The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, July 15, 1915, Page SIX, Image 6

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I The Million D< I By HAROLD ' Illustrated from Scenes it Same A'ome by the That (Copyright, 1914, by This, fourteenth episode of the interesting serial story, will be shown in motion pictures at the Casino Theatre tonight.) 1 CHAPTER XIV. Norton Makeo a Discovery. Perhaps the most amusing phase of the secret agent's discomfiture was the fact that neither Jones nor Florence had the least idea what had happened. Florence' regretted a hundred times i during the evening that she had not gone out to the summer house. It might really have been her father. Her i regret grew so deep in her that just ! before going to bed she confessed to Jones. "You received a letter of that sort and did not show it to me?" said Jones, astonished. "You warned me never to pay any attention to them." "No; 1 warned you never to act upon them without first consulting me. And wo mieht have mnrir* n run. ture! My child, always show me tlicso things. I will advise you whether to tear them up or not." ".Jones, I believe you are going a little too far," said Florence haughtily. "It might have been my father." "Never in this world, Miss Florence. Still, 1 bog your pardon for raising my voice. What 1 do and have done is only for your own sake. There are two tilings I wish to impress upon your mind before 1 go. This can be made n comedy or a terrible tragedy. You have already had a taste of the latter; i and each time you escaped because God was good to us. Hut he is rarely kind to thoughtless people. They have to look out for themselves. I am acting under orders; always remember that." "Forgive me; I acted wrongly. Hut I'm bo weary and tired of this eternal suspicion of everybody and everything. Can't 1 go somewhere, some place where I can have rest?" "If I thought for a single moment it was possible to take you thousands of miles from this spot, it would be done this very night. Rut this is our fortress. So far it has been impregnable. The police are watching it; ?uid that prevents a general assault by the scoundrels. If we tried to leave we would be followed; and they play that game exceedingly well. Now, . good-night. We'll have you out of all this doubt and suspicion one of these days. There will not be any past; that will be lopped off as you'd lop a limb from a tree." "Please let it be quick. 1 want to see my father." Jones' eyes sparkled. "And you ! have my word that he wants to see I you. Put 1 dare not tell you." "Do you think would object to ! Mr. Norton?" she c.^ked, studying the rug. in v.nai capacity?" no countered, forcing her hand. "Ah?as a husband?" bravely. Jones in turn studied the patterns in the rug. "It is only natural for a father to ft ;.k hi h for his daughter's husband. Put, after ah, an honest man is wor 'n an much an anything I know of. And Norton is honest and loyal and brave." "Thank vcu, Jonus. 1 Intend to',! marry hi: 1 when the time cornea; so j! i you may as well prepare father for this eventuality." "There is- an old adage?" But she interrupted him. "Tf you have a new adage, lones, I shouldn't mind hearing it. But I'rff only just out of school, whore old adages are ( served from soup to pudding. Goodnight." I And Jones went to the rear of the ! house, chuckling, ; ( In the passing'it might well be ob- j served that the Ilargreave house had a remarkable menage. There was a gardener, a. cook, and a maid; nnd the three of tin m reported to .Jones each night before going to bed. They were all three detectives from one of the greatest organizations in America. Finding themselves unable to lure Florence away from the environs of the Hargreavo home, the Black Hundred set some new machinery in motion. Thep proposed to rid the house of every one in it by a perfectly logical device. But the first step in this new move was going to be extremely delicate and risky. It was no small adventure to enter the ilargreave home; and yet this must be done. So .finally "Spider" Beggs was selected for the work. The man could practically walk over crockery without causing a sound; he could climb a house by the window ledges; and he could hold his breath like those professional tank swimmers. Three or four nights after the Paroff fiasco, Jones started the rounds, putting out the lights, lie left tnu shr Mystery MAC GRATH t the Photo Drama of thm xhouser Film Company Harold MaoCiraib) one in the hall till the last, for it w his habit, after having turned off tl light, to stand by the door for seve minutes, watching. One never cov tell. On the other hand, "Spider" Hep never approached a house till an he after the lights went out. Perse were likely to move about for soi minutes later; they might want son thing to eat, a drink of water. So remained hidden behind the sumn house till long after midnight. Wta at last he i'i it assured that all in t llargreave house were asleep, moved out cautiously. Hoth his futv and his pocketbook depended up 1 1 ' S; ^ ' :' > * ' ' " ' ' .. I :-.y v gilf v - ^,^x: X P? \ .