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This, the sixteenth episode of the interesting
serial story, will be shown
in motion pictures at the Casino
Theatre tonight.)
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CHAPTER XVI.
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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 bo 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 stewardess,
flash woman, actress, clerk,
and a dozen other employments. Her
pay, until she secured some fat reward,
was but twelve hundred a
year; and hero was five thousand in
advance, with the promise of five
thousand more the minute her work
was done. And it was simple work,
without any real harm toward Florence
as far as she was concerned.
The whole thing rested upon one difftculty;
would Jones permit the girls
to leave tlie house?
One day Florence found Susan sit
imp in a ciiair, her head in her hands.
"Why, Susan, what's the matter?"
cried Florence.
"I don't know what is the matter,
dear, but 1 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 Florence,
reproachfully. She rang for the
detective-maid. "Flla, I don't know
anything about doctors hereabouts."
"I know a good one. Miss Florence.
Shall 1 send for him?"
"Do; Susan is ill."
Jones was not prepared for treachery
in his own household; so when
he heard that a doctor had been called
to attend Susan he was without the
least suspicion that he had been betrayed.
Mere than this, there had
been no occasion to summon a doctor
in the seven years Mr. Hargreave had
lived here. So Jones went about his'
petty household affairs without more
thought upon the matter. The maid i
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 invest!gated
Susan's condition?brought
about by a subtle though not dangerous
poison?and instantly recommended
the seashore. Susan was not j
used to being confined to tho house; j
she was essentially an out-of-doors
little body. The seashore would bring j
her about in no time. The doctor sug-'
gested Atlantic City because of its
mildness throughout the year and its
nearness to New York.
"I'm afraid sh? '-i have to go alone," '
said Jones, gravciy.
"I shan't stir!" declared Susan "I j
shan't leave rny girl even if 1 am sick." !
Susan caught Florence's hand and;
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"Would you like to go with her,1
Florence?" asked Jones, with a shy
glance at the strange doctor. The shy
glance was wasted. The doctor evinced
no sign that it mattered one way or j
the other to him.
"It is nothing very serious now/'
he voluntered. "But it may turn out
serious it' it is not taken care of at
once."
"What is the trouble?" inquired,
Jones, who was growing loud of Susan.
"Weak heart. Sunshine and good
sea air will strengthen her up again.
No, no!" as Jones drew forth his wallet.
"I'll send in my bill the first of
the month. Sunshine and sea air;
that's all that's necessary. And now,
good-dry."
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cause in tlio world for any one to
Buspect that a new trap was being
set by the snarers. The maid returned
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 1
save that this attribute was now in- j
etlnctive, that it was always near the
top. If Susan was ill she must be I
given good care; there was no getting
around this fact. Later, he telephoned
several prominent physicians. The
atr&nge doctor was recommended as
a good ordinary practitioner and In
(good standing; and so Jones dismissed
jhls suspicions as having no hook to
'hang them on.
His hair would have tingled at the
roots, however, had he known that
:thls same physician was one of the
'two who had signed thd document
which hAd accredited Florence with
Inanity and hfcd all bat succeeded
,1a making a supposition a fact Nor
was Jones gwgre of the fact that the
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Telephone wire had been tapped recently.
So when he finally concluded
to permit Florence to accompany SuKnil
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tho detective agency to send up a
trusty man, who was shadowed from
the moment he entered the Hargreave
homo till he started for the railway
station. He became lost in the shuffle
and was not heard from till weeks
later, in Havana. The Black Hundred I
found a good profit' in the shanghaiing
business.
Susan began to pick up. as they say,
the day after the arrival at Atlantic j
City, due, doubtless, to tho cessation
of the poison she had been taking
unawares. The two young women began
to enjoy life for the first time
since they had left Miss Farlow's. i
They were up with tho sun every dijy
and went to bed tired but happy. No
one bothered them. If some stray re- j
porter encountered their signatures on
the hotel register, he saw nothing to .
excite his reportcrial senses. All this,
of course, was due to Norton's policy
of keeping the affair out of the papers.
Following Jones' orders, they made
friends with none. Those about the
]io 1 < I?especially the young men? !
v.hen they made any advances were I
politely snubbed. Every night Flor- '
< nee would write to her good butler
v.o report what had taken place during
the day, and lie was left to judge
for himself if there was anything to ,
arouse his suspicions. He, of course,
believed the two were covertly guardc
d by the detective he had sent after
them.
When Braine called up Olga lie
found his doctor there.
"Well, what's the news?" he asked.
"I had better run down and inquire
how the young iady is progressing,'
said the doctor, who was really a first
rate surgeon and who had performed
a number 01 skilled operations upon
various members of the Black Hundred
ancut their encounters with the
police. "I've got Miss Florence where
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"She ought to be separated from her
companion. We have lel't them alone
for a whole week, so .Jones will not
worry particularly. A mighty curious <
thhig has turned up. Before Hargreave's
disappearance not a dozen
persons could recollect what Jones
looked like. Bo was rarely ever in
sight. \\ hat clo you suppose that
signifies?"
