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CHAPTER XXIII.
The Secret of the Million.
^ It will be remembered that Countess
Olga, had darlp.-l tha
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the struggle between Bralne and
bis captors. The police who had followed
her were recalled to pursue one
of the lesser rogues. This left Olga
free for a moment. She stole out and
down as far as the landing.
Servan, the Russian agent, stood
waiting Xor the taxlcab to roll up to
f the porte eochere for himself, Bralne,
^ and Vroo; . Norton had taken Florence
by tiie hand, ostensibly tt> conduct
her to the million. Suddenly
Bralne made a dash for liberty. Norton
rushed after him. Just as he
reached Bralne a shot was heard.
Bralne whirled upon his heels and
crashed to the floor.
Olga, intent upon giving Injury to
Norton, whom she regarded equally
y with Ilargreave as having brought
about the downfall, had hit her lover
instead. With a cry of despair^sho
dashed ^mck into Florence's room,
quite ready to end it all. She raised
the revolver to her temple, shuddered,
and lowered the weapon; so tenaciously
do we cling to life.
Below they were all stunned by the
suddenness of the shot. Instantly
^ithey sought the fallen man's side and
a hasty examination gave them the
opinion that the man was dead. Happily
a doctor was on the way, Servan
having given a call, as one of the
Black Hundred had been badly
wounded.
But what to do with that mad woman
u. stairs? Hargreave advised them
to wa>L The house was surrounded;
she couV not possibly escape save by
^o^e metbbd, and perhaps that would
be the best for her. Hargreave
looked gravely at Norton as he offered
this suggestion. The reporter
understood; the millionaire was willing
to give the woman a chance.
"And you are my father?" said
Florence, still hewildored by the amazing
events. "But I don't understand!'*
her gaze roving from the real Jonea
Co her father.
"I don't doubt it. child," refilled Hargreave.
"I'll explain. When I hired
Jones here, who is really .Tedson of
Scotland Yard, I did so because wo
looked alike when shaven. It was
Jedson here who escaped by the balloon;
It was Jedson who returned the
five thousand to Norton; It was Jedson
who was wounded In the arm;
It was he who watched the doings of
Black Hundred and kept me reasonably
well informed. I myself
guarded you, my child. Hast night,
unbeknown to you, I left, and the real
Jones?for It is easier to call him
that?took my place."
"And I never saw the difference!"
exclaimed Florence.
"That is natural," smiled the father.
"You were thinking of Norton
4here instead of me. Eh?"
Florence blushed.
"Well, why no*? Here, Norton!"
The millionaire took Florence's hand
and placed It in the reporter's. "It
seems that I've got to lose her after
all. Kiss her, man; in heaven's name,
kiss her!"
And Norton threw his arms around
the girl and kissed her soundly, careless
of the fact that he was observed
by both enemies and friends.
Suddenly the policeman who had
been standing by the side of Braine
ran into the living room.
"He's alive! Braine is alive! Ho
* Just stirred!"
m "What!" exclaimed Norton and
t" Hargreave, in a single breath.
\ "Yes, sir! I saw his hands move.
a good thing we sent for a docTi
tor. He ought to be along here about
* now."
Even as he spoke the bell rang.
ana mey an Burgea out into the hall,
forgetting for the moment all about
the million. Olga hadn't killed the
man, then? The doctor knelt beside
the stricken man and examined him.
He shrugged.
"Will he liver
^ "Certainly. A scalp wound that
laid him out for a few momenta. He'll
be all right in a few days. He waa
lucky. A quarter of an inch lower
and he'd have passed in his checks."
"Good!" murmured Servan. "So
our friend will accompany me back
to good Russia? Oh, we'll be kind to
him during the Journey. Have him
taken to the hospital ward at tha
ri^mbs. Now for the little lady upstairs."
