The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, November 19, 1914, Page 6

aut tree rein; they could work It 2| Florence naturally wondered which | geye aarcotte, # slow but sire fenchy least obstacle in the way. .On the| of two courses to pursue: follow them,| ne. became ride er ‘ face of it, it appeared to be the eim-| Whe she would be perfectly ner were after - ree walk : plest job they had yet tndertaken.| 0 ald them, or continue the ride and) carefully, to pei “could. Dlaces as ee! To get.rid of the riding master in| 88ve at least one ‘horse from the ter-| often as he possibly % Ae Of ita, rs f se flames, She chose the He: was not really, afraid s pepe ie Reg ii Page te latter: oe ae did not ride with the| ‘hut he did abhor the chongit ite nm a. Tt was lke falling} earlier xest. She felt paren, Pre coal Bed hhapltsgs tae ‘Sosan” . he thought of them the. cigarettes were all “sect. Susan,” said Florence as she came fare a ihiae Neoeden sable was cents he could not have proved any- into breakfast after her exhilarating hover ‘ thing beforé « jury, of ‘bis’ intimate” ride, “did_you_hear_pistol_shots_ last. cat eae nawaver Bait veut f : a extn ‘ ( cipient. But ‘t was plainly incendi-} He never entered an elevator. with- eee ined poles BULLE She 6 ary. Some one nad set fire to it with| out scrupulous care. He never passed nae ies ign Uitey to Rete ORE MOM a purpose in view. Norton recognized | under coverings over the sidewalks etal ou, Jones?” this fact. almost as soon as the fire-| where construction was going on. “Yes, as Florence. The shots| men.’ He had come this morning with | Still, careful as he was, death con: fs ab Beaty the idea of surprising Florence. He|. fronted. him once more. It was his came Oe eater Heder was going out on horseback to join} habit to have his coffee and rolls— came running up later and said he nen Bi he rarely ate anything more for his evid vat Sen can hi aie Pei His spine grew ‘suddenly cold. A breakfast—soct down outside hie door ae a is ry vlad rad ] iif ae trap! She had been left alone on the | every morning. The coffee, being in a tre 8. ee rte ate Nae ete road! He ran over to the garage, se- | silver thermos bottle, kept its heat for abroed: Did you enioy the ride?” cured a car, and went humming ae | t : “ toward the river road. A trap. ani Vere anon Bethe ee pbota only by the sheerest luck had he of blood on the walk near the corner.’ turnedsup In timer SBiooay Jones caught the back of Meantime Florence was walking her @ chalty ke: s\eacys Duueel: : mount slowly. For once the scenery “Yes. So some one was hurt. Oh,| passed unobserved. She was deeply let's leave this place!” impulsively. engrossed with thoughts, some of “Let us go. back to Mies Farlow’s.| wnich were happy and some of which You could find a place in the village, | wore sad, if only her father could be Jones. But. if I stay here mich longer with her she would be the happiest in this state of unrest I shall lose girl alive. : faith in everything and everybody. She was brought out of her revery Whoever my. father's enemies are, by the sight of man staggering along they do not lack persistence. They| the road ahead of her. Finally he have made two attempts against MY | junged upon his face in the road Like liberty, and sooner or later they wil! the tender hearted girl she was, she succeed. I keep looking over MY/ stopped, dismounted, and ran to the Late he the time. If I hear @/ fatien man to give bim ald She sud- ayes i : denly found-her wrists claspe? in two “Miss Florence, if'1 thought it wise, hands like fron. The man rose to his you should be packed off to Miss Far-! fact, smiling evilly. She struggled low’s this minute. But not an hour of wildly but futilely. the day or night passes without this] «potter be gensible,” he said. “I am house being watched. I seldom see stronger than you are. And I don't anybody about. I can only sense the/ wish to hurt you. Walk on ahead of presence of a watcher. At Miss Far- me: It will be utterly” useless | to low’s you would be far more like a scream or cry out., You can see for prisoner than here. I could not ac- yourself that we are in a deserted part company you. I am.forbidden to de-| O+ the road, If you will promise to act weary of this eternal vigilance; ard {¢ was only his fear of the man known as the boss that kept him at his post.. He wanted a night to carouse,in, to, be with the boys, The man for whom théy: were lying in wait was seen presently to creep cautiously round the side of the house. He hugged a corner and paused. They || could see the dim outline of his body: The light in the street back of the grounds “almost made a silhouette of | him, By and by, as if assured that the coast was clear, he stole down to the street. “Halt!” Instantly the prowler took to his heels. Two'shots rang out. .The man was seen to stop, stagger, and then go on