<" \ V ;; v. XN . $ \.v.:> :" :>. i f a mw I < -v '$? i : ! y^i::: x ; %> 6 | ?;> :: : 'V'Vx ':* < .<> Wiys,:vy. ; ? i : : . ;: -i-X-' .*> 5'< -ft? ?0- : :: : . >/ :-U - : < !; :. " ; . : ? '5 4? I I ??.;: fe 5"l; 10 ' #1 -.v ^ ; <.vi Z$W Sf ,: vS-7 ,< :< ' * ' ^ Here Was an Operation That Need All His Care ar.d Skill. the success of this venture. It to him ten minutes to crawl from t summer house to the veranda, and have detected this approach Join had he been watching, would ha needed a searchlight. Beggs hugg the lattice work for another ten m utes and then drew himself up a wriggiea to one ot the windows. He was an operation that needed all 1 care and skill; to lift this window wi out sound. Hut he was an old ha and windows with ordinary locks we playthings under his deft touch. 1 raised the window, stepped over t sill into the library, and crouch down. He did not close Hie windo house thieves never do. They lea windows and doors open, becau sooner or later they have to rna their escape that way. Presently he stood up, flashed 1 torch, found the library shelves, a tiptoed toward them, lie then select three cr four volumes, opened the at random i d laid neat packages money between the leaves, It \\ not r?al money, but only a bank cle could have told that. This done, moved toward the window again. ".ufop! ' . a.id Jcros ooictly. "Spider" T'-' gasped ft wa J I unexpected; bed at the : a. time i most iuKtiuct.. - lv p',u :go.i boa long through tl window, and the b\ let which Howod ni; pod a lock liis hair. He. himself off tl verauda and scurried across the law zigzag fas'.:. ..t. Hut no more bulic followed. Jones turned on the lights and i vestigatcd the room but h< could n find anything disturb d and natural came to the cone!;:-ion that the i Iriider had been int rrupted before had begun his we; k. He turned < (he lights a.r.d far en tb" ma..lor pr of the light. Nothing more hapmuv Florence came down, but he sent h back to bod, < xplaining that some o h.ad attempted to enter tlie house a he had taken a shot at him. "Spider" Foggs had a letter to wrl He was in high feather. He h tackled a ditlicr.lt job ami had cot away without a scratch. Hut he h the misfortune to write his letter the secret service officials in a ho often frequented by Norton. And .1 iin, on finishing his own letter, blott it and casually glanced at the blott A single word caught bis eve I mi an alert newspaper man, always on t hunt for stork a. ho examined the bl ler with care. It was an easy matt for him to read writing backwa having fooled away many an hour the composing rooms. The word whl had awakened the reportorial sen hi him was "counterfeit." He h< the blotter toward the mirror a voad enough to satisfy himself tl the Hlack Hundred had become actl once more Ami this was one of t best ideas they had yet conceived. Hargreave had always b^n ^or thing of a : '-J.:-;/ to his ueihiLo Where ho had lived in other days wa "t; unknown: neither had any one the r? raotcst idea from what source hi riches had been obtaineu. And notl ing was known of Jones or the daugl tor. It was a very shrewd metho of clearing every one out of the hous and leaving it to be examined at leis pre. And he had fallen upon thi thing; he, Norton, all because hi tailor had written him a sharp not about his bill and he had been prt voked to reply in kind! Counterfel money. There was quite a flurry thes days over certain issues of spuriou paper. It was so good that only e: ( perts could detect it. There were tw jJl plates, one for a ten and another for twenty. For a while he was pulled b< as tween duty and love. Well, It woul lat n n 1 V niinMinr I < 4 " ""? - * . iiuuivBuiig cnapie ral 1 to the general story when he publishe it. lie started out to Riverdale to a< quaint Jones with the discovery. !8a "Humph!" said Jones; "not a ha nir idea this. So that's what the snea na was doing here last night. I've bee : wondering and wondering. Let's hav ie" a look." *ie Tie went through the books a?nd a 101 length came across the three volume* 011 These hold a thousand in excellen counterfeit. "Mighty good work that. Wha 11' are you going to do?" asked the rt 011 porter. ~~\ Jones rubbed his chin reflectively. "Ilow long may a counterfeiter b sent up?" "Anywhere from ton to twent; years." "That will serve. My toy, thi3 tin we'll go and take Mr. Black Hur clrc d right in his cubby hole. "You know where it is?" "Every nook and corner of it. Nov | you go at once to the chief of the locn branch of the secret service and i-u ? the matter to him frankly. I, Floi once, Susan, and the rest of us inus hr m rTUr. _ ....