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About The Red Cloud chief. (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 23, 1907)
liB'tuMU'wwrTyimw M, tammwmmmttiMw&ivtetft mcimmmM0mljmmmmmmmfmi0hwmmmmmmnwkmnm nm mumrmmmmmmm.m zMit)ftS0)HtwtrvMJi &-: rmnnirrannrMiMnwm lsarn,mivl&Mjtim.-sB. .,TLSV2l?WSSs:-J.r.(AVt " B IIIU'I IHIII milHIIIII HI II II I I , I I HHM r f. ! A MAKER OF HISTORY By E. PHILLIPS OPFENIIEIM. Author of "The Matter Mummer." "A Prince of Sinner." "Mwttrluui Mr. Sabtn," "Anna the Advmtuice," lite. Copyright, 1305. 100(3, by Little. Drown, and Company. (Conttiiuod from Pug Three.) utiiiii," IiohmIc1, ''who Hecincd to 'want 'to talk to me." The two men exchanged glances. "Madame Iiuh Justified herself," tlie duke murmured. "She was trying to listen to what I was naylng to tlicj KiikIIhIi girl Mile. Flostile she called herself, and when nlic went away with her frlcudtj hIiu threw me a note with two words on It Trenez garde!' i know It utruck mo na being rather queer, because" lie hcHltated. The duke nodded. "Go on," he Hald. "Well, I may as well tell you every thing," Guy continued, "even 11! It docs sound rather like rot. All tlio time I was in Vienna and on the Jour ney to Paris 1 fancied that I was be ing loltovvcd. I kept on seeing tho same people, and a man who got in at Btrnsburg I had seen him before at the hotel In Vienna tried all ho could to pnl up to me. I hate Germans, though, and I didn't like the look of the fellow, so I wouldn't have any thing to say to lilm, though I feel sure lie tipped the conductor to put him In my compartment. I gave him the slip at the railway station at Paris, but I'm almost sure I saw him that night nt the Cafe Montmartre." "Your story," M. Grisson said quiet ly, "becomes more and more interest ing. M. le Due here lias hinted at some slight Indiscretion of yours ou the night of your arrival In Paris. 1 have some influence with the govern ment here, and I think I can promlso you some very substantial help In re turn for the lnformatlpn you have glv en us. lint I want you to turn your thoughts back to the night you spent ly' tho railroad. Can you remember anything further about it. however tri lling, which you have not told us?" Guy leaned hack In his chair and thought for a moment. ' "Ry .love," he declared, "then' Is something which 1 forgot altogether. Just before that little party In the rail way saloon broke up the chap in the saloon who had been writing left h!s seat, and a loo.se page of paper Mutter ed through the window." "What became of ItV" the duke ask ed sharply. "I picked It up and put It In my pock et." Guy answered. "Did you read ItV" the duke asked. "1 couldn't! It was In German!" "Where Is It now?" M. Grisson de manded. "It Is with my pocketbook and my letter of credit. I remember that I kept It as a curiosity." "A curiosity!" the duke exclaimed. "You have It here?" Guy shook his head. "It Is in my portmanteau!" he an swered. Tho faces of the two men betrayed their disappointment. They conversed for a few moments in rapid Trench. Theu the duke turned to Guy. "You do not object to our sending a trusted person to look through your portmanteau?" he asked. "M. Grisson and I are very curious about that sheet of paper." "Certainly not," CJuy answered. "But may I not have my luggage here?" The duke shook his head. "Not yet," he said. "It would not be wise. We must give M. Grisson time to arrange your little affair." "I don't want to seem a nuisance," Guy continued, "hut about my sister?" "She lias been assured of your safe ty." he duke declared. "Tor tho rest, wo will talk later In the day. M. Grls Bon and I are going to the telephone. You will And Henri on the terrace." CIIAPTUU XXVII. " Jb T the sport, my young friend," JUim Henri murmured from the J depths of his basket chair, "I yield you without ques tion supremacy. Your rude games, trials mostly of brute strength, do not Interest me. Your horsemnuahlp I must conrrsa that I envy, ami 1 fear that you are a better shot. But two things remain to me." "Only two?" Guy m'urmurod. "What unexampled modesty." "I can drive a racing automobile at eighty ndlod an hour, ami with tho foils I can play with you." "I give you tho first," Guy nuswered, "but I'm beginning to fancy myself a bit with the sticks. Lot's have a bout!" "My dear Guy," Henri exclaimed, "forglvo me, but what a erudo sugges tion. Tho llrst Urcezo of tho day is Just coming up from tho lake. Close your eyes as I do, Can't you catch j the porfu.mo,oMho roses and the, la to f Iliac? Kxqulslte. In half an hour you will see a new green In the woods (here as the sun drops. This Is slleut Joy. You would exchange it for vul gar movement." "I don't see anything vulgar about fencing," Guy