The Signal, 1910-5-26, Page 6a Turiu.DAY MAY 911, 1910
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The Port of. All sing Men Eire it awbaasador snatched It from
him eagerly.
'Baron von Marhof, the events that "This device, the falcon poised upon
Jove led to this, meeting..have been a sliver helmet: You have much to ex-
isowewhat tuure than unusual -they aroplain, monsieur."
'unique. And cotupllcatlons have arisen "It Is the coat of arms of the bouse
which regofre prompt and wise action of Schouihurg. The case belonged to
For this reason 1 am glad that we shall Frederick Augustus. Karts sou. and
have the benefit of Judge (iafborne's this sword was his. and these Orders
advice" and that cloak lying yonder -all Were
"Judge Claiborne la the counsel of his. They were gifts from his fatter.
our c nbasiv." said the arubsassador. And, bellevc nate.--tlty friends. 1 came
111.1 gaze was fixed intently on Aral- by thehonestly."
tage's face, and ho hitched •himself for- •The bhrun bent over the table and
ward In his chair impatiently, grasp- spilled th orders fluke their silver box
Ing his crop nervously across his knees and scanned than eagerly. The col -
"Yost were aoxiotis to find me, baropl
and I tiny have seemed hard to catch,
but 1 believe we have been working at
cross purposes to serve the same in-
terests." -
The baron nodded.
"Yes; i dare say." he remarked dryly
"And some other gentlemen of not
quite your own standing have at the
sante time been seeking Inc. It will
give me great pleasure to present one
of then[' -one. I believe, will be enough.
Mr. I'la iborne, will you kindly allow
itt. Jules Chauvenet to stand in. the
door tor a moment?. I want to
lion a question.'
Shirley, witting farthest from Armi-
tage, folded her handl! upon the 1on4
table and looked toward the door into
--- -whisk her . brother vanished Then
Juke Chanvenet stood before them all,
and as bla eyes met hers for a second
the color rose to his face, and he broke
out angrily:
"ThLe is infamous: This is an out-
;at,. i • 1 f raw t.*aa• 7i
The eotorul.rU,bohe.:the*Irtertnt jewels.
held the cpcx 91 an.
peed ribbons, the glittering jewels. held -
the eyes of alt. Many of them were
the insignia, ut rare orders ho longer
conferred. There' were'the crown and
pendantcmas of the Invincible Knights
rage! Baron von Marhat, as an Aub. of 'Lartnger; the white -falcon upon a
trtan subject 1 appPnl to -yon for pro silver helmet ftwuug frc*n a ribbon. of
. 'tecUon from this man!"
"Mo'nsienr, you shall hare all eN
proteetton Baron von Marhof earls to
give you. but first I wtah to ask yon a
• at>saclon-jtre.t_wa_-Yee xw
sp Amellca with the fixed puepoee
of killing tae. You sent a Servian
Assassin after me -a fellow with a
reputation for doing dirty work -and
:1e tried to stick a knife Into nie
ea the deck of the King Edward. 1
shall not recite my subsequent experl-
enews with him or with you and '51.
Durand. You announced at Captain
(2alborne's Gable at the Army and
'Navy club in Washington that I was
an Impostor, and all the time, mon-
sieur, you have really believed uie to
Ise some one-- some one in particular."
Arnitage's eyes glittered. and his
mire faltered with intensity as he ut-
peed these last words. Then he thrust
his band luto his coat pocket, stepped
back and concluded:
"Who am I, monsieur?"
(Arauvenet shifted uneasily from one
!sot to the other under the gaze of the
Ove people who wafted for his answer;
Oen he screamed shrilly:
"Yat ate tete-devil--en Impostor, a
O ar, a thief
Baron vim rarhof leaped to his feet
• roared ared at'ebatmenet In English:
"Who is this nten? Whom d0 you be -
Mere him to be?"
"Answer, and be quick about It!"
A =wed Claiborne.
tell you"- began Cbauvenet fierce -
"Who em I?" salted Arntttage again.
M don't know who you are", -
'You do not! You certainly ,o not!"
laughed Armitage. 'Bat who have
grou believed me to be, monsieur
"1 thought" -
"Yrs, you thought"- .
9 thought- there seemed reasons to
believe" -
"Yes, and you believe It Go on!"
Caanvenet's eyes blinked for a mo-
oniest Al he considered the ditllcultlea of
his situation
The presence of
Baron von Mar -
hof sobered him.