desperately. “He’s hit!” By the time the men reached the corner they heard the rumble of a motor. One dashed’ back to the car they had left standing at the curb. He made quick work of the job, but he was not quick enough. Still, they gave chase. They saw the car turn toward the city. But, unfortunately for the success of the chase, several autome- biles passed, going into town and leav- ing it. Checkmate, Braine was keen enough tonight. “He is hit; whether badly or not re- mains to be seen. We can find that out. Drive to the nearest drug store and get a list of hospitals. It’s a ten to one shot that we land him some where among the hospitals.” But they searched the hospitals in vain. None of them had that night re- ceived a shooting case, nor had they heard one reported. The man had been unmistakably hit. He would not have dared risk the loss of time for a bit of play-acting. Evidently he had kept his head and sought his lodgings. To call up doctors would be utter folly; for it would take a week for a thorough combing. This was the sec- ond time the man had got-away. “Perhaps I’m to blame,” admitted TheMilfon Dollar Mystery - By HAROLD MAC GRATH i- 11 —1l- -_—"“‘Iuastrated from Scenes ita the Photo Drama of the proved co 0. Same Name ty the Thanhouser Film Company (Copyright, 1914, by Harold MacGrath) ing straight for the police station! ~ Well, good-by.” | “Queer duck!”’ mused the reporter) as, ifter telephoning, he headed for| his office. Queer duck, indeed! What & gam it was going to be! - And this mar. Jones was playing it like | a maste:. It did not matter that some) one ‘se laid down the rules; it wat the way in which they were inter: preted. ; | Praine heard of the failure. The! Black Hundred was finding its stock | far below par value, Four valuable! men locked up in the Tombs await: | ing trial, to sa nothing of the seven | gunmen gathered in +t the old ware-| house, Braine began to suspect that | his failures were less duc to chance | than to calculation, that at last he! had encountered a mind which anti-| ipated his every move. He would| haxe recognized this fact earlier had There was eeting that night of | the Black Hundred. Four men were} told off, and they dréw their chairs up | to Vroon’s table fo? instructions. Braine sat at Vroon's elbow. These | Tour men composed the most™danger- ous quartet in New York cy. ey were as daring as they were desper.| Norton, Put His Arms Around Her. ate. They were the men who held up PASS | Braine, “I should have advised Miles i Bais ge leat: got aya with bade il of Hargreave Rode! to stalk him and pot him if he got the per ena erie sensibly I shan’t layahandon you. Do ousands. They had learned to swoop | reeback Every Morning. chance, There’s a master mind work- PCG ‘ _| you see that hut yonder, near the fork | pours, When he took th u i * 5 ie stopper out down upon their victims as the hawk , ing eomewhere back of all this, andit’s| _ Jones signified ena sa eae in the road? We'll stop there. Now,| and poured forth a cup it looked oddly ih down Lottie ae The | irterpolated Uhl. As they ap-| time I woke up to the fact. But you,” Be ene: Her merely cased stout marche black, discolored. It is quite probable spapers referred to them as the approach, draw nd order them to dis: | turning to the auto bandits, “you men | 9! {0° tus. “She dropped her handkerchief, later! that had’ there been no series of “ac- ‘That blood!” She sprang from her) ner bracelet, and finally her crop, in| cidents” he would have drunk a pati ‘autc bandits,” and the men took a’ mount, That method will prevent any | have your instructions. More than chair, horrified. “It was his! He was| yon6 that these slight clues might and! digdig tortal/axony, Ikon: deal ct pride in the furore they had accident.” XS that, you have been given a free rein. creguew “We'll plan it somehow, It looks| See that you make good, or by the} bere We night, and they shot! ./ing ‘her help: She knew that Jones tained bichloride of mercury. aie _Vroon went over the Hargreave easy.” San | Lord-Harry!-l’l-break the four of you him! o! 1 The| Would hear of the fire, and, finding that} ery quietly he set about to make case minutely; he Teft no detail un-/ “Nothing is easy where that. girl| like pipestems.” ‘There, there, Miss Florence! H 1¢/ she had not returned with the riding inquiries, This was really becoming explained Bluntly and frankly, the jg concerned. A thousand eyes seem | “We haven't hada failure yet,” spoke | ™2n was only slightly wounded. hi 8 | master, would immediately start out in serious. In: the Kitchens downstairs daughter of Stanley Hargreave must to he watching her slightest move."\\ up one of the men, more courageous | “ere they never will ea ity bs pursuit, She was beginning to grow] nothing could be learned. The maid be caught and turned over to the care” we shan’t. leave anything to | than his companions. Then Jones continued, as with an ne very fond of Jones, who never spoke| nad set the thermos bottle before the a the Blaek Faadtes te rein ee chance. How many days will you| *¥qu are not holditig up a bank mes- ae i" i ae i we nee ae unless aoe i, Ao Haba always at! door at 10:30. Norton had opened the : i give us?” senger\this trip. Remember that.| “ ; é _| hand; faithful and loyal. door at 1:30—three hours after. The were in the Tombs. They might or “seven. A failure, mind you, will| Drive. me ‘ag far as Columbus circle. Rugle ately ould ane epee ie ds From afar came the low rumble of a eatiook was not the cheerfulest. He where, We might go to the othe motor, She wondered if her captor| knew perfectly well why all these aa eA ee an ee De eau For prove unhealthy to all concerned,” | Leave me onthe side street, between irst time mn is American career with a menace which made the four | the lights, so I cam take off thie mask.” 2 Sal pong ae i ae epaites ‘of | heard it. He did, but his ears tricked! things “happened;” he had interfered d E him into believing that it came from} with the plans of the scoundrels who the organization stood facing actual stir uneasily. i into Pabst % peril: and its one possible chance of _ The telephone rang. Braine reached att eae a ae 5 escape, but of who shall vanquish the | 4 ner direction. Eventually they ar-| were making ever ssible to salvation lay in the fact that no one’s | for the receiver. andy oruetes ee pe a other. There-is nothing to do out rived at the hut, and Florence was} kidnap Ploreace HearaRya Mee ‘ : ‘ ight’s work, mo in here and fight, fight, fight. We } bohhiy fi s . “ main e ight, Hight, ig ‘face was knowr to his neighbor. He, ‘A man just entered the Hargreave | prought home to him the fact have put four of them in the Tombs, forced. a ener Bein eee eked ane y on ip ie Rach ltd a J i urse he,told her nothing. Yroon, and the boss alone knew who | house at the rear. Come at once,” luck was changing. and what each man was. But the’ was the message. ¥ proceeded with his shady occupatio - Plans, the ramifications of the organ-! “Ig your car outside?” Braine asked. without encountering any memorable ization might become public property; “We are never without it.” failure. He moved in the high world, and that would mean an end to an “Then jet us be off. No one will quite unsuspected. He had written exceedingly profitable business. stop us for speeding on a side-street.” books, given lectures, been made a lion The daughter of Hargreave rode Fourteen minutes by the clock of, all the while laughing in his eleeve horseback early every morning. She | brought the car toa stand at the curb | at the gullibility of human nature. But sought the country road. She was in-|a few houses below the Hargreave | within the last two weeks he had re- variably attended by the riding mas- home. The men got out. The watch- ceived serious checks, ‘From now on tb say nothing. of the. gunman: That) mobile which he was expecting. He They had become, seocrétly engaged —“—™ is-what we must do—put them in 4] . 0. rather dumfounded when bi ; b imfounded when Oe Saw) the day after he had rescued her from’ fe place, one by one, till we reac taster. Then only. tay;.we that it was coming from the city, not| the auto bandits. They were secretly in safety. But if they watch, | S26 toward it, | engaged because Florence wanted it It was Norton. The riderless horsej so, For once Jones suspected noth- told him enough; the handkerchief and ing. Why should he? He had trou- bracelet and crop led him straight for} bles enough. As a matter of fact, the hut. Norton was afraid of him in the same The man before the hut realized by| sense as a boy is afraid of a police- this time that he had made a mistake. | man. % ter where you not deceive me, no fall you. Don't ery. your father’s ter of a school near by. er ran up. he must move with the utmost caution. daughter, as I am his servant.” “You four will make your own “He is still inside,” he whispered. Some one was playing his own game, le tee hi aw ‘ aFi He attempted to re-enter the hut.and But on this day, when the time plans.’ “Good! Spread out. If ‘anyone | waging warfare unseen. A battle of POE NETY, OR en °F) prepare to defend it till bis compan- came, he accosted the butler and drew “It she should be injured?” leaves that house, catch him. If he| wits? So be it; but Braine intended | “"Ce threw her arms around Susan ions hove in sight. But FJorence, rec-| him into the pantry. ¢ “Avoid it if possible.” runs too fast, shoot. We can beat | to play with rough wits, and he wasn’t sndpield her head upon her friem&@| cenizing Norton, held the door with “Jones, they are after me now.” “We have a free hand?” = the police.” going to care which way the sword anes nial" 8 ow ree: | Wher strength. Theiman snarled and! “You? Explain.” “Absolutely.” The man obeyed, and the watcher | cyt. COR CHE SURBD ROW ey ery TCS ed upon Norton, only to receive a| Norton briefly recounted the delib- “We risk a bad fall from her horse ran back to his post. He was des-| He hated Stanley Hargreave with all ognized the Se of Jones’ state- g blow on the jaw. erate attempts against his life. if it's a spirited one.” | perately hoping the affair would ter- | the hatred of his soul; the hatred of a mea Phey were safest here, lung open the door. “Into “You see, I'm not liar enough to “Pretend a breakdown in the road,” | minate tonight. He was growing | man balked in love. And the man was| ‘The morning rides continued. To) the car, Florence: There's another car say that I’m not worried. I am, dev- *| alive, defying him; alive somewhere | tHe girl, who loved the open, it Wa8| coming up the road. Hurry!” ilishly worried. I’m not worth any .| glorious fun. Those mad_ gallops * in this city this very night, with a bul. 8 It was not a long chase. The car| ransom. I'm in the way, and. they let under his skin. along the roads, the smell of earth and cr the auto bandits, looking like an| seem determined to put me out of it.” = é Hh ; 5 “Is everything satisfactory, sir?” he pe iat oe Lae ee were ordinary-taxicab, was a high-power ma- “To any other man I would say é | ion ar S [ heard the head waiter say. first? : She invariabl tna: : when chine, and it gained swiftly on Nor-| travel. But to you I say when you “Satisfactory?” Braine repeated y ton's four-cylinder. The reporter wait- | leave your rooms don’t go where you : blankly. she coninered vgs bake first best ed grimly. first thought you would—that is, some moments were. He was a brave young | «4 Gen your head down!" he warned | usual haunt. They'll be everywhere, “Yes, sir. You struck the table as though displeased,” “O!” Then Braine laughed relieved- ly. “If I struck the table, it was done unconsciously. I was thinking.” “Beg pardon, sir! Anything else, pir?” “No. Bring me the check.” 2 * 2 . . ° s “Your master gives riding lessons?” The groom who had led the horse back from Hargreave'’s eyed his ques- tioner rather superciliously. “Yes.” The groom fondled the ant- mal's legs. M : “How much is‘ it?” “Twenty dollars for a ticket of five ridés. The master is the fashion u- here. He doesn’t cater to any but th best families.” “Pretty steep. Who was that youn~ i band Pasiver: this morning with your man; good to 160k at’ witty; ana At 9 ways cheerful. Why shouldn't she} “Tats the girl all the newspapers have been talking about,” answered like-him? Even Jones liked him— the groom importantly. “Actress?” Florence. “I’m going to take a pot at | near your restaurants, your clubs, your their tires when they get within range | Office. You're a methodical young If I miss I'm afraid we'll have trouble. | man; become erratic. Keep away Under flo circumstances attempt to | from here for at least three days, but leave this car. Here they come!” always call me up by telephone some He suddenly leaned back and fired. | time during the day. Never underany . It was only chance. The manner in | Circumstance, unless I send for you,- which the cars were lurching made a| Come here at night. Only one man poor target for a marksman éven of | BOW watches the house during the | the first order. Chance directed Nor- | 4ay, but five are prowling around af- ton’s firet bullet inte the right forward | ter dark. They might have instruc- tire, which exploded. Going at sixty- | tions to shoot you on sight. I can't .| odd miles an hour, they could not stop: | Pare you just at present, Mr. Nor-. | the car in time to avoid fatality. The | ton. You've been a godsend; and it | |-car careened wildly and plunged down }.!t seems that sometimes I did not the embankment into the river. trust you fully it was because I did Florence covered her eyes with her | 20t care to drag you in too deep.” _~ hands, and, quite unconscious of what | Deep? Norton thought of Flerence he was doing, Norton put his arms | 0d smiled inwardly. Could anybody around her. The fourth installment of which appears in The Times this week Will be shown in Motion Pictures ; at the Star Theater © Every Tuesday afternoon and night “Better Be Sensible,” He Said. CHAPTER VIII. The Wiles of a Woman. After the affair of the auto bandits— »| three of whom were killed—a lull fol- gravity of Jones’ countenance was an are such move; it did not in- - te it. ; | the water crinkly, the booms wabbling. Suddenly a series of “accidents” began to the - — twenty- amnual conven: tion of the United Daughters of the CONDENSED NEWS ITE Confederacy has come to a close at United States troops in Hartford Savannah, Ga. The 1915 convention Valle; are_guarding employes will be: held in San Francisco. “ot the Bache-Denman interests, work-| _—The entire administration ticket ing under Franklin Bache as federal receiver of the properties.