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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1905-11-09, Page 7[NNI[ I1JR: iOR1tLl8T BY ROBERT BARR. "The lady doesn't sneak any Eweliah, r, and the next moaneat the train moved •out of the station. "There was no teed." said the de- tective, "my dear Smith. to depend upon the porter for tii)e information that the lady could rent speak English. She is the secretary to a very rich employer in Chicago and came from that city to New York, where she sailed on the Servia alone, coining to England to transact some special business, of which I could here give you full particulars if it were worth while. She camp from Liverpool to London over the Great Northern railway and is now on her 'way to Paris. All this, of course, is oh - 1 beg your pardon," saki Smith, "this Is usmoking canthi 'talent." vious to the most casual observer, and so, my dear Smith, we may discuss our case with as inch security as though we were entirely alone." "Do you expect this Austrian dia- mond mystery to prove difficult?" ask- ed Smith. "Difficult? Oh, dear not To tell the truth, I have solved it already; but in order to give the American a run for his money I am now on my way to Vienna. If I solved the problem offhand for him in London, he would have no more appreciation of my talent than you bad a moment ago when I e:cplain- ed why I knew this French girl came from Chicago. My dear fellow, every- thing in this world is simple except one thing, and that is to find any problem that is difficult." "Then who stole the diamonds—the lieutenant?" The detective smiled and gazed up- ward for a few tantalizing moments at the roof of the carriage. "Here we have," he said at last, "an impecunious prince who marries an American heiress, as so many of them do. The girl begins life in Austria on $1,000,000, say £200,000, and a case of diamonds said to be worth another $200,000 at least—probably more. Not much danger cf running through that very speedily, is there, Smith?" "No; I should think not." "So the average roan would think," ,continued the detective. "flowerer, 1 have long since got out of the habit of thinking; therefore I )Bake sure. The first problem I set to myself is this: How mach money have the prince and princess spent since they were married? I find that the retain; on the Schloss .Steinheimer, situated in the Tyrol, cost something like £40,000. It is a huge place, and the Steinheimers have not had an heiress in the family for many •centuries. The prince owed a gond deal •of inoney when he was married, and it took something like £00,000 to settle -those debts --rather expensive. as con- tinental princes go; hut, if one must •Maitre luxuries, one cannot save money. Not io weary yon with detail=. I fonud that the £300,000 was exhausted some- -thing more than two months ago—in fact, just before the alleged robbery. 'The prince is of course without money; otherwise he would not have married a 'Chicago heiress. and, the princess being without money, what does she natural- ly (]o?" "Pawn her own diamonds!" cried t3niith enthnsinstically. Exhausted Nerves THE WINGTTAM TIMES ;NOVEMBER 9; u3O: The detective smiled. "I thought it much more probable she would apply to her father for mon- ey. I asked hien if this was the case, giving him the date, roughly speaking, when such a letter had been sent. The old Tuan opened his eyes at this and told me he had received such a letter. 'But you did not send the money?' I ven- tured. 'No,' he said; 'I did not. Tho fact Is, money is very tight in Chicago jnet now, and so I cabled her to run on her debts for awhile.' This exactly bore out the conclusion at which I had already arrived. So now, having failed to get money from her father, the lady turns to her diamonds, the only security she possesses. The chances are that she did so before her father's cable message came, and that was the reason she so contidently wished information to be given to the police. She expected to have money to redeem her jewels, and, being a bright woman; she knew the traditional stupidity of the official po- lice, and so thought there was no danger of her little ruse being discovered. But when the cable message came saying no money would be sent her a different complexion was put upon the whole af- fair, for she did not know but if the po- lice were given plenty of time they might stumble on the diamonds. All that is necessary for me to do now is to find out how ninny persons there are in Vienna who would lend largo sums of money on valuable jewels. The second is to find with which one of those the princess pawned her diamonds. In my opinion, the diamonds never left Vienna. You see, the ball had been announced, and immediate money was urgently needed. She pawned the diamonds be- fore sho left the capital of Austria, and the chances aro she did not intend any one to know they were missing; but on the eve of the ball her husband insisted that she should wear her diamonds, and therefore, being a quick witted woman, she announced they had been stolen. After having Made such a statement, she of course had to stick to it, and now, failing to get the money from America, she is exceedingly anxious sho read with wide opening eyes; then that no real detective shall be employed in investigation." At Dover Miss Baxter, having notes of this interesting conversation in short- hand, witnessed the detective bid good - by to his friend Smith, who returned to . London by a later train. After that she saw no more of Mr. Cadbury Taylor and reached the Schloss Steinheimer at Meran without further adventure. Miss Baxter found life at the schloss piece of paper and said nothing. The much