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llJ IV ' n A MAKER Sale &-' jiean K OF HISTORY By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM, Author of "The Master Mummer." "A Prince of Sinners," "Mysterious Mr. Sabln," "Anna the Adventuress." Etc. Copyrlflhr. 1005. 1000. by LITTLE. BROWN, and COMPANY. OF Odds and Ends W '? 1. tf4 f I CONTINUED. I CIIAPTEK XXVI. GUY moved uneasily upon a chair. The color mounted ill moat to his forehead. It was a humiliation, this, ttpou which ho had not counted. M. (jfls won was Hitting within u few foot of bim A serviette was tucked care- fully underneath his collar, and his face was a little Hushed with tho ex orcNo of eating. Ills eyes, however, with undlnuued, and his uianuers, til though n little bnis(iue, had certainly not merited the epithet of bourgeolso! "It Isu't much of u story," Guy be van, making a desperate effort. "It was my first visit to Paris, and I lost my head a bit. I drauk too much wiuo and quarreled with n fellow who cer tainly Insulted me. They all told mo that I must light him, so" "Stop, M. Poynton!" (Juy raised his head In surprise. Tho exclamation had come from the Due do licrgllliic. M. Grlsson was looking toward him as though for an explana tion. "My dear young friend," the duke re marked, with a smile, "it Is my stupid ity which Is to blame. I had forgotten lie little matter to which you are al luding, and between ourselves It is one which Is very much better not re lated to M. Grlsson. I was alluding to your other adventure up In tho Pozen forest." Guy for a momout was too aston ished for words. Then he recovered himself with n little laugh and raised his head. There was nothing torrlblo In tho other affair. "I will tell M. Grlsson about that with pleasure," he said, "If It Is likely 1o interest him. I was in tho uorth of Germany on a walking tour, and I had rather a stupid fancy to go as far as the Russian frontier and then re turn by Vienna to Paris. I was quite ulono and had no one's plans but my own to consult, so I started off from Sterltz, 1 think the place was called. fWcll, wo wore within about forty miles of a place called ltouznn when our train was stopped and shunted. Wo were told that some specials were to t:o by. 1 should think we must have waited there for an hour or more. .Anyhow I got sick of It and passed through the cars on to tho roar plat- ED iVJsL y H?$k ill sgisss igtra r w)lxi3L. yak .ihcSiii-XSK 1f4-K WftSfeHBBi 21. Qrlsson was looking toward him as though Jor an explanation. form and down on to tho line. I spofeo to tho guard, and I understood him to say that wo should not bo starting for nt least twenty minutes. I strolled along the lino a little way and stopped to light a pipe. Suddenly I heard a whistle, and when I turned round tho rear light of tho train was moving away. I shouted and ran as hard us 1 could, but It was no use. In loss than two minutes tho train was out of sight, and I was left alone." Tho duke pushed a small atlas across tho table. "I wonder," ho said, "If you could put your linger on about tho spot where you were? Here, you see, Is the railway lino." Guy studied It for a few raomcuts carefully and looked at tho scale. Then ho pointed to a certain spot. "As near as I could say," ho de clared, "about thore." , Tho duko nnd M. Grlsson exchanged quick ghinccs. Guy was beginning to fecju little mystltled. "Proceed. If you please." the duke said courteously. "I am sure that M. Grls son finds your story most Interesting. Permit me." Guy sipped tho tin champagne from the glass which tho duke had carefully filled and took a cigarette from the box at his elbow. "I found myself." he continued, "In the middle of a dense pine forest, with Just sufllclent clearing for two lines of rails and no more. There seemed to bo nothing for me to do but to walk ahead In the direction which the train had taken. I lit a pipe and started out all right, but I very soon got tired. The sleepers were a long way apart, anil the track between frightfully rough. I walked for hours without see ing the slightest sign of a station or a break In the woods, and finally I sat down dead beat. My feet were all blis ters, and I felt thai I couldn't walk an other yard. Fortunately It was a warm night, and I made up my mind to crawl under tho bracken Just Inside the wood and go to sleep. I found a comfortable place, and I'd Just gone off when a noise close at hand woke me. I sat up nnd looked around. "Within a few feet of me an engine and n single carriage had pulled up. At Intervals along tho line as far as I could seo soldiers were stationed like sentries. I could seo that they wore looking sharply up and down and even a little, way Into the wood. From tho train three or four men In long cloaks had already descended. They were standing In the track talking together." For the first time M. Grlsson Inter rupted. He took his cigar from his mouth and leaned over toward the young Englishman. "You were lost yourself. You did uot accost them? Ask them the way any where V" "It seems odd. I suppose, that I didn't," Guy answered, "but do you know there was an air of secrecy about the whole thing which rather frighten ed me. And those soldiers had exactly the air of looking for somebody to shoot. Anyhow, while I was hesitating what to do there was a whistle and an other train amo from the opposite di rection. Then, of course. I waited to see what was going to happen." "And you saw?" the duke began. "I saw another single carriage ar rive, more men In long cloaks and more soldiers. There was a brief but hearty greeting between two men who seem ed to be the principals In this little pantomime. Then they both got Into the train which had arrived first, and I could see them sitting at a table talk lug, and a third man, who seemed to be a sort of secretary, was writing all the time. In about half an hour they both stepped back on to tho Hue, and every one commenced shaking hands and saying goodby. Then tho whole thing seemed to melt away. Tho trains wont on, tho soldiers climbed Into a truck attached to one of them, and - crythlng was just as quiet as before." "And afterward?" "I waited uutll It was clear daylight, and then I resumed my walk along tho line. I found the next station about live miles off, nnd I wns thank ful to see thnt tho guard of tho train which had left me behind had had the sense to put my luggage out there. I went to tho hotel and hud some break fast, and afterward I chucked my idea of going so far as tho frontier and left for Vienna. A week later I was In Paris." The duko nodded. "I have asked you this question bo fore," ho said, "but M. Grlsson Is anx ious to hear It from your own lips. To how many people did you tell this little adventuro of yours before you reached Farls?" "To not a soul!" Guy nnswered. "I wns very dull in Vienna. I found uo ono who could speak English, aud my few words of German did mo no good at all. I came on to Paris within u week." Tho duko nodded. "And In Paris for tho first time," ho remarked, "you mentioned tho affair?" "Yes! I took up nu Illustrated pupcr at a cafe on tho night of my arrival while waiting for supper and saw pic- , tures of two men there who remluded mo very much of tho two whom I had .seen on the railway near Pozen. I 1 think I made some remark out loud which attracted tho attention of a wo man who wns sitting nt the next table, and later on I told hor tho whole story." I ' "And since then?" 'Since then I havo told It to uo one." "Was thero any ono In tho cafo you havo spoken of who seemed to tako any particular Interest In you?" Guy considered for a moment. "There waa..a .yo.uug JndyfEoin VI J (Continued on Fab 6x.) Short lengths of LACES Some have insertion to match. While they last, at one-half price. You know our reputation for low prices on Laces. 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