephone message from J
Norton in 48 hours; he had decided
that the Black Hundred had finally
succeedod in getting hold of him. It'
had been something of a blow; for;
while he looked with disfavor upon t
.the reporter's frank regard for his
charge, he appreciated the. fact that
Norton was a staff to lean on, and had
behind him all the power of the press,
which included the privilege of going |
everywhere even if one could not always
?et back.
As lie folded the telegram and put
It into his pocket, ho observed the
man with the opera glasses over the
way. He shrugged. Well, let him
watch till his eyes dropped out of his
bead; he would see only that which
was intended for his eyes. Still, it
was irksome to feel that no matter
When or where you moved, watching
eyes observed and chronicled these
movements.
Suddenly, not being devoid of a
gense of dry humor, Jones stepped
over to tho telephone and called up
her highness the Princess Perigoff.
"Who is it?"
He was forced to admit, however
Reluctantly, tV it the woman had a
marvelously fine speaking voice.
, "It is Jones, madam."
"Jones?"
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Mr. Jlargreave's butler, madam."
"P! Yen have news of Florence?"
"Yes." It will be an emlntrrassin;r
day for humanity when some one invents
a photographic apparatus by
which two persons at the two ends of
the telephone may observe the facial
expressions of each other.
; "What is it? Tell me quickly."
"Florence has been found, and she
Is on her way back to New York. She
"was found by Mr. Norton, tho reporter."
"I am so glad! Shall I come up at
once and have you tell fne the whole
amazing story?"
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, av nv/uiu uc U?Clt:?3, II1UUUTT1, IOT 1
'know nothing except what I learned
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Faces.
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you might risk a call." t
"Ring up the instant Bke returns, r]
Did she say what train?" ;l
"No, madam," lied Jones, shilling. ^
He hung up the receiver and stared ^
at the telephone as if he would force 8
his gaxo in and through it to the j
woman at the other end. Flesh and ^
blood! Well, greed was stronger than v
that. Treacherous cat! Let her play; t
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let her weave her nets, dig her pits'. t
The day would come, and it was not p
far distant, when she would find that
the mild eyed mongoose .was just as p
deadly as the cobra, and far more A
cunning. d
The heads of the Black Hundred
must be destroyed. Those were ths p
' orders. What good to denounce them, g
to send them to a prison from which,
with the aid of money and a tremen- C1
i dous secret political pull, they might h
readily find their way out? They must t|
be exterminated, as one kills 01Y the
poisonous plague rats of the Orient, y
A woman? In the law of reprisal y
there was no sex.
tsnortly after the telephone episode ^
(which rather puzzled the princess) r
she received a wire l'rom Undue, which ^
announced tho fact that Florence and g\
live had escaped and were coming to , y
Kew, York on train No. 25, and ad-I
vls6d her to meet tho train en route! pi
She had to llv about to do it.
When Captain Bannock released
Braiwe, he had been In no enviable | p.
frame of mind. Tricked, fooled hy the j w
trirl ll/VlftCft t?ri 11A *??. ." ?
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Ins own! She had succeeded in bribing y(
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a coal stoker, and had taken him un- b!
a wares. The man had donned tho dis- ; k
guise he had laid out for shore approach,
and the blockhead Bannock
had never suspected. He had not recognized
Norton at all. It was only F
when Bannock explained the history a]
of the shanghaied stoker that he real- c<
ized his real danger. Norton! Ho must b
be pushed off tho board. After this fl
episode he could no longer keep up b
tho pretense of being friendly. Nor- T
ton, by a rare stroke of luck, had ti
forced him out into tho opon. So bo t<
it. Self-preservation is in no wise ?
looked upon as criminal. Tho law* may i a
have its ideas about it, but the in- j n
dividual recognizes no law but its own. ' y
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mired, or Norton -whom he hated as h
a clog with rabies hates water. With t
Norton free, ho would never again f
daro return to New York openly. This t
j meddling reporter aimed at his ease
: aud elegance. f
lie left the freighter da soon as a t
boat could carry him ashore. The j
fugitives would make directly for tho
railroad, and thither ho went at top ' i
speed, to arrive ten minutes too lafe. j i
"Free!" said Florenco, as the train <
began to increase its speed. j r
Norton reached over and patted! 1
her hand. Then he sat back with a 1 i
sudden shock of dismay. He dived c
a hand into a pocket, Into another and j 1
another. The price of the telegram <
he had sent to Jones was all he had 1
had in the world; and he had borrowed 1
that from a friendly stoker. In the i
excitement he had forgotten all about
such a contingency as the absolute <
1 need of money. <
"Florence, I'm afraid we're going to i
, have trouble with the conductor when i
he come*." ? f lt'
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THE HORRY HE
"Why?"