replied. "It's all right here of course, but I'm getting stilt, and I haven't the appetite of a kitten. I should like a good hour's bout, a swim afterward In the baths and a rub down. Come on, Henri! It'll make us as fit as possible." Henri tdiivcred u little. "My young friend," ho murmured, "you move me lo despair. How can an alliance between nations with such contrary Ideals lie possible? You would desert a beautiful scene like this to gain by vulgar exercise an appetite that you may eat. Can't you realize the crudeness of It7 Yet I must re member that you are my guest," ho added, striking the bell by his side. "Autolne shall prepare my linen clothes, and I will give you a lesson. An tolne," he added, half turning to tho manservant who stood by his elbow, "my black linen fencing clothes and shoes in the dressing room ami have the tloor In the fencing gallery sprin kled with Hand." The man bowed, nnd Henri slowly rose from his chair. "Don't bother about It, you know, If you mind very much," Guy said. "Would you rather have a game of bil liards or a swim In the lake?" Henri thrust Ida arm through his friend's. "By no means," he answered. "If we are to do anything nt nil, we will do the thing in which I excel. It feeds my vanity, which Is good for me, for by disposition I am overmodest" But they were not destined to fcuco thnt night, for on their way across tho hall the duke's own servant Intercepted them. "M. le Due," he announced, "desires to speak with monsieur In the library." Henri let go his friend's arm. "I return to the terrace, niou ami," he said. "You can fetch me when my respected uncle has llnlshed with you." M. le Due and M. Grisson were still together. Immediately tho door was closed the forme:' turned to Guy. "Your luggage has been thoroughly searched," he announced, "by a trusty agent. The letter of credit Is still there, but the paper of which you spoke Is missing." Guy looked a little Incredulous. "1 know It was thoie the evening I left the hotel," he answered. "It was fastened to my letter of credit by an elastic band. The man you sent must have missed It." The duke shook his head. "That," lie said. "Is Impossible. The paper has been abstracted." i "But who could have known about It?" Guy protested. "M. Poynton," the duke said, "wo think It well, M. Grisson and I, to take you a little further Into our contldenee. Has It occurred to you, I wonder, to appreciate the significance of what you saw on the railway In the forest of Pozcn?" "I'm afrald-not altogether," Guy an swered. "We assumed as much," the duke said. "What you did see was tills: You saw a meeting between the German em peror and the czar of Itussla. It was uiarvelously well arranged, and except those Interested you were probably the only witness. According to the news papers, they were never less than -100 miles apart, but on the day In question the emperor was reported to be con fined to his room by a slight chill and the czar to be resting after a fatiguing lourne.v. You understand that this meeting was meant to be kept a pro found secret?" Guy nodded. "But why?" he asked. "Was there any special reason why they should not meet?" "My young friend," tho vicomto an swered gravely, "this meeting of which you were tho only witness might but for your chance presence there have altered the whole destinies of Europe. Try how you will, you cannot appre ciate Its fat-reaching possibilities. I will endeavor to give you the bare out lines of the affair. Even you, 1 sup pose, have observed or heard of the growing friendship between my coun try nnd yours, which has culminated In what Is oalled the 'entente cor dialer " "Yes, I know as much as that," Guy admitted. "This movement," the duke said, "has been looked upon with growing dis taste and disfavor in Itussla. Itussla is the traditional and Inevitable enemy of your country. Itussla had, I may go ro far as to say, made up her mind for war with England very soon after her first reverses at the hands of Japan. I am telling you now what is a matter of common knowledge among diplo matists whon I tell you that It was the attitude of my country of Knuieo which alone has stayed her hand." "This Is very Interesting," Guy said, "even to me, who havo never taken any Interest In politics, but" "Walt! Uussla, as I say, found us In disposed to back her In any quarrel with England. She turned then, of course, to Germany. Wo becamo aware, through our secret service, that some thing wus on foot between the two countries. With our utmost vigilance jto worojunnble to obtain any jartlcu- lars. It is you, A'f Po.Vnton.'who have brought us the first information of a definite character." Guy looked his amazement, but he said nothing. "To you." the duke