* v?. A iiv IIlll SI !) f $ llevo that, the house is empty. They'] rove about fruitlessly and will returi i to their den to report the success o the coup. All the while you am ? some detectives wilt be in hiding up ?:: stairs, dictagraph and all that. Whoi $ the time comes you will follow. Thi will not reach the heads, perhaps, bu v- it will demoralize tlio organization ii J such a way as to make it helpless fo & several months to come. There is i 4. tunnel from the stables to this house. $ "What, a tunnel?" "Yes, Mr. Hargreave had it bttil ^ several years ago. I den't know v. ha x bis idea was; possibly he anticipate! tan event like this. You and your mei will find entrance by this method It can be done without exciting th< ec* suspicions of the watchers." "Looks as if my yarn wasn't goini to be delayed so long after all. Jones you ought to have been in the secre ho service yourself." admiringly. to Jones smiled and shrugged. "I an es, perfectly satisfied with my lot?o ve ! would be if the Black Hundred couh e'* be wiped out of existence." m" "I'll see the secret service people a nt* once. 1 stand in well with them all." >re "And good luck to you. We'll nee< good luck." Norton was welcomed cordially b; n(* the chief. The secret service mei >r0 trusted-him and told him lots of talei that never saw light on the printei pagp. The reporter went directly t< et* the point of his story, without elabora ^ tioii nvrl Ibo .' lii/if ' i j ( ****** 1,1. v, \y 111 v. l ii.' iiv;u UliU liUUUUl vo him the original letter. "Norton, I've been after this gnn? ,;e of counterfeiters for months and thej are clover beyond words. I've neve; been able *o got anywhere near tlieb 1U* J presses. And for a moment I though a th'3 note was from a squealer. I've n* a cloven in.en scouring the country of They find the bogus notes, but nevoj as :lc ?mf who pass 1 hem. You see rH- it's new stu (. I know what all tin old I :"^rs are at; but none of then ' has n .a a hand in this issue. Som< j foreigners 1 take it, under the leader sr> ; ship of .. man I'd vary much Msg u i know. Now, what's your scheme'/" ', Jim outlined it briefly. * 1" , "It all depends," said the chic.' pf I "upon tho fact that they will bo ira 10 path ht. If they have the ability tc b : wait. we lose. But we can aflord tc ta risk the chance The man v.ho wrote this letter is not a counterfeiter, lick in- an old yeggnum. We haven't ho arc ot anything of him lately. We tried tc 'y ( r hiip. on a post cflice job, but in- j I r? r' i'ir>4 (\ In- lf/? i?"" V, v* *J,J , MAV Wlwi%f IJO CA DVUU1 he I Anyhow, I'll draw him in somehow." >>T "There'll he some oxeit. menl." rt "We're used to that; you too. AV "J. we've got to do Is to locate this'mar er HcggB. There are signs of spite in thh ne J letter. Very well piayed, ii you wan1 nd my opinion. What's this HIack Hun i dred?" te. "I'm not at liberty to tell just yet ad it's a strange game; half political ne half blackmail. It's a pretty strop; ad organization. Hut If they're back o to i this counterfeiting, there's u lim tel ! chance of landing them all." so Hero the chief's assistant came in od "Out Hoggs on the wire. Says he'l er. I conduct you to the home if you'l nJ> j promise him immunity for some othe i offenses." i "Tell him he shall have Jmmunit ^er on the word of the chief. Hut als r(l? say that he must come to see me i it* person." ch "All right, sir." ,3<i i "I don't believe it would be wis for Hoggs to see me here. I gave hi: n(l \ good send-off?Sing Sing?five ycai | ago. lie may recollect," said Nortoi vo "Suit yourself about that. Onl; keep In communication with me l< <c,r phone and I'll tip you off as t ft?- when the raid rhall take place. Luck ra- you came iu. 1 should have honest! f 8 t 8 SMPW^r, y^sS?*! .. [? wflHK: 1 SSPvfl ?i 0 WlwWp i IBO >- Wsi^^^ByE.^BiHVIPPT56y'Slim^88E c* BBB?^PwilHB >vK I? \ ! 1 ^ IBM r :-^, / M umZL^Mm '*<& vVa;#>).$%$ ; -: ? ; : .$ftV? &'{?&>:*} "Stop!" Said Jones Quietly. 