A MAKER
OF HISTORY
By E. PHILLIPS OPPENIICIM.
Author of "The Matter Mummer." "A
Princr of Sinners," "Miirttrtuus
Mr. Sahln," "Aiwa the
Adventurer," Ulc
Copyright. 1003. 1905. by Llttlo, Brown,
nnd Company.
(Continued from Page Three.)
the casual visitor, and of course it at
tracts thousands from Its reputation,
It presents no more dangers perhaps
than the ordinary night cafe of Its
nort, but I could think of a dozen men
lu Paris today who If they entered It
I honestly believe would never bo seen
ti fniti I
Km.m..r wn nmiinrorntliiir. Dun-
minim tniiriiiiiriil to himself. He was
n newspaper correspondent, and lie
na
w these things with the halo of, " wm" ". ". o i uuiui
Lloilrama around tlwiu. And yot inincil to put you in the way of finding
me
four nights ago!
Ills face was white
nnd haggard.
"The boy," he sulci, "could have been
no m tiro than an ordinary visitor, lie
had no great sum of money with him:
he hud no secrets; he did not even
ipeak the language. Surely be would
have been too small fry for the In
triguantes of such a place!"
"One would think so," Spencer an
swered musingly. "You are sure that
he was only what you say?"
"lie was barely twenty one," Dun
conibe answered, "and he had never
been out of England before."
"What about the girl?"
"She Is two years older. It was her
first visit to Paris."
Spencer nodded.
"The disappearance of the boy Is.
of course, the riddle," lie remarked. "If
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"Police iiriiUvtmn! A jiiutT UUlltul!''
Dnnvoinho cxvlnlmvd.
you solve tint, you arrive also at his
sister's wlu'i"aboul. Upon my word,
It Is tt po-er. If It had been the boy
alone-well, one could imderstaud. The
most beautiful ladles In Purls five at
the Montmnrtro. No one Is admitted
who is not what they consider ehle!
The great dmuvrs and actre.-,fces tiro
given handsome pro-outs to show
themselves there. On a representative
evening It h probably the mo,t bril
liant little roomful lu Europe. The
boy, of eour.se, might have lost his
head easily enough and then been
ashamed to face his sister. Hut when
you tell me of her disappearance, too,
you confound me utterly. Is she good
looking:"
"Very!"
"She would go there, of course, ask
ing for her brother," Spencer contin
ued thoughtfully. "An utterly absurd
thing to do, but no doubt h1u did so.
They would know who she was, and
look here, Iiuucotuho, I tell you what
Pll do. I have my own two news grab
bers at hand and nothing particular
for tneni to do this evening. I'll send
them up to the Cafe Montinnrtre."
"It's awfully good of you, Spencer. I
was going myself," Dunconibe said a
llttlo doubtfully.
"You Idiot!" his friend said cheerful
ly, yet with a certain emphasis. "Eug
lisb from your hair to your boots, you'd
go In there and attempt to pump people
who have been playing the game all
their lives and who will give you ex
actly what Information suited their
books. They'd know whnt you were
there for tlio moment you opened your
mouth. Honestly, what manner of
good do you think that you could do?
You'd learn whnt they choso to toll
you. If there's really anything serious
behind all this, do you supposo It would
be the truth?"
"You're quite right, I suppose, Dun
combo admitted, "but It seems bcust
ly to be doing nothing."
"Better be djibigjiothlngjhnn doing
ZZA- -Try, ;' y?7
SM
Wifs W. V!
Imrni," Spencer d"eliirefl. "Look round
tin other en feu mid tlio boulevards nud
conic hero nt 11 tomorrow morning.
We'll breakfast together nt Pnlllnrtl's."
CIIAPTEU VII.
PKXOKIi wroto out his luncheon
with the extreme care of the
mini to whom eating bus puss-
cd to Its proper plnce among
the arts and left to Dunconibe the mo
mentous question of red wlue or white.
Finally he leaned baclc lu blH chair nnd
looked thoughtfully ncross at his com
panion. "Sir George," be said, "you have
placed me in a very painful position."
Dunconibe glanced up from bis bors
d'oeuvre.
"What do you menu?"
"1 will explain," Spencer continued.