He pulled out ms pockets sugge
Jvely. "Not a postage stamp. They
nit us off at the next station. And
vltli a glance In the little mirror b
ween the two windows, "I shouldn
ilame them a bit." He was unshave
ie was wearing the suit substitute
or his own; and Florence, sartoriall
vas not much better off.
Sho smiled, blushed, stood up, ar
urned her back to him. Then she 8!
lown again. In her hand she held
iniall dilanidated roll of hnnUnntoo
"I had them with me when th*
ibducted me," she said. "Beside
his ring is worth something."
"Thank the Lord!" he exclaime
elievedly.
So there was nothing more to <!
>ut bo happy; and happy they wer
rhey were quite oblivious to the peoi
iar interest they aroused among tt
>ther passengers. This utishave
roung man, in his ragged coat ac
oiled jersey; this beautiful youp
5lrl, in a wrinkled homespun, In
;lorious blonde hairy awry; and tt
vay they looked at each other durir
hose tails in conversation peculit
o lovers the world over, impresse
he other passengers with the idt
bat something very unusual had ha]
ened to these two.
The Pullman conductor was not e
ecially polite; but money was mono;
nd the stockholders, waiting for the!
ividends, made it impossible for hit
:> reject it. The regular conductc
aid them no more attention than t
rumble over changing a $20 bill.
So, while these two were hurry in
n to New York, the plotters wer
urrying cast to meet them. The tw
ains mot and stopped -at tho sn TTI
alion about eighty miles from Ne-*
ork. The princess, accompanied b
roon, who kept well in the bad
round, entered the car occupied b
ie two castaways.
Tn the mirror at the rear of the ca
ortou happened to cast an idl
nnce, and ho saw the princess
roon, however, escaped his eye.
"He careful, Florence," he said. "Th
rlncess is in the ear. The game be
ins again. Pretend that you suspec
^thiug. Pretty quick work on thei
irt. And that's all the more reaso
hy we should play the comedy wel
ere she comes. Sho will recogniz
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low all manner of effusiveness. Jus
eep your head and play the game."
"She lied about you to me."
"No matter."
"O!" cried the princess. She seize
lorence in a wild embrace. She wa
q inimitable actress, and Norto
Duld not help admiring her. "You
utler telephoned me! I ran to th
rst train out. And here you ar<
ack safe and sound! It is wonderfu
'ell me all about it. What an advei
ire! And, good heavens, Mr. No:
in, where did you get those clothes
>ld you find her and rescue her? Whs
newspaper story you'll bo able t
lake out of it all! Now, tell me jus
,hat happened." Sho sat down, o
ho arm of Florence'3 chair. The gii
ind steeled her nerves against th
ouch of her. And yet sho was beaut
ul! How could any one so beautift
>e wicked?
"Well, it began liko this," said Flo
;nce; and she described her advei
urea, omitting, to bo euro, l'ralhe
>art in it.
She bad reached that part whei
hoy had been rescued by Captain Ba
lock when a thundering, grindin
rash struck the words from her lip
The three of them wore (lung violen
y to ouo side of tho car amid splfnte
ng wood.tinkling glass, and the shrle
)f steel against steel. A low wail <
iorrhr rose and died away as the Ci
careened over on its side. The thr*
were rendered unconscious and wei
tiuddled together on the floor, und<
the uprooted chairs. >
Vroon had escaped with only a sllgl
cut on the hand from flying glass, b
climbed over the chairs and pasefe
gers with a single object in view. IEsaw
that all three he was Interest*
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m were Insensible. He quickly exa
>8- Ined them and saw that they had i
*11 received serious Injuries. He had 1
/ little time. The princess and Nort
e- would have t6 take their chance w
;t the other passengers. Resolutely
n, stooped and lifted Florence In 1
arms and crawled out of the car w
y, her. It was a difficult task, but
managed it. Outside, in the confusl
td no one paid any attention to him.
at he throw the unconscious girl o^
a his shoulder and staggered on towc
the road.