0 i- rone there and arrested innoc I c ople, and tliev would have hac devil of a time explaining. It wo r have taken them at least a week 1 clear themselves. That would lc; t th3 house empty all that time." Norton did not reply, but he t the blotter away carefully. Th was no getting away from the ft 1 but the god of luck was with him. i "Po you know what's back of f all?" 1 "1 can't tell you any more thai i- have," said Norton. "Then 1 pass. I know you v s enough. If you've made up your m t not to talk a man couldn't get a i thing out of you with a can-open r And that's why we trust you, my b i Don't forget the telephone.*' "1 shan't, so iong." That same night Hraine paid i Russian woman a brief visit, t "I think that here's where we j forward. The secret service will r t the house tomorrow and then for I few days we'll roam about as we ha 3 please. I'm hanged if I don't lu every plank torn up and all the wg y. pulled down. More and more I'm c ( vinced that the money is in tl t house." "Don't be too confident," wari i Olga. "So many times have we b( r tripped up when everything seemed 1 our hands. The house should guarded but not entered for a c t or two; at least not till after the r; is cold. I'm beginning to see tn j everywhere." j "Nonsense! Leave It to me. 1 1/ shan't Ktirk nnr hoaHa inolrln u J ? - - ??VUUU lilOIViC I lie 11 i greave house till we are dead cert 3 that it is absolutely empty. 01 1 you're a gem. I don't think Rus 3 will bother us for awhile. Eh? Par . will not dare tell how he was ill ] flammed. The least he can do to si his own skin is to say that we ; r fully capable of taking care of o i selves." r Olga laughed. "To think of r writing a note like that! Florei t would have recognized?and no doi i ih'd?a palpable attempt to play eld game twice." "Mow does she act towmls yen?' "Cordial as ever; and yet . . ." * "Yet what?" i "1 thought her an ordinary sch ? girl, and yet every once in a while s . makes wl.at you billiard players i > a professional shot. What matt ; So 1 cng as they do not shut the di I in my face, I ask nothing more, i do you *:,ant my opinion? 1 feel i. ? mv bones that something will wrong tomorrow.'' > > "Good lord, are you losing v , nerve? ' cried Braine impatiently. i secret service has the warning; t 1 ,ilnd th.c green stuff, and Jones & > will meg off to the police station. ). t ihere'll be a week of red tape bef they are turned loose again. The ||, uinto Hargreave's finances and ! /hat. Wi ll have all the security i the world to find out if the mo ! is in the house or not. Why worr i i "It's only the way 1 feel. Th t is something uncanny in the rcgu ity of that girl's good luck." II "Ah, but we're not after her t time; it's the whole family." "The servants too?" X "Everybody in tho house will f under suspicion." a "And can you trust Beggs?" "Ilia life is in the hollow of i. hand. You can always trust a n 1 when you hold the rope that's aro; I his neck." Still the frown did not leave Ok >r brew. With all her soul she Ion, to he out of this tcnglo. It had v looked so easy at t'io start; yet h o they wore, wee .is later, no furt forward Cu.n at the beginning, i add'd to this they had paid much o liver: and money. Well, if she wo n be tool enough to love this man i s must abide with the ronspniiem i. She wanted him all by herself, out yt danger, in a far country. He mi v tire, but she knew in her heart t o she never would. This was her < v great passion, and while her mi v of living was not as honest as mi Rbe, her love was honest enough ana uu swerving, though it was not glldet by the pleasant fancies of youth. ? "Of what are you thinking?" h< hB asked when he concluded that th< ? pause had been long enough. m "You." P? "H'rii. Complimentary?" "No; Just ordinary everyday love/ ft] "Ah, Olga, why the dehce must you m go and fall in love with a bundle ol ggfl ashes like myself? Ashes and bittei H ashes, too. Sometimes 1 regret. But M the regretting only seems tc make H me all the more savage. What opium H and dope are to other men, dangei Bj and excitement are to me. It is not BE written that 1 shall die in bed. 1 have B told you that already. There is nc M other woman-?now. And I do love yoi I after a fashion, as a man loves a com rade. Walt till this dancing bout is over and I may talk otherwise. Anc now I am going to shake hands anc hobnob with the elite?beautiful word! jHB And while 1 how and smirk and cracl 23 witticisms, I and the devil will be m chuckling in our sleeves. But this ||J I'll tell you, while there's a drop oi blood in my veins, a breath in mj j|g body, I'll stick to this fight if onlj to prove that I'm not a quitter." lie caught her suddenly in his arms kissed her, ran lightly to tho door &9 and was gone before she could re cover from her astonishment. ^ The affair went smoothly, without a hitch. Norton and his men gained ?