Show th U a y aste iste y dy by HAROLD MAC GRATH illustrated from scenes in the photo drama of the same name by y the flint film company copyright kit 1914 by bj aarold 4 SYNOPSIS stanley hargreave Kar Itar greave millionaire after a escape from the don den ot of tile fanz of brilliant thieves known as the lite lelack hundred undred 11 11 the lite life or of a recluse for eighteen years the one ona night enters it a broadway Uro adway restaurant and ami there cornea face to face ace with the gangs ie aier draine after the meeting which neither man inn n apparently r the other flar greave hurries tu tits lila magnificent home borne and ays plinna for making tits his escape from roin tho country lie he writes alt a cater to the girls school in now new jes jessey where olgh teen years de fore he had mysteriously left on the doorstep ahls baby daug liter Vl clorenze orenze grey lie ite ahsu 0 pays paa a i visit to trip the hangar of a daredevil aviator draino and men ibers of hla his hand surround home at night but flu as they enter the linie taw watchers wat cherB outside see bee a balloon ballom ic leave cave the lie roof the safe aab Is found empty the which afar reave nar ivas known to liae haie drawn diat ga day y was wan rune gone then some borne one el th the balloon had been punctured natured a anil 1 I dropped into the r aca ea I 1 ur lorene etwo irom froin the tha school princess aa companion tier her and to bo but a re latlip lc two bogus call b but I 1 the ir plot la Is by li norton it news newspaper raper man fly H bribing the captain of she he or orient ent norton orton laia a 1 trap lap mr for tin and hla his gang princess olga 1111 also visits lulls tho the orients captain and sin sho inell asi falla into the lie r reporters porters snare tito plan fr brov ove s through maines rood good luck uk c f anil 11 only hirelings tall fall into the hands of 0 the he police CHAPTER IV continued if you ou want my opinion Jon said norton 1 I bellevo believe the gumen kusnier were out to shoot up another gangi gang and the got wind of 0 it dont don t you think it about thus the police called a halt in this gunman mutter nutter i r oh so BO long as they pot each other the police look the other way it eaves a long trial arid and passage up the besides Des ldes whenever fth enever they are nabbed some big politician manages to open the door for them great Is ie the american voter take mr nortons Nor tons order luigi said eald braine A german pancake buttered toast and nd toffee coffee ordered the reporter man eat something its enough tor for rne me arid and go all the rest of the lay day on tobacco I 1 know something ot of you von chaps I 1 dont see how you man ago age to do it food la is the least of our troubles ily hy tho way may I 1 ask aak you a few questions nothing for print unless youve got a new book coming fire away 11 what do you know about the Prin princess cesi Perl Pert goff let tile me nee lee lim hm met her first iut a year ago at a reception given to A very attractive worn wom iu au I 1 s so quite a lot of her why well she ehe claims to be a sort of at aunt to hargreaves daughter she said something to me about that tile the other night you never know where youre at in this world do you the german pancake the toast the coffeo coffee disappeared and the reporter passed ills his cigars tile the president visits town today and im off to watch the show I 1 suppose ill have to interview hirn him about tile tho tariff and all that rot when you start on oil a now new book let me know and ill be your press agent chato a bargain Thank Th ankH ti for the breakfast brains picked up lite hla newspaper sir olied and read lie he smoked yes yea but he only pretended to read the young tool fool was wart clever but no mail 1 la infallible lie he had not tile the least leant lie he saw only th the newspaper story still in III some 0 manner he might stumble upon the truth and it would bo be just as well to tie tic the reporters rands hands the rancor of early morning had been subdued anger and quick gulch temper never paid in lie he long run arid and no one appreciated this fact better than draine to put norton out of the way temporarily was only a wise precaution it was not a matter of spite or reprisal 1 lie he paid tile the reckoning left the HIP restaurant tau rant and dropped into one of his hia clubs for a game of billiards ile he drew quite a gallery about tin the table ile hn won easily racked hla his cue and nought bought the apartments of the lie princess what a of 0 luck it was that olga had bad really married that old dotard lie he had left her a titled tilled widow six months after tier her may mar ariage but aut she eho had had hardly a ko peck to call her own ulga olga flar greave to la alive lie he was there last night hut but somehow Bonie liow he be anticipated tire tho raid arid and had the police in ill waiting tho the question la Is has he fooled us did ho he take that eliat ml million ur or lid did he tilde hide it there la Is one thing left to ret get that girl no mattei alite hargreave Is hidden bidden tho the knowledge that she ahe Is in my hands III bring him out into the opeil no more blind alleys un oil your mind she has never seen tier her father she confessed to me that she has not even seen a photograph of him abere 1 I here wan waa a loni long pause du do you understand roe me she ily fly the lord harry I 1 do youve it head on you worth two of ruins mine hie very simplicity of tile idea wilt ain n out cut for or is some one to pose ani a bour sillier ui mi gaano hands handed to lv 1 in secret dire misfortune it she whispers a word to anyone that her fathers lite life hangs hanga upon the secrecy she must confide in no one least of all jones the butler it all depends upon how the letter gets geta to her llred dred in the tha country she alia probably sleeps with her window open A pebble attached to a note tossed into the window ill trust tills to no one ill do it myself with the girl lit in our control the rest will be easy it if she ahe really does not know where the money Is Ilar hargreave greave will tell us great head little woman great head bead she does not know her fathers handwriting she has never seen a scrap of it all that miss farlow ever received was money tile original note left on the doorstep with florence has been lost trust tile me to make all these inquiries qu iries tomorrow night then immediately after dinner ll a taxicab will awalt await tier her just around the comer orange Is tire the best man mail I 1 can call think of lies an air artist when it comes to playing pla liiK the old wan inn parts not too old aid remember liar ilar greave over forty five another good point im going to stretch out here on the divan and snooze for a while had alad a devil dell of 0 a time last night when shall I 1 wake you at six well have an early dinner sent in I 1 want to keep out of every ei cry blodys way ny by lyl byl lit in loss than three minutes lie he was sound asleep the woman gazed down at him in wonder and envy it only she could drop to sleep like that very softly she pressed tier her lips to ills his hair billy at eleven the following night flight the hall light in the Ilar hargreave Harg greave reavo house ivas was turned off and the whole interior became lark dark A shadow crept through the lilac bushes without any more sound that a cat would have rave made florences window was open as the arch conspirator had expected it would be with a small string arid and stone as a sling he sent the letter whirling skillfully through the air it sailed into the girls room the man below heard no sound of 0 the stone hattit anything ond band concluded that it had k the bed lie he waltza wafted patiently presently a wavering light could be distinguished over tile the sill of the window the girl was wae awake and had lit the candle this knowledge was sufficient for hla his need the tragic letter would do the rest that Is it if the girl came from tile the same pattern as her father and mother string willed and ad advento ventu rous lie tiptoed back to the lilacs when a noise sent bout him close to the ground half a dozen feet away he saw a shadow creeping along toward the front door presently thu shadow stood up no as it if listening he stooped again and ran lightly to the steps stepa up these to the door which lie who was this wondered brains patiently tl lie he waited arranging his pos ture so BO that he could keep a lookout at the door ly by arid and by the door opened cautiously A man holding a candle appeared drainer vaguely recognized description of the butler the man on the veranda sud end denly blew out the light draine could hear bear the low murmur of voices but nothing more the con lers atlon lasted scarcely a minute tile the door closed and the man ran down tire the step across the lawn with arnine close at his heels just a moment mr Ilar greave lie he called ironically just a moment the man he addressed addi obaed na as Ilar greave turned with lightning rapidity and struck the blow caught braille above the ear knocking him flat when lie he regained hla his feet the rumble of a motor told him the rest of the story body ily by tle the dim light 0 of tier her bedroom candle florence read the note which had found entrance so strangely and mysteriously into her room tier her father ile he lived lie ho needed tier her alive but in hi dread peril arid and only she could save him she longed to fly to him at once then and there ilow how could she wait till tomorrow night at eight immediately site she began to plan how low to circumvent the watchful jones and the careful her rather father she slept no more that night my darling daughter I 1 must see BC you come at eight tomorrow night to 78 grove drove street third floor confide in III no one or you anu seal neal my death warrant your unhappy FATHER what child would refuse to oboy obey a summons like tills A light tup fail on the door started tier her Is anything the matter asked the mald voice of 0 jones jonea no I 1 got up to get a drink of 0 water she heard tits hla footsteps foot die away town down tile the corridor she bho thrust the totter letter into the pocket packet of her dress which lay neatly folded on the chair at the toot foot of the bed then climbed bark into the bed itself she must not tell even mr norton vu the child a romance over tho the first young uan man she had ever eer met lit in tier her heart of 0 hearts tile tho girl did not lot know her eatherl it was waa all so BO terribly and tragically simple to match a 0 womans comans mind against that of a child iloth both norton and the sober joney jonee had explicitly warned tier her never to go anywhere receive telephone calls or letters without first consulting one or the he other of them and now site she hod had planned to deceive them with all the cunning of her sex the next morning c t breakfast there was nothing unusual either cither in her appearance pe arance or inan manners hers under the shrewd scrutiny of jones she was just tier her everyday sell self a hue flue bit of 0 acting tor for one who had yet to lo see eee the stage dut but it Is born in woman to act as it to Is born in man to fight and florence was waa no exception to the rule she was going to save her father she read with susan played the piano sewed a little laughed hummed arid and did a thousand and one things young girls do when they have the deception of their elders in view allday all day long jones went about like an aa old hound with ills his nose to the wind there was waa something in tho the air but lie he could not tell what it was somehow or other no matter which room florence went into there was jones within earshot arid and she dared not show the least impatience or restiveness tl ti venesa veness it was a large order for so BO young a girl but she filled llred it she rather expected that the ho reporter would appear some time during tho the afternoon and sure enough he did lie ile could no more resist the de elre biro to see and talk to tier her than he could resist bathing eathl ea thing ng there was no use denying it the world had suddenly turned at a new angle presenting a new face a roseate vision it rattier rather sube subdued iod hla his easy banter what news 7 she asked none rather despondingly im sorry I 1 had hoped by this time to get somewhere but it happe happens that I 1 cant get any further than this house she did not ask him what he meant by that shall I 1 play something for you silo she said please lie he drew a chair beside the piano pla no arid and watched her fingers white as t the he ivory keys flutter up arid and down the board she played chopin for him mendelssohn grieg and chaminade arid and she played them lit in a surprisingly scholarly fashion lie he had expect expected rd the usual schoolgirl choice and execution titania the moonlight sonata which not halt a dozen great pianists have ever played correctly monastery bells and the like ile he had prepared to mako make a martyr of himself instead he be was distinctly and delightfully entertained you dont ho be said whimsically when she finally stopped you dont by any chance know the maidens prayer 7 she laughed this piece was a standing joko joke at si s chool 1 I have never played it t irmay however be in the music cabinet would you like to hear bear lit it mischievously chievous ly If heaven eaven for fendl he murmured raising his hands all the while the letter burned against her heart and the smile on her lace face and the gayety gaiety on her tongue were forced confide in no one she 1 11 t A she tried the doors door they were locked repeated mentally or you seal my death warrant why do you shake your head like that ile he asked did I 1 shake roy my head tier her heart fluttered wildly 1 I was not conscious of it are you going to keep your promise what prom pro lim never to leave this house without jones jonea or myself being with you 1 I it I 1 wanted to ill wager jones is out there in the liall hall this thin minute I 1 know it Is all for my sake hut but it bothers me jones was indeed in tire hall and when he tensed sensed the petulance in her voice ills hla shoulders sank despondently and lie he sighed deeply if t silently allent ly at a quarter to eight florence being alone for a minute set fire to a veil arid and stuffed it down tire the register jones sho she called excitedly 1 I emell binell something burning jones dashed nto into tile the room sniffed and dashed out again leading heading for the collar anor ills ilia first thought was naturally that the devils incarnate caniato la bad set fire to the hou house when he returned haying having of course discovered no na fire lie he found florence gone he rushed into tho the hall her hat but was mi missing esing lie ile made for the hall door with a speed which seemed incredible to the beMi bewildered dered susans eyes out into the street up and down which ho he looked away lie discovered ft a dwindling taxicab the child was gone in tile the house bouse susan wits was answering tho the telephone talking incoherently who la Is it jodea whispered his 1114 4 white and dry the princess began susan lie he took the receiver from tier her roughly hollo ll ollo who la Is it this ta Is olga Pe la Is florence there no madam she tills lina just stopped stepped out for a moment shall I 1 tell her to call you when she aha returns yes please I 1 want tier her and su salt arid and mr norton to come to tea tomorrow goodby good by jones hung up tile the receiver sank into a chair near by and burled its his face in his hands what Is 16 it cried susan terrified by tire the haggardness of his face ashes gonel bonel my god those wretches have got herl got herl florence was whirled away at top speed tier her eatherl slie site was actually on tho the way to her father whom she had always loved in dreams yet never seen been number 78 grove street was 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