"You came to me last night with u
story iu which I hope thnt I showed a
reasonable amount of Interest, but In J
which, as a matter of fact, I was not
Interested at all, Girls and boys who
come to Paris for the first time hi
their lives unattended nnd llud their
way to the Cafe Montmnrtro and such
P1'" Kcnorally end up In the same
P"iee.
It would have sounded brutal
mlrti-il to your distress last
out for yourself.
I sent two of my
most successful news scouts to that
place lust night, and I had not the
slightest doubt as to the nature of the
Information which they would bring
back. It turns out thnt I was mis
taken." "What did they discover?" Dun
conibe asked eagerly.
"Nothing."
Duncombe's face fell, but ho looked
a little puzzled.
"Nothing? I don't undeislaud. They
must have heard that they bud been
there, anyhow."
"They discovered nothing. You do
not understand the significance of this.
I do. It means that I was mistaken,
for one thing. Their disappearance has
more In It than the usual significance.
Evil may have come to them, but not
the ordinary sort of evil. Listen. You
say that the police have disappointed
you lu having discovered nothing. That
is no longer extraordinary to me. The
police or those who stand behind them
are interested in this case and In the
withholding of Information concerning
It."
"You are talking riddles to me, Spen
cer," Dunconibe declared. "Do you
mean that tlio police in Paris may be
come the hired tools of malefactors?"
"Not altogether that," Spencer said,
waving aside a dish presented before
him by the bead waiter himself with a
little gesture of approval. "Not neces
sarlly malefactors. Hut there sire other
powers to be taken Into consideration,
nnd most unaccouutably your two
young friends are lu deeper water than
your story led me to expect. Now, not
anotl or question, please, until you
have tried thnt sauce. Absolute si
lence, If you please, for at least three
or four minutes."
Diu!"ombe obeyed with an 111 grace.
He hud little curiosity as to Its llavor
and a very small appetite at all with
the conversation in ILs present position.
He waited for the stipulated time,
however, and then leaned once more
ncross the table.
"Spencer!"
"First I must have your Judgment
upon t'.ie sauce. Did you find enough
uu'siiPls':"
"D the sauce!" Dunconibe an
swered. "Forgive mo. Spencer, but
this affair is, after all, a serious one to
me. You say that your two scouts,
as you call theiu. discovered nothing.
Well, they only had one evening at It.
Will they try nciiln In other directions?
Can 1 engage them to work for ine?
1 Money is absolutely no object."
Spencer shook his head.
"Dunconibe," he said, "you're going
to think mo u poor sort of friend, but
the truth is best. You must not count
upon mo any more. ' I caunot lift oven
my little finger to help you. I can only
give yop advicv If you want It."
"And that?"
"Go back to England tomorrow.
Chuck It altogether. You are up
ngalnst too big a combination. You
can do no one any good. You are a
great deal more likely to come to barm
yourself."
Duncoinbo was quite quiet for sev
eral moments. When he spoke again,
his nuinner had a now stiffness.
"You have surprised me a good deal,
I must confess, Spencer," he said. "Wo
will abandon tlio subject."
Spencer shrugged his shoulders.
"I know bow you're feeling, old
clitip," he said. "I can't help It. You
understand my position here. I wrlto
a dally letter for the best paying and
most generous newspaper In the world,
and it Is absolutely necessary that I
keep hand In glove with the people In
high places here. My position abso
lutely demands It, and my duty to my
chief necessitates my putting all per
sonal feeling on one sldo In a caso like
this when a conflict arises."
"Hut where," Duncoinbo nsked, "does
the conflict arise?"
"Hero!" Spencer answered. "I ro-
'questing
refrain from making any further In
quiries or assisting any ono else to
njako them Jn thjs natter, J eau .ns.-
nV.,,nV I Vi i ""WV "" " blu": , glneor Bitzer was badly scaiueu aoouc Carroll, la., June 5. James Wattles,
personage In this coun ry to whom I tho nmb3t Hlg conuUion is serious. fathor of 'Gt w. WatUog of Qniaha, lies
an. inuler moro obIlgatlons than any I A numuor of passenBOrs r0MIved ' 'itlcnl condition at tho homo of
UlMUl UH'UUIIIIK MUIII, rCllUCHUIlK uiu LO '
sure you that I was thunderstruck, but
the note Is In my pocket tit the present
moment."
"Does It mention them by name?"