A moment later Rratne opened his
eyes and the policeman assisted him,
to his feet. Servan with a nod or-i
dered the police to help the wound-ed
man to the taxicab which had
just arrived. Rraine, now wholly
conscious, flung back one look of
Jhatred toward Hargreave; and that
**as the last either Florence or her
father ever saw of Riaine of the Dlae.k
Hundred?a fine specimen of a man
cone wrong: through greed and an ln|
ordinate lust for revenge.
The policeman returned to Bar*
i greave.
"It's pretty quiet upstairs," he sug?
i gested. "Don't you think, sir, that
I'd better try that bedroom door
1 again?"
I "Well, if you must," assented Rai*
1 greave reluctantly. "But don't be
rough with her if you can help it."
| For Bralne he had no sympathy.
For eighteen years to have ridden
and driven and sailed up and down
the world, always confident that sooner
or later that demon would find
him! He had lost the childhood of
his daughter, and now he was to lose
her in her womanhood. And because
of this implacable hatred the child's
mother had died in the Petrograd
prison fortress. But what an enemy
the man had been! He, Hargreave, '
had needed all ,his wit3 constantly;
he had never dared go to sleep ex
cept with one eye open. Rut in employing
ordinary crooks Braine had
at length overreached himself, and
now he musj, pay the penalty. The
way of the transgressor is hard, and
though this ancient saying looks
dingy with the wear and tear of centuries,
it still holds good.
But he felt sorry for the woman up
above. She had loved not wisely but
too well. Far better for her if she
put an end to life. She would not live
a year in the God-forsaken snows of
Siberia.
"My kind father!" said Florence, as
if she could read his thoughts.
"1 had a hard time of it. my child.
It was difficult to play the butler with
you about. The times that I fought
down the desire to sweep you up in
my arms! But 1 kept an iron grip on
that impulse. It would have imperiled
you. In some manner it would
have leaked out, and your life and
mine wouldn't have been worth a button."
Florence threw her arms around
him and held hini tightly.
"That poor weak woman upstairs!"
she murmured. "Can't they let lier
go?"
"No, dear. She has lost, and lorera j
pay the stakes. n bat's life. Norton,;
you knew who I ,.as all the time, j
didn't you?"
i "I did, Mr. Hargreave. There was!
a scar on the lobe of your ear; and!
secretly I had often wondered at the1
likeness between von ami tUo rnoi
Jones. When I caught a glimpse of j
that ear then I knew what the game,
was. And I'll ndd you played it ama/r !
ingly well. The one flaw In Braino's >
campaign was his hurry. He started
tlie ball rolling before getting all the
phases clearly established in his;
mind. He was a brave man anyhow.'
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Florence to the million?" asked Hargreave,
smiling.
"For one thing, it is in her room
and has always been there. It never
was in the chest."
"Not bad, not bad," mused the father.
"But perhaps after all it will be
best if you show it to her yourself."
"Just a little uncertain?" jibed the
millionaire.
"Absolutely certain. I will whisper
in your ear where it is hidden." Norton
leaned forward asHargreave bent
attentively.
"You've hit it," said the millionaire.
"But how in the world did you guess
it?"
"Because it was the last place anyone
would look for it. I judged at
the start that you'd hide it in Just
such a spot, in some place where you
could always guard it and lay your
hands on it quickly if needs said
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"l*rn mighty glad you were on my
side," said Hargreave. "In a few
minutes we'll go up and take a look
at those packets of bills. There's a
very unhappy young woman there at
present."
"Is it in my room?" cried Florence
Hargreave nodded.
Meantime Countess Olga hovere'
between two courses; abraveattemr
to escrpe by the window or to tun
the revolver against her heart. I*
either case there was nothing left i;
life for her. The man she loved wa
dead below, killed by her hand. Sh
felt as though she was treading air ii
some fantastical nightmare. Sh?
could not go forward or backward, an
her heels were always within read
of her pursuers.