America fright
not, after all, be
so safe n place
from which to
conduct an old
world conspira-
cy, and thea in-
cident must, 1f
possible. be turn•
ed to his own ac-
count tie ad•
e oth nI 1d; -111e- tnmtltnr dna-lee-0f-
the house of Schotuburg. tbe [;old Mal-
tese cross of the Chevaliers of tbe
Blessed Sacralneat; tbe crossed swords
atrove an iron crown Ot the Ancient
Lcgien of Saint Michael and Ail An-
gels. and the full rigged ship pendant
from triple anchors, the decoration of
the rare Spanfph onler of the Star of
the Seven -Seas. Silence held the come
,any as the ambassador's fine old
hands touched one after another. It
seemed to Shirley that these baubles
again blond tbe new world. tete fa-
ruiliar hills 'of home. the Virginia
shores, to the wallowing caravels of
Columbus.
The ambassador closed the silver box
the better to examine the white falcon
upon 111 lid. Then tie swung about
and confronted Armitage. .
"Where Is he, monsieur?" be asked,
his voice sunk to a whisper, bis eyes
sweeping the doors and windows.
"The Archduke Karl is dead; bis son.
Frederick Augustus, whom these con-
spirators have imagined roe -to be -be.
too, 1s dead."
"You are quite sure -you art Quite
r. Armitage?".
"1 am quite sure." .
"That Is not enough! We have a
right to ask more than your word!"
"No, it Is not enough." replied Arai -
tithe quietly. "Let m` make my story
brief. 1 need not recite the peculiari-
ties of the nrcbduke-his dislike of coo.
venttonnl 8oclety, hes contempt for.
sham and pretense. After living a her-
mit lite at one of the smallest and
most obscure ot.the royal estates for
several years he vanished utterly.
That was fifteen years ago."
"Yes; be was mad, quite mad." blurt-
ed the baron.
"That was the common Impression.
He took his oldest son and went into
exile. Conjectures as to his where
moots have filled . the newspapers
sporadically ever since. Ile has been
reported as appearing In the south see
Wands, India. in Australia, In vari-
ous parts of this country. In truth.
he came to America and estab-
lished hamlet as a farmer in western
Canada. Fits son was killed In an ac-
cident; the archduke died within the
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Saturday Evening. May 21.
Liverpool wheat futures closed to-4aY
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Chicago May wheat ,closed lc lower
tbtu yesterday, .lay corn %e lower. may
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Winnipeg Options.
Wheat. -May 9:disc. July Vic.Orta-ilea 3214c. July 3.1%c.
Toronto GraIn Market.
Wheat, fall. bush $l 02 to 8....
Wheat, red, hush 10'! ....
Wheat, goose, bush 1 00 ••••
Buckwheat, bush. 0 fol ••••
Rye. bushel' 065 ••••
Nrule3', bushel 0 .,..,
Meas, bushel 0 73 .•••
Oats. hurtle; 0.6J ••••
Toronto Dairy Market.,
Butter. separator. Cheese. per. Ib • 0 13 0 13'4
Qgl a%3
Sutter. store lots 021 0
Butler, ctwonery, solids0 -'3 ..••
Nutter. creamery, ,h. ro.Is0 25 .•.,
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Honey, extracted
Itute•-. corn hs, doscn 225 3 M
Liverpool Grain and Produce•
uvI•:Itl'te,1., May 21. -wheat -Spot
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July, 61i 10 5-5d; tk•t., is.
• Corn -Spot quirt; old American mlx-
5s 7 1-2d; pew' -kiln -dried, los b1 -2d;,
Uatvestun, 5s 6 1-2d; futures auUt
y nominal.
1 ns -Canadian steady, 7s 3d.
F • de -Winter -pail-exits dull. 30s Ad.
Ho , . In London -Pacific cost steady.
14 to 5.
Beef Extra India mess firm, 127. 64.
Pork-' ime mors. western steady
108s. 11 ms -Short-cut strong, 761:
Bacon -I gutar,-Cumberland cut, 701
short rib. ,'s 6d; clear bellies, 74s; ion
clear middl tight 72.; do. 'heavy. 710
8d; ihor c ea LaeRa :ts 6d. shouMers;
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Lard -Dull; ime western, 66s; Am-
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Cheese -Dull; t : nadian finest white.
Us 6d; do. color. 57s 6d.
Tallow -Prime cl •, no stock.
Turpentine -Spirit. firm. 45a .34.
Rosin -Common 11 • 111 , '
Petroleum --Steady. 1-2d.