continued, "n se cret meeting between these two mon nrcln may not seem at all an astonish ing tiling. To us It Is of the gravest political Importance. Some sort of an understanding w.is arrived at between them. What was It? That sheet of pa lter which was once in your possession might very possibly contain the clew. Now you can appreciate Its importance to us." "What an ass I was not to take more care of it," Guy muttered. "There are other things to be consid ered," the duke continued. "Por the lust month every dockyard In Germany hns been working night nnd day, and wo have authentic Information as to a huge mobilization scheme which is al ready on foot. We might have wonder ed against whom these preparations were Intended but for you. As it is tho English government has been fully apprised of everything. Your magnifi cent fleet, under the pretext of seeing the Baltic squadron safely on Its way, has been gradually concentrated. Prom dispatches to the German ambassador which we have managed to intercept in England we know that it Is intended to raise n 'casus belli' during the pres ence of the squadron In British waters, Quite unexpectedly, ns It was hoped, Germany was to rauge herself on Uus sla's side and strike against England. We, Husslii's nominal ally, have had no intimation or tins whatever, we aro apparently left to ourselves Ignored. Our friendship with your country una destroyed Russia's friendship for us. She relics, no doubt, ou our neutrality, and she makes terms, doubtless ab surdly favorable ones, with our ancient enemy. In the eyes of the world Prance Is to bo made to appear ridiculous. Thu German empire Is to be ruled from London, and the Emperor Wilholm'3 known ambition Is to be realized." "It sounds." Guy admitted, "like u nightmare. I know you foreigners nil! think we English are a lot too cock sure, but we bare our own ideas, you know, about any attempt at invasion." i "I am afraid," the duke said, "that when It come.? to throwing a million men nt different points of your coasts, protected by a superb navy, you might find yourselves unpleasantly surprised. But let that pass. Have I said enough to make you understand the Impor tance of what-you saw in the forest of Pozeu? Good! Now I want you to un- J derstand this In the interests of your country and mine It Is most Important that the fact of our knowledge of this meeting should be kept a profound se cret." "Yes," Guy said; "I understand that." "Your presence there," the vicomto continued, "created a certain amount of suspicion. You were watched to Paris by German spies, and If they hnd had the least Idea of how much you had seen your life would not have been worth five minutes' purchase. As It Is, they are uneasy over your disappear ance. There are at least a dozen men nnd women In Paris and England to day who are searching for you. You are moderately safe here, but not alto gether. I want to put them finally off the scent. I might, of course, put you into such confinement that detection would l)e Impossible. I do not want to do that You have rendered your own country and mine nn Immense service. I prefer to treat you as a gentleman nnd a man of honor and to take you, as I hope you will see that I have done, Into our entire confidence." "M. le Due," Guy answered, "I can assure you that I appreciate all that you have said. I am willing to do ex actly as you say." "Tomorrow morning's papers," the duke said slowly, "will contain an ac count of .the finding of your body in the Seine." "My what?" Guy exclaimed. "Your body. We are going to stab nnd drown you. Perhaps I should say we nre going to discover you stabbed and drowned." Guy half rose from his seat. "I say" ho began. "I need not explain, of course," the duke continued, "that you will suffer by proxy. The whole ufTnlr has been carefully arranged by tho commission ers of police. An account of your do ings since you arrived In Pnrls will bo given, which I fear may not Hatter you, but you must remember that It Is necessary to put our German friends completely off the scent, nnd in a month's time or so you will reappear, and everything will be contradicted." "But my sister?" Guy cxclnlmed. "Concerning your sister," the duke continued, "we have further explana tions, perhaps I should sny apologies, to offer you at some futuro time. For the present this only. She Is now In Paris. She is to some extent in our confidence, nnd you shall seo her with in the next few days." "And what are you going to do with me really?" Guy asked, J TO nE CONTINUED. Brnkeman Moller Killed. Fremont, Neb., Aug. 20. Brakeman Phillip Mollor, aged twenty-eight, of Nonolk was killed north of Nickor son on tho Northwestern. 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