>y It was fortunate that the accid<
s, had occurred where It did. Five mi
. beyond was the Btation marked for t
d, arrest of Norton as an abductor a
the taking in charge of Florence as
lo rebellious girl who had run away fr<
e. her parents. If he could reach 1
u- Swede's hut, where his confederal
te wero in waiting, the game was his
in After struggling along for half
id hour a carriage was spied by Vro<
ig and he hailed it when it reached 1
ar side. ? *
to "What's the trouble* mister?" ask
ig the farmer.
ir "A wreck on the railroad. My dauj
id ter is badly hurt. I must take her
>& iko nearest village. How far is il
p- "About three milea"
"I'll give you twenty dollars for t
use of that rig of yours."
J* "Can't do It mister."
"Put it's a case of humanity, sir
>r indignantly. "You are refusing to e
0 the unfortunate."
The farmer thought it over for a n
g ment. "All right. You can have t
e buggy for twenty dollars. When y
a got to the village take the nag to D
0 Sanders' livery. Ho'll know what
v do."
y "Thank you. Help me in with hei
Vroon drove away without the lec
y intention of going toward the villa*
As a result, when came
i- her senses she found herself si
e rounded by strange and ominous fac<
3, At first she thought that they k
taken her from the wreck out of kii
e ness; but when she saw the co
t
> impassive face of the man Vroon s
t closed her eyes and lay back in t
r chair. Well, ill and weak as she w;
n they should find that she was r
I. without a certain strength,
e In the meatime Norton revived a
d looked about in vain for Florence. ]
1 searched among the crowd of terrifi
% passengers, the hurt and the \
| harmed, but she was not to be foui
a He ran back to the princess and help
| her out of the broken car.
I "Where is Florence?" she ask
| dazedly.
"God knows! Here, come over a
| sit down by the fence till I see If tht
!is a field telegraph."
They had already erected one, a
his message went off with a batch
others. This time he was determir
not to trust to chance. The she
may have brought back Florence's
cent mental disorder, and she ir
a have wandered off without knowi
i what she was doing. On the otl
| hand, she may have been carried c
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iiuu (t^ainsi tiuL'ii it contingency
must be fortified. Money! The cui
of God was upon It; it was the tr
of the serpent, spreading poison in
wake.
By and by* the princess was al
to walk; and, supporting her, lie 1
her to the road, along which th
I walked slowly for at least an ho
IThcy might very well have waited l
the relief train. But he could 1
stand the thought of inactivity. T
' princess had her choice of staying 1
hind or going with him. He hat
the woman, but he could not rel'u
hf r aid. She had a cut on the si
of her head, and she limped besides
Tliey stopped at the first farmhou
explained what had happened, and t
\ mistress urged them to enter. SI
\ she had seen no one, and certainly i
\ a young woman. She must have wt
>: do red off in another direction. S
J ran into the kitchen for a basin a
towel and proceeded to patch t
princess' hurts.
>t She was extremely uneasy. T1
she should be under obligation to N
ton galled her. There was a spa
of conscience left in her soul. S
d had tried to destroy him, and he h
s been kind to her. Was he a fool
n; was he deep, playing a game as shre
r; as her own? She could not tell. Whi
Qj was Vroon? Had he carried Floret
3,j Off?
An hour later a man came in.
x" "Hullo! More folka from 1
p* wreck?"
* "Where's the horse and bug
1 Jake?" his wife asked.
' I "Rented it to a man whose daugh
n was hurt. He went to the villag
"WU1 you describe the daughte
0 asked Norton.
j The princess twisted her fingers.
U T he farmer rudely described F,
ence.
"llave you another horse and
saddle?"
"What's your hurry?"
"I'll tell you later. What I want n
Is the horse."
? . "What is to become of mo?" as]
n" the princess.
"You will be In good hands,"
answered briefly. "I am going to 1
p.; out what has become of Floret
^ Is there a deserted farm-house b<
abouts?" ho asked of the fanner*
ir "Not that I recollect."
je "Why yes, there Is, Jake. Thei
re J chat old hut about two miles un
sr firk," volunteered the wife* 4,\Vh
tho Swede died last winter."
ht "By jingo! I'm going into the
le Inge and see if that man brought
n- the rig."
lo "But get my horse first* My W
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be "Thsy Tied Him>to the Track,"
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lot thouRbt was to ft rid the woman
>n- loved.. He was not afraid of meet!
;he a dosen men, noU while his prese
1J(j fury tasted.