different from what she had ex- prince stood by the window and undid pected. The princess was a young and the packet with trembling hands. He charming lady, very handsome, but in examined one and then another of the a state of constant depression. Once or letters, turning at fast toward the girl twice Miss Baxter came upon her with with renewed anger in his face. apparent traces of weeping on her face. "Yon are trifling with me, my girl,' The prince was not an old man, as she he said. • • A I _ "1•f theme are any letters from—frorn-- men, Trill unto bring dicot to noel" secret drawer in her dressing room, but she is so careless with ber keys and about everything else that I am sure I can get thea) for you, if you want them." "Yes, yes, I want them," said the prince, "and will pay you handsomely for them." I "Very well," replied Miss Baxter, "you shall have them. If yon will wait here ten minutes, I shall return with them." "But," hesitated the prince, "say i nothing to the princess." "Oh, no I I shall not need to. The keys are sure to be on her dressing table.,, - Meas Baxter ran down to the room of the princess and bad little difficulty in obtaining the keys. She opened the se- cret drawer into which she had seen the princess place the packet of letters, and, taking thein out, she drew another sheet of paper along with them, which • with her pretty lips she blew a long, astonisbed whistle. Taking both the packet of letters and the sheet of paper with her, she ran swiftly up the stair and along the corridor to the room where the prince was impatiently awaiting her. "Give them to met" be snapped, rudely snatching the .packet from her hands. She still clung to the separate expected, but young and of a manly, stal- wart appearance. He evidently possess- ed a fiendish temper and moped about the castle with a constant frown upon his brow. The correspondence of the princess was in the utmost disorder. There were hundreds upon hundreds of letters, many of which she could not tell wheth- er they bad been answered or not, and Miss Baxter set to work tabulating and arranging them. Meanwhile the young newspaper woman kept her eyes open. She wandered about the castle uunao- lested, poked into odd corners, talked with the servants and, in fact, with ev- but you. great stupid that you are." ery one, but never did she come upon) a "Is this true? Will you swear it's clew which promised to lead to a solu- I true?" cried the prince, dropping the tion of the diamond difficulty. Once she' packet and going hastily toward the penetrated into a turret room and canis girl. Miss Jennie stood with her back unexpectedly upon the prince, who was to the wall, and, putting her hands be - sitting on the window ledge, looking hind her. she said: absently out on the broad and smiling "No, no; you are not going to touch valley that lay for miles below the cas- me again. Of course it's true, and if tle. Be sprang to his feet and looked so you had the sense of a 6 -year-old child fiercely at the intruder that the girl's you would have seen it long ago. And heart failed her, and she had not even she paid £60,000 of your gambling the presence of mind to turn and run. debts t" "What do you want?" he said to ber "What are you talking about? The shortly, for he spoke English perfectly. princess has never given me a penny of "You are the young woman from Chi- her money; I don't need it. Goodness' cago, I suppose?" knows, I have money enough of my "No," answered Miss Baxter, forget- own." ting for the moment the role she was "Well, Cadbury Taylor said that you playing; "I am from London." —oh, I'll warrant you, it is like all "Well, it doesn't matter; you are the the rest of his statements, pure moon - young woman who is arranging my shine." . wife's correspondence?" "Of whom are yon speaking? And "Yes." why did my wife protect that wretch, The prince strode rapidly forward and whop) she knows has stolen her dia- grasped her by the wrist, his brow dark mends?" with a forbidding frown. He spoke in a "You mean Von Schaumberg?" hoarse whisper: "Yes." "Listen, my good girl! Do you want "I believe the princess does think he to get more money from me than you stole them, and the reason the princess will get from the princess in ten years' protects him is to prevent you from service 2 Hearken, then, to what I tell challenging him, for she fears that he, you. If there are any letters from being a military elan, will kill you, al- from—men, will you bring them to though I fancy she would be well rid met" of you." "But he took the diamonds—there was nobody else." "He did nothing of the kind. Read that"' "No, I am not;" she said stoutly. "These are my own letters, written by me to my wife before we were mar- ried l" "Of course they are. What others did you expect? These are the only let- ters, as far as I have learned, that any Ulan has written to her and the only letters she cares for of all the thou- sands she has ever received. Why, you foolish, blind man, "I had not been in this castle a day before I saw how mat- ters were. The princess is breaking her poor heart because you are unkind to her, and she cares for nobody on earth Miss Baxter was thoroughly frighten. ed, but she said to the prince sharply: "If you do not let goof my wriet, I'll scream. How dare you lay your hand on me?" The prince released her wrist and step - Aching Head ped'"Fnrgback. ive me," he said, "I'm a verr Three years of suffering— miserable man. Forget what I have 'Health restored by seven boxes said." of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. "How can I forget it?" cried the Persistent: headaches usually come from au girl, gathering courage as she saw hint exhausted condition of the nervousey.atcm, and • quail before her blazing eyes. "What can never be cured until norva force to restored do you want um to do?" :by such treatment as Dr. Chase's Nerve Food."I want you to bring to me any let - writes "For three year I suffered agony with term written by—by"— nervouo headaches, and my entirely run down. "Written by Von Schaumberg t" cried nervous system war the girl, noticing his hesitation and enfillip in the blank. Thoug6 I consulted seri g oral phyeioianr, I got but A red wave of anger surged up In the little relief. Ontheedvice prince's face. of a friend f began neing "Yes t" he cried. "Bring ms a letter Dr. Chase's Nerve Food umber Y and I'll and it was not long unti� to her from Von Scha br thespellsofditzineesand pay you what you ask." 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Stop saying that fate is against you, , pegging and worrying, and dwelling ou , fended slights and wrongs. Scolding and flyieg into a passion over, OA as. Thinking that life is a grind, and. not worth living. Saying unkind things about acquaint- ances and friends. Exaggerating, and making mountains out of molehills. Lamenting the past, holding on to dis- agreeable experiences. Pitying yourself and bemoaning year lack of opportunities. Waiting around for chances to turn ap. Go and turn teem up. Writing letters when the blood is hot, which you maty regret later. Thiuking of yourself, to the exclusion of everything and everyoue else. Carping and criticizing. See the best rather than the worst iu others. Belittling those whom yon envy, be- cause you fete tiise they are supsrior to yourself. Dilating on your pains ani aches and misfortunes to everyoue who will listen to you. (Fazing idly into the £attire and dream- ing about it, instead of goiug to work and earning them yourself. Looking for opportunities hundreds of thousands of mites away, instead of right where you are. — Success. OR. T. A. SLOCUM, Lim Rod 170 King St. w„ Toronto, Canada The prance, bewildered, took the sheet that she handed to hien and read it, a wrinkle of bewilderment corrugat- ing bis brow. "I don't understand what this has to do with the case," he said at last. "It seems to be an order on the bank at Vienna for the diamonds, written by the princess herself." "Of course it is. Well, if the dia- monds had been delivered, that paper world now be in the possession of the bank instead of in your hands." "Perhaps she mislaid this order and wrote another." "Perhaps. Still it might be worth while finding out." "Take this, then, to the princess and ask her." "It is not likely she would remem- ber. The better plan is to telegraph at once to the Vienna bank, asking them to send the diamonds to Meran by spe- cial messenger. No one there knows that the diamonds are missing." "I will do so at once," cried the prince, with more animation in his voice than Miss Baxter had previously noticed. His highness was becoming in- terested in the game. After luncheon the princess came to Miss Baxter, who was seated at hex desk, and handed her a letter. "There is an invitation from the Duchess of Chiselhurat for a grand ball she is shortly to give. It is to be a very swell affair, but I don't care enough for such things to go all the way to England to enjoy them. Would you therefore send her grace my regrets 4" "I will do so at once." At that moment there came a mes- senger from the prince asking Miss Baxter to meet him in the library. The girl glanced up at the princess. "Have I your permission to go?" she said. The princess looked at her steadily for a moment, just the faintest suspi- cion of a frown on her fair brow. "I do not suppose you need my per- mission." Her highness spoke with slow deliberation. "My husband condescends to take considerable interest in you. Passing along the corridor this morn- ing, I heard your voices in most ani- mated conversation." "Had you sufficient interest in our discussion to stop and listen to what we said, Princess von Steinhei)ner2" .< Now g inso- lent, yon are becoming Inso- lent, and I must ask yon to consider your engagement with me at an end." "Surely you will not dismiss Pae in that heartless way, princess. I think I am entitled to a month's notice, or is it only a week's?" "I will pay you a year's salary or two years', if that will content you. I have no wish to deal harshly with yon, but I desire you to leave at once," said the princess, who had little sense of humor and thus thought the girl was in earnest when she asked for notice. Miss Baxter laughed merrily and re- plied when she was able to control her mirth. "I do bate to leave the castle just when things were becoming inter- esting. Still I don't suppose I shall need to go away in spite of your dismissal, for the prince this morning offered me ten times the amount of money you are paying." "Did be?" "Be assured he did. If yon don't be- lieve me, ask him. I told him be was a fool; but, alas, we live in a cynical age, and few men believe all they hear, so I fear my expression of opinion made lit- tle impression on him." "I shall not keep you longer from his highness," said the princess, with freez- ing dignity. "Thank you so much. I am just dy- (To be continued.) WANTED -By Chicago minutest Wring house, et'rson of trustworthiness and somewhat tone !liar with local territory as assistant in brands office. t4alnry $18 paid weekly. Permanent p tsttion No Investment required. Previous experience not essential to engaging. Addres., Manager Breaches, Conn ?leek. Chicago, 111. WANTED — Ry Chicago wholesale house, special Salary representative nd expenses pais week- ly. Expense money advanced. 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