"The exact words are," Spencer an
swered, " 'respecting the reported dls
appearance of the young Englishman,
Guy Poyuton, nnd bis sister.' This
will just show you how much you have
to hope for from 'the police, for the per
son whose slgnnture Is at the foot of
that note could commnnd the Implicit
obedience of the whole system."
Duncombe's cheeks were n llttlo
flushed. Ho was lliitlsh to the back
bone, and his obstinacy was being
stirred.
"The more renson," he said quietly,
"so far as I can see. that I should con
tinue my Independent efforts with such
help as I can secure. This girl and
boy are fellow country people, and I
haven't any Intention of leaving them
In the clutches of any brutal gang of
Frenchmen into whose hands they may i
have got. I shall go on doing what I
can, Spencer."
The Journalist shrugged his shoul
ders. "I can't help sympathizing with you,
Dunconibe," be said, "but keep rea
sonable. You know your Paris well
enough to understand that you haven't
a thousand to one chance. Hesldes,
Frenchmen arc not brutal. If the boy
got Into a scrape, It was probably bis
own fault."
"And the girl? What of her? Am I
to leave her to the tender mercies of
whatever particular crew of black
guards may have got her into their
power?"
"You are needlessly melodramatic,"
Spencer answered. "I will admit, of
course, that her position may be an
unfortunate one, but the personago
whom 1 have the honor to call my
friend does not often protect black
guards. He reasonable, Dunconibe!
These young people are not relatives
of yours, are they?" (
"No!" I
"Nor very old friends the young
lady, for instance?"
Dunconibe looked up, and his fuco
was set lu grim and dogged lines. He
felt like a man who was nailing his
colors to the mast.
"The young lady," he said, "Is, I pray
heaven, my future wife!"
Spencer was honestly amazed and a
little shocked.
"Forgive me, Duncombe," ho said.
"I had no Idea, though perhaps I ought
to have guessed."
They went on with their luncheon In
silence for some time except for a few
general remarks. Hut after the coffee
had been brought and the cigarettes
were alight Spencer leaned once more
across the table.
"Tell me, Dunconibe, what you mean
to do."
"I shall go to the Cafo Montmnrtro
myself tonight. At such a place there
must be hangers-on and parasites who
see something of the game. 1 shall
try to come Into touch with them. I
tun rich emmgh to outbid the others
who exact their silence."
to he continued.
NEWS OF NEBRASKA.
No Reprievo for Barker.
Lincoln, June 3. Governor Sheldon
refused tc grant a reprieve to Frank
Barker, tenteced to hang June 15.
Judge Hamer made a pica Tor Barker,
alleging emotional Insanity. Barker
killed his bi other and sister-in-law
near Red Cloud. Hamer will try to
have an insanity hearing lu the dis
trict court.
Alleged Bank Robbers Held.
Sioux City, Juno 4. After a hearing
in a justice court extending over sev
eral days, George Myers, Thomas Leo
and Fritz Klein, accused of robbing a
bank at Winnebago. Neb., were held
as fugitives from Justice. The demand
of the Nebraska authorities for their
extradition will now be fought out be
fore Governor Cummins.
Operator Tricks Sheriff.
Auburn, Neb., Juno 3. Receiving
the message over the wiro which In
structed the sheriff to placo him under
arrest, R. S. Cross, alias Frank Har
mon, night operator for the Missouri
Pacific, gave tho sheriff the blip and
has completely disappeared. Cross was
wanted for embezzling money from
tho railroad company at Jackson,
Breathitt county, Ky.
WRECK ON THE ROCK ISLAND
Engineer, Fireman and One Passenger
Injured When Train Leaves Track.
Alvo, Neb., Juno 3. Engineer Gus
j Bitzer and Fireman B. F. Clark of
j Falrbury, Nob., wore hurt In tho de
railment of Rock Island pussengor
I train No. C8, between Prairie Homo
1 nnd Alvo. II. M. Waring of Omaha, a
I passenger, was also Injured, biB head
I being cut by broken glass. The en-
gino turned completely over. The en
gino men had no chanco to get out of
, tlio cab until it stopped rolling. En
sllght bruises. The train was running hla daughter as tho result of an at
sixty miles an hour when it left tho tacJ- of apoplexy. Physicians say ho
track. cannot live another thirty-six hours.
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