The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-09-18
SECRET SERVICE.
English Magazine.

just til qualities DeSt calcuiated TO bring
a snliir fits front ii only he got his
CHAIR, ii.r !.sc!: 80 Ear hdd teen against
Trez r.. n,,pa deferred was rapidly
maxim, $ ~prite young fellow quite
beart-ic, H., beginning to think that
lie hl' ~. - ,ss up s,ino other line OF life,
!viies1 It's II NJ W 'nll Id moro appreciated
befpre 1t va 10, lat3 to climb tho la lder.
Blu: ia " "a no was nearest despair the
clOu Is hr
The orc:.-i II arose some half a-loZen years
ago iu.t syiiasl an additional and irresistible
motiv, i-,eitel him to get on. He had met
his fate iii tie psrs1n of n certain Millicent
Lane, t.e only child of an old lady who
iikci to h., called Mr.. Coppinger Lane--a
compn.ite name, manufactured, so TO speak,
by til" nav deceased Lane pere, who hoped
thus to give social brilliancy to fortune
rath II r-ceatIy acquired in bone-1ust and
artificial nianure-.
Mtliicsns Lane very charming. a
pretty, Tleo ing gisl, with we'll broai air,
thank to her education mt first-rats
school Her mother, u worthy and we'll
meaning old soul, did not win on one SO
qciclkls; she was too anxious to let every
ono know of her country place, of her house
ia Berkeley square, of her carriages and
horses, AMI of the fabulous prices she paid
for her own and Millcent's gowns
Even this Ostenta ton might have boon
forgiven hal it not gone hand in hand
with tendency to meanness. MR.. Cop
pinger