"Don't ask me," shrugged the man
of medicine. "1 shouldn't worry over
Jones."
"But we can't stir the old fool.
Wo 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 Florence,
but her agreement ended there.
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"Why, Susan, What's the Matter?"
Cried Florence.
We have given the Jade five thousand
already and she is clamoring for the
balance."
"Have you threatened her?" asked
OlgJL
limine smiled a little. "My dear
woman, it is flfty-fifty. While 1 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 it. She will not I
move another step, one way or the I
other, after she receives the balance. I
Hargreave will have a pretty steep
bill to pay when the time comes."
"She has no idea whe the mil-1
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lion is?"
"If sho had, she's quite capable
of lugging it off all by herself," said
Braine.
The doctor laughed.
"Olga " went on Braine, "y>sn must
look at it as I do; that it is still in the
middle of the game, and wo havo
neither lost nor won."
"How do you know that Ilargreavo
may not have at his beck and call
an organization quite as capable if |
not as lurge as ours?" suggested the
physician.
"That is not possible." Braine declared
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, I tell you;
the devil's own luck always at the
critical moment, when everything
| seems to bo in our hands. Now, wo
: want Florence, aud we've tried n.
I hundred ways to accomplish this fact
and failed. The question is, how to
! get her away from her companion?"
i "Simple enough," said tho doctor
complacently.
"Out with it, if you have an idea."
The doctor leaned forward and
whispered a few words.
"Well, I'm hanged!" Drain? laughed
and slapped tho doctor on the
shoulder. "The simplest thing in the
world. Mad dog wouldn't bo in it.
I always said that you had gray matter
if you cared to exert yourself."
"Thanks," replied the doctor dryly.
"I'll drop down there tomorrow, if
you say so, ostensibly to see the other
patient. It will make a deuce of a disturbance."
"Not if you scare tho hotel people."
"That is what I propose to do. Tin v
will not want such a thing known
It would scare every one away for
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tho rest of the season. But of course
this depends upon whether they are
honest or in the hotel busiuess to
make money."
Again Braire 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 a general's
work without aids. Olga, does any one i
watch me come and go any more?"
"No; I've watched, a dozen nights.
The man has gone. Either he found
out what he wanted or he gave up tho
job. To my mind he found out what
he wanted."
"And what's that?"
"Heaven knows!" discouragedly.
"Come, doctor, suppose you and I
go down to Daly's tor a little turn
at billiards?"
"Nothing would suit me better."
"All aboard, then! Good-night,
Olgu. Keep your hair on; I mean your
own hair. We're going to win out, I
don't you worry. In all games the minute
you begin to doubt you begin to
lose."
That same night Norton sat at his
desk, in his shirt sleeves, pounding
away at his typewriter. From time
to time ho paused and teetered his
chair and scowled over his pipe at
the starlit night outsido. Rang! would
go his chair again, and clickity-click
would sing the keys of the machine.
The story' lie was writing was in the
ordinary routine; the arrival of a
great ocean liner with some political
notables who were not adverse to de
pouncing tuo present administration.
You will have noticed, no doubt, that
some disgruntled politician is always
denouncing the present administration,
it matters not if it be Republican
or Democratic. When you are out.
of a good job you are always prone
to denounce. The yarn bored Norton
because his thoughts were miles
southward.
He completed his story, yanked out
the final sheet, called for a copy boy,
rose and sauntered over to the managing
editor's door, before which he
paused indecisively. The "old man" j
had been after him lately regarding
j the Hargreave story, and he doubted
I if his errand would prove successful.
I However, he boldly opened the door
and walked in.
"Humph!" said the "old man," twisting
his cigar into the corner of his
i mouth. "Got that story?"
Norton s&t down. "Yes, but I hare
not got it for print yet Mr. Blair,
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when you gave me the Hargroave Job
you gave me carte blanche."
"I did," grimly. "But, on the other
hand, 1 did not give you ten years
to clear it up in."
"Have I ever fallen down on a
good story?" quietly.
"M', can't remember," grudgingly.
"Well, if you'll have patience I'll
not fall down on this one. It's the
greatest criminal story I ever handled,
but it's so big that it's going to take
time."
"Gimme an outline."
"I have promised not to," with a
grimness equal to the "old man's."
"If a line of this story trickles out it
will mean that every other paper will
be moving around, and in the end
will discover enough to spoil my end
of it. I'll tell you this much: The
most colossal band of thieves this
country ever saw is at one end of the
stick. And when I say that counterfeiting
and politics and millions are
involved, you'll understand how big
it is. This gang has city protection.
Wo are running them all into a corner;
but we want that corner so deep
that none of them can wriggle out of
it."
"Uinhm. Go on."
"1 want two months more."
The "old man" beat a tattoo with
his fat pencil. "Sixty days, then. And
if the yarn isn't on my desk at midnight,
you?"