,he ^le an ambush with
a hundred yards of his goal. Th
lat urussea mm on rfte horse and buffet
or^ awi mishandled him Into the 2tut.
trk "Both of them:!"' said Vroon.. rubbi
yje his hand3.
a(j "I know you, you Russian rat
op. cried Norton. "And if I ev?r got c
wd of this I'll kUliyou out of hand! Dar
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ice "0? yes; k.alk, talk; but it ne\
hurts any one," jeered Vroon. "Yoi
never have the chance to- kill me q
of hand, as you say. Besides, do y
01 know my lace?"
"I do. The mask doesn't matt
gy>
You're the man who had me shai
ter haled; The voice is enough."
e ? "Very. good. That'll what I wish
r9?? to know. That's your death vrarra
We'll do it like thoy used to do it
the ohl Academy; tie you to the rj
lor- roat* track. Wo shall not hurt y
at all. If some engine runs over y
I n heaven is witness we did not mn
? wv
the engine. Remember the story
the boy and the cat?" with sinister ai
ow ability. "The boy said he wasn't p
liug the cat's tail, he was only holdi
^ ^ it; the cat did the pulling. Tiring h
along then. Time is precious, and
have a good deal to do before nif
liul down. Come on with him. T
( track is onty a short distance."
ice. 44Jim, Jith!" cried Florence in <
're* gulsh. .f..
"Never you mind, girl; they're 01
blulTing. They won't dare."
re's "You think so?" said Vroon. "W
the and see," Ho turned upon Floren
ere "He la your lover. Do you wish b
to die?"
vil- "No, no!"
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dom twelve hours from now on con
una tlon that you toll where that mot
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nt, You Scum."
""Florencef" warned Norton.
n? Vroon struck him on the month.
"Be silent, yor_ scum!" ^^B
on "It Is In the chest Jones, the butler, IBB
(j. threw into the sound," she said brave- ^^B
np ly. And so it might t<e, for all she- ^^B
Vroon laughed. "We know about ^^B
where that Is." ^^B
"Florence, say nothing on my ac-- ^^B
count. They are n A tne kind of men ^^B
who keep their word.'" ^^B
"Eh?" snarled Vroon. "We'll see
! about that." He glanced at his watch. ^^B
"In half art hour thu freight cornea.
a'long. It may become stalled at the^ ^BB
wreck. But it v. ill sarve.",
Norton knew very well that if need
said must they woui.'d not hesitate to
% execute a melodramatic plan of this
character It was tire way of the Slav; ^^^B
'* thev hnrl Co make rrimo abnormal in
y\ oraor t<> enjoy it. They could very
well ha*, a knocked; him 0:1 the head ^^^B
then and r?< a ad have done with I
&' him. But the tin; -: us'vi in conveying ^ B^Bj
: / him to the rr.ilrc ad might prove his. ^^^B
1 salvation. Nentiv fnm* nom-a
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l i d since tin of the tele-- I
jS| | gram tto Jones.
' .. . hound 'Tlcrenco and If*ft hen I
V*j seated in tile c/latr. As roou as they
%\ were gone she polled to the floor. ??*&? I
was able to rif.At herae}? <o her knees* I
and after a sorturous five minutes.
reached the fireplace. She burnt her * I
he bands and wrists, but the blaze was *
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,nt the only kniVe obtainabla. She iva* I
0y Jones arrived with- half a dozen 'm
0(j policemen. Vroon alone escaped.
The butter caught Florence fn his *^B I
ng arms am?, nearly crushed the breath
out of her. And she was scv &!ad to
?? see hirm that she kissed him half \ B
lllt dozen times. What if he was her
n;. father's butler? Be was brave and
loyal and kind.
r<ar "They tied hli?. to the- crack," sh& fl
,?ll cried; "Look at my wrists!" Tne but-* B
iut ler (ltd so, and kissed tnem tenderly.,
ou "Ami 1 saved him."' ^^^^B
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er> Florence's shoulder. "When tho timo* 3
comes," he said.; "whan the right timdk
<ifn?s and my maker's enemies aro< I
ed confounded,. But always tho rooKSw HUBB
nt. 1 never the hawks* do we catch. GQd
at.l bless you Norton.' I don't know what I I
i\l- I should have done without you." ^^^^B
<ai "When a chap's In love," began Nor*4 I I
ou ton, embarrasF.edly. I
tdo "I know, 1 know," Interrupted. Jones,
of "The second relief train is watting. I
T1i- Let us hurry back. 1 sha'n't feel so- II
ill. euro till we are once moro In 4*
llg II
im Ho, arm in arm, the three of them II
we went down the tracks to the hajfid
*ht car which had brought the police.
he And now for tho iron bound chest II
at tho bottom of the sea. I
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