New York Dairy erten.
NEW York. May 21.- utter -Weak;
receipts. 5"28; creamery t{peclala. per
pound. 25 1-4c to 2s 1-2e; do. extras.
27 3-4c to 2$c.
Cb eeae-Fl rm- Rece l pt..
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state skims. fine, 9 3-4c to 1001
full skims. 3 1-2e to 4•. Exports:
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LONDON, May 21. --London and Liv-
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tit 11 3-40 per tb.
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Judge Claiborne beet forward In kis
ebair ns Armitage panted.
"What proof have you ;et this stats,
Mr. Armltage7"
"I am prepared for such a question.
gentlemen. 111s identity I may estab-
lish by various documents which he
gave me for the purpose. For greater
security 1 locked them in a safety box
of the Bronx Loan and Trust comps
in New York. To guard against acci-
dents I named you jointly with myself
as entitled to the contents of that box.'
Here Is the key."
As he placed the slim bit of steel on
the table and stepped back to his old
taowitlon on the hearth they saw how
white he was and that his hand shook,
and Dick begged him to sit down.
"Yes; will you not be stated. mon-
sieurr' said the baron kindly.
"No; 1 shall have flntahed In it mo-
ment. The arch-
duke gave those
documents to me
and with them a
paper that will
explain much in
the life of that
unhappy gentle-
man. It contains
a disclosure that
mtght.ln certain
emergencies be
The noon ens very .1111 fie the last of very great
word. rang nut The old ambassador's value. I beg of
wise clung to Armitage. ale stepped you ts•Ileve that
Nearer. the perspiration- breaking out fie was not a fool
won his brow, and his lips trembled and not a road-
ie he faltered: man. Ile sought
"Ile tvoukl be king! Ile would be exile for reasons
king"'
Thee Armitage spoke sharply to Clad -
bore e.
"That will do. Thegentleman may
retire now."
As Claiborne thntat Chnavenet oat
et the room Armitage turned to the lit-
tle company, smiling.
9 am not Frederick Angustn", the
ant of the Archduke T(nrl." he anld
Quietly. "nor did i ever pretend that 1
was except to lead thrMe men on in
their conspiracy. The etymon* case
that ranted on trach tumble at Mr.
Qatborna's supper party belongs to me.
dfiee'iTiTe bar-
on in German:
'This man 1s a
designing plod
ter. He is bent
upon mischief
and treason. Ile
has contrived an
ttaesnpt ngatnstthe noble ruler of our
taat1ei Ile is a menace to the
"Who 1a hey" demanded Marhof lm-
pettettly, and his eyes and the eyes of
el fell upon Armitage.
"1 tell you we found him lurking
about fn Lturope, wafting his chance,
sad we drove him away -drove him
here to watch him. See these things -
that sword -those orders! They be-
longed to the Archduke Karl. look at
them end air. that It Is true! 1 tell you,
we have rendered Austrian high serv-
krfine death, one death at Vienna,
and thin win • t' n tnndntan would be
king! Ile Is I rederlck Augustus, the
sou of the Archduke Karl:"
-fur the reason
that h1. son
1 fennels, who has
Judge Claiborne
been plotting the
rounder of the new emperor -king. Is
not els limn:"
"What." roe red the baron.
"It Is na 1 have Mild. The ratline,.,
nets of his wife and not madness drove
him Int.) exile. Ire Monodist that pa
Leo- 10 me and "wore me to carry It to
Vienna if French" ever got too near
the throne. it is certified by half n
(111.0 odlctals authortZetl to administer
A Record Trip.
Niagara Falls, Oat., May 23. -Over
2,000 members of the Brotherhood oil
Locomotive Engineers, who have
holding their national meeting -in De
troit, were in this city Saturday on
a sightseeing trip. They came alt
guests of the Michigan Central Rail-
road Co.' which brought them on twos
trains of 12 cars each, treating them -
to one of the most remarkable rides
in the history of railroading. The
Brat train, consiatieg of 12 vestibuled
cars, carrying 1,134 delegates, made
the run iron Windsor to Falls View,
224 miles, in 217 minutes. The train
made no stops in the entire distance.
slowed down but twice, once while
running through 8t. Thomas and
again while crossing the drawbridge
at Weiland. This run was made by
the second train in 224 minutes, a
mile a minute for the entire distance.
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The United States are waking up to
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St. Peter's Joke.
Two Irishmen were in a city hank
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"What about Finnegan ?" inquired
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