>$ the house through (lie tunnel without _ilii attracting the least attention. The Black Hundred, watching the front and rear of the house, never dreamed that there existed another mode oi ent entrance or that there was a secret 1 a cabinet room. uld Half an hour later tho head of the to secret service, accompanied by liis ive men, together with "Spider" Hoggs, who was in high feather over his sue put cess, arrived, demanded admittance, ero and went at the front of the business ict, at once. "Your name is Jones," began the it chief The butler nodded, though his face i I evinced no little bewilderment at the appearance of these nk?n. ell "What is it you wish, sir?" ind "l am from the secret service and ny- I have it from a pretty good source n r. Ilv.t ; lipn? is; cniniton'i i! nmnnu liidclor oy. in this house. More than tli.it, I can put my hand 011 the very place it is hidden." the "That is impossible, sir," declared Jones indignantly, go "I'm an old hand, Mr. Jones. It aid will not do you a bit of good to put a on that bold front." illv Heggs smiled. How was I10 to know ive that this was a comedy set especially ills for his benefit? on- "1 should like to see that money," hat said Jones, not quite so bravely. "Come with me," said the secret ied service man. "Where's the library?' >en i "Beyond that door, sir." in The chief beckoning to his men be entered the library, went directly tc lay a certain shelf, extracted three vol aid umes, and there lay tho money lr ips three neat packages. "Good heavens!" gasped Jones. We ?? arn i n jbt Ww?wm f & v.: im. r j L v - $w : ' - : ': * - v.i r..| ; . >'/ ' M, >*? {?<:. ' ' I ? # "5*WS8?| OU * The Die.taaraph Registered Ever; j,0.. Word. *'' > T shall have to request you and! th ^rtd family to accompany me to the sts ore tion." y'U "Rut it is all utterly impossible al' Kir! 1 know nothing of that monej hi nor how it got there. It's a plot, ney declare on my oath, sir, that I an y?" innocent, that Miss Florence and he ore companion know nothing about it. lar- "You will have to tell that to th federal judge, sir. My duty is to tak hi:; you all to the station. It would b lust as well 11 nf (n eo*r nntillil.. ( UUJI llllllg niun Sir." fro "Very well; but some one Bhal smart for this outrage." "That remains to bo seen," was th my t'-rso comment of the secret servic man. i?:<i lie led his prisoners away directl} Norton and his men had to wait fa ;a's into the night. The Black Hundrei Ked did not intend to make any mistak all this time by a hasty move. At quarte ore after ten they descended. Braine wa her not. with them. This was due to th and urgent request of Olga, who still ha i in her doubts. The men rioted about th V!](] house, searching nooks and corner* she examining floors and walls, openln, ;ea. books, pulling out drawers, but the; of found nothing. They talked freelj ght however, and the dictagraph regh hat terml every word. The printing plant ane which had so hcig doled discover} ode was in th" cr i: r of the house occi ght' : led by the Black Hundred. Nortoi | and his men determined to follow and1 ? 1 | raid the building. And the reporter promised himself a good front page 5 story without in any way conflicting * with his promises to Jone3. Events came to pass as they expected. The trailing was not tbo easiest thing. Norton know about where the building was, but he could not go to it di1 rectly. He was quite confident that f its entrance was identical with that which had the trap door through which ' he had been flung that memorable 1 day when he had been shanghaied. ' When they reached the building he * warned the men to hug the wall to the L stairs. The trap yawned, but no one * was hurt. They scampered up the } stairs like a lot of eager boys; broke 1 the door in?to find the weird executive chamber dark and empty and an J acrid smoke In their nostrils. This ^ latter grew stilling as they blundered about In the dark, llv luck Norton found the exit and caUed to the men 1 to follow. They saw Beggs at the top * of the stairway and called out to him i to surrender. He held up his hands f and the stairs collapsed. Real tiro ' burst out and Norton and his companr ion had a desperate battle with llame and smoke to gain the street. ' Tho fire was put out. finally, but ' there was nothing in tho ruins to proved that th u'e had been a counterfeiting don there. There was, however, at I ' least cue condoling feature: in the fa- I ' t Black ^Jundr d would have I to !'.! ! their sta^clmmber elsewhere. I It was checkmate; or, rather, it was I ? TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK; I H. H. WOODWARD, f I Attorney and Counsellor at Law, I CONWAY, g ~ ^ > I HAL L. 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