So this was the end of things? Thdreams
she had had of going awa
with Braine to other climes, the haj
piness she had pictured, all iner
chimeras! A sudden rage swept ove
her. She would escape, she. woulr
continue to play the game to the end
She would show them that she hat
been the man's mate, not his plian
tool? She raised the window and i
slipped the policeman who had pp
tiently been waiting for her. Instan'
ly she placed the revolver at her ten
pie. A quick clutch and the polio*
man had her by the wrist. She mad
one tigerish effort to free hersel.,
shrugged and signified that she sur-1
rendered.
"I don't want to hurt vmi mfoc. ? i
Raid the policeman, "but if you make
any attempt to escape I'll have to put
the handcuffs on you."
"I'll go quietly. What are you going
to do with me?"
"Turn you over to the Russian
agent. Me has extradition papers, and
I guess it's Siberia."
"For me?" She laughed scornfully.
"Do I look like a woman who would
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"Be careful, miss. As I said, I don't
want to use the .cuffs unless 1 have
to."
She laughed again. It did not have
a pleasant sound in the officer's ears.
He had heard women, on suicide bent,
laugh Hhe that.
"I'll ask you for that ring on your
Anger/'
"Do you think there is poison tn
It?"
"I shouldn't be surprised," he admitted.
She 8lipped the ring from her finger
and gave it to him.
"There is poison in it, so be careful
how you handle it," she said.
The policeman accepted it gingerly
and dropped it into his capacious
pocket. It tinkled as it fell against
the handcuffs.
"Before you take me away I want
you to let mo see . . . my man."
"I can do that."
At that moment the other policeman
broke in the door.
"All right, Dolan; she's given utf
the game."
one uiun t Kin the man after all,"
said Officer Dolan.
"He's alive?" she screamed.
"Yes; anil they've taken him of? to
the Tombs. Just a scalp wound. He'll
be all right in a day or two."
"Alive!" murmured Olga. She had
not killed the man she loved, then?
And if they were indeed taken to Siberia
she would be with him until the
end of things.
With her handsome head proudly
erect she walked toward the door. She
paused for a moment to look at the
portrait of Hargreavo. Somehow it
jeemed to smile at her ironically.
Then on down the stairs, between the
two officers, she went. Her glance
traveled coolly from face to face and
^topped at Florence's. There she saw
pity.
"You are sorry for me?" she asked,
skeptically.
"O, yes! I forgive you," said the
j generous Florence.
"Thanks. Officers, I am ready."
I So Countess Olga passed through
j 'lie hall door forever. How many
' imes had she entered it, with guile
and treachery in her heart? It was
! he game. She had played it and lost,
1 and she must pay her debts to Fate,
the fiddler. Siberia! The tin or
lead mines, the ankle chains, the
knout, and many things that were far
worse to a beautiful wnmnn Won
bo long as Uraine was at her side she
would suffer all these things without
a murmur. And always there would
be a chance, a chance!
When they heard the taxicab rumble
down the driveway to the street
Hargreave turned to Florence.
"Come along, now, and we'll have
the had taste taken off our tongues.
To win out is the true principle of
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They all trooped up the stairs to
Florence's room. So wonderful Is the
power and attraction of money that
they forgot the humiliation of their
late enemies.
Hargreave approached the portrait
of himself, took it from the wall,
pressed a button on the back, which
fell outward. Behold! There, in neat
packages of a hundred thousand each,!
lay the mystic million! The specta-.
tors were awed into silence for a moment.
Perhaps the thought of each
was identical?the long struggle, the
terrible hazards, the deaths that had
taken place because of this enormous
sum of money.
A million, sometimes called cool,
why nobody knows! There it lay,
without feeling, without emotion; yellow
notes payable to bearer on demand.
Presently Florence gasped,
Norton sighed, and Hargreave smiled.
The face 9f Jones (or Jedson) alone
remained impassive.
A million dollars is a marvelous
sight. Few people have ever seen it,
not even millionaires themselves. I
dare say you never saw it, and I'm 1
tolerably certain 1 never have, or
will! A million, ready for eager,
careless fingers to spend or thrifty
fingers to multiply! What Correggio.
what Rubens, what Titian could stand
beside it? None that 1 wot of.
"Florence, that is all yours, to do
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?iui iiu-ase, 10 spend when and
how you will. Share it with your husband
to be. lie is a brave and gallant
young man and is fortunate in
finding a young woman equally brave
and gallant. For the rest of my days
I expect peace. Perhaps sometimes
Jones here and 1 will talk over the
strange things that have happened;
but we'll do that only when we haven't
you young folks to talk to. After your
wedding Journey you will return here.
While I live this shall be your home.
I demand that much. Free! No
more looking over my shoulder when
I walk the streets, no more testing
windows and doors. I am myself
again. I take up the thread 1 laid
down eighteen years ago. Have no
fear. Neither Braine nor Olga will
ever return. Russia has a giMp of
steel."
Three weeks later Servan, the Russian
agent, left for Russia with his
three charges?Olga, Braine and
Vroon. It was a long journey they
went upon, something like ten weeks,
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strictest guard, compelled to eat with
wooden forks and knives and spoons.
Waking or sleeping they knew no
rest from espionage. From Paris to
I Berlin. from Berlin to Petrograd.
then known as St. Petersburg; and
then began the cruel journey over the
mighty steppes of that barbaric wil.
derness to the Siberian mines. The
, way of the transgressor is hard.
| On the same day that Olga, Braine
and Vroon made their first descent
Into the deadly mines Florence and
Norton were married. After the
i storm the sunshine; and who shall
deny them happiness?
Immediately after the ceremony
the two sailed for Europe on their
honeymoon; and it is needless to say
that some of the million went with
them, but there was no mystery
about it!
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Last Week's War News Showed
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Event
CONCERTED MOVEMENT
MADE BY ALLIES
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Germans Stopped by Floods in
Rivers From Advancing
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Last week saw but little that was
interesting in the way of European
war developments. Perhaps the most
interesting move was the transfer of
the Russian Grand Duke Nicholas
from the head of all the armies of
Russia to the Caucasus, where unimportant
operations are going on; and
the talking over by the emperor of the
full direction and management of all
the Russian armies.
The emperor's action was taken
when he assumed command of all of
Russia's armed force on land and sea,
it developing that he had placed himself
at the head of Russia's naval as
well as her military forces.
I Grand Duke Nicholas is appointed
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German submarine activity off thhe
coast, resulted in the sinking of two
British vessels. The crews were saved
The guns presumably from a German
submarine sank the 1,000 ton
British steamer Doro. Her crew was
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continued in its efforts to break up
the enemy's operations on the left.
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Grand Duke Nicholas and efforts of
Germans to drive a wedge through the
swamps proceed very sloflv. The
Western wing, in ^or^mand of Gen.
Ivanroff, made a stubborn stand
against the Austrians and Germans
who are engaged in a tremendous effort
to drive thj? Russians from Austrian
soil.
I Weather conditions which in past
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the Russians, are again intervening.
A dispatch in a Copenhagen newspaper
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that they promise to form an impassable
barrier to a further advance of
the invaders. The dispatch represents
the immediate objective of the AustroGerman
campaign to be the seizure of
the entire railroad system from Riga
to Lemberg, thus insuring control of
lines of communication for a further
penetration of White Russia.
One the other fronts events pointed
to a concerted movement by the Allies
The French commander-in-chief, Gen.
J off re, returned from a visit to his
Italian colleague, Gen. Cadorna. British
warships along the Belgian coast
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The coast of Ireland was again visited
by dirrigibles which caused some
fires and ten persons were killed and
4(> others were wounded.
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Petition For Final Settlement and
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STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Horry.
In the Court of Probate.
Ex parte
Mrs. Jane I^ewis,
Administratrix.
In re
The Estate of Sol Lewis, deceased.
To All and Singular the Kindred and
Creditors of Sol Lev/is, dee'd:
lake notice, that the undersigned
administratrix of the above named estate
will appiy to the Hon. J. S.
Vaught, Judge of Probate of Horry
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October A. D. 1915, at 11 o'clock a. m.
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