"Hunt for another job. All right.
I came in to ask for three days'
leave."
You're your own boss, Jim, for sixty
days more. Whadda y moan counterfeiting?"
"Those new tens and twenties. If I
stumble on that right, why, I can turn
it over without conflicting with tho
o.her story."
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"I'm turning in my regular work, j
day in and day out, and while doing!
it I've gone through more hairbreadth
escapes than you ever heard of. They
have been after me. I've dodged falling
safes; I've been shanghaied, poisoned;
but I haven't said a word."
' Gcod Lrord! Do you mean &U
that?"
"Every word, sir."
"I'll make it ninety days, Jim; and
if this story comes in I'll see that you
get a corking bonus."
"I'm not looking for bonuses. I'm
proud of my work. To get this story
is all I want. That'll be enough.
Thanks for the extension in time.
Good-night."
So Florence received a long night
letter in the morning.
And the doctor arrived at about
the same time. And called promptly
upon his patient.
"Fine!" he said. "The sea air was
just the thing. A doctor always like*
to find his advice turning out well."
He glanced quizzically at Florence,
who was the picture of glowing health.
Suddenly he frowned anxiously.
i*>u iilm'u not iook at mo/' sho
laughed. "I never felt better in all
my life."
"Are you sure?" ho asked gravely.
'"Why, what in the world do you
mean?"
Ho did not speak, but stepped forward
and took her by the wrist, holding
his watch in his other hand. Ho
shook his head. Ho looked very
solemn, indeed.
"What is it?" demanded Susan,
with growing terror.
"On lo VOtir nwn rnr?m ImmnrHofcklTr
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and remain there for the present," he
ordered. "I must see Miss Hnrgreavft
alone."
lie opened the door and Susan
passed out bewilderedly. He returned
to Florence, who was even more bewildered
than her companion. The doctor
began to ask her questions; how
die slept, if sho was thirsty, felt pains
in her back. She answered all these
questions vaguely. Not the slightest
suspicion entered her head that she
was being hoodwinked. Why should
sho entertain any suspicion? This
doctor, who seemed kindly and benevolent,
who had prescribed for Susan
;?ud benefited her, why should she
doubt him?
"In heaven's name, tell me what Is
he matter?" she pleaded.
"Stay here for a little while and
I'll ne back. Under no circumstances
cave your room till I return."
He paced out into the hall, to meet
the frantic Susan.
"We must see the manager at once,"
ho replied to her querieB. "And wo
must be extremely quiet about it.
There must be no excitement. You
had better go to your room. You
must not go into Miss Ilargreave's.
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 suiflclent. Come; i
we'll go and see the manager to-1
gethdr."
They arrived at the desk, and the
manager was summoned.
"I take it," began the doctor lowly,
"that a contagious disease, if it oe_
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^vcuid c: i ate a good deal of disturbturbanco!
Good heavens, man,
it would ruin my business for the)
wnoie :' ason!" exclaimed the astounded
manager.
"1 a.-; sorry, hut this young lady's'
companion has been stricken with ;
smallpox?"
The manager fell buck against his
desk, his jaw fallen. Susan turned
as white as the marble top.
"The only way to avoid trouble is
to have her conveyed immediately to
Eoine place where she can be treated
properly. Not a word to any one now;
absolute secrecy or a panic."
The man; ;er was glad enough to
agree.
"She is not dangerous at present,
but it is only a matter of a few hours
wit en the disease will become virulent.
If you will place a porter before Miss
Jlargreave's door till I make arrangements
to take her away, that will
simplify matters."
Smallpox! Susan wandered aimlessly
about half out of her mind with
terror. There was no help against
such a dread disease. Iler Florence,
her pretty rosy cheeked Florence, disfigured
for life . . .!
"Miss Susan, where is Florence?"
"O. Mr. Norton!" she gasped.
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"Florence ha3 the smallpox!"
"Impossible! Coine with me."
But the porter, having had the
strictest orders from the manager, refused
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's.
We'll see what can be done. This
smells of the Black Hundred a mile
off. Smallpox! Only yesterday she
wrote me that she never felt better.
Have you wired Jones?"
"I nfever thought to!"
"Then I s'vill Our nlit frloYwla
lit work again."
"Hut it's the same doctor who sent
me down here."
Norton frowned.
What followed all appeared In the
reporter's 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. Ono
glance at Florence's tear-stained face
\'>*as enough for him. Norton's subsequent
battle with the doctor and his
accomplices made very interesting
reading. Their escape from the hotel,
their flight, their encounter with one
of the cancr in 1hf> rnnrl nnH T.'Mrvf
ence's blunder into the bed of quickrand,
gave a succession of thrills to
the readers of the Blado.
And all this while the million accumulated
dust, layer by layer. Perhaps
an occasional hardy roach
scrambled over the packets, no doubt
attracted by the peculiar odor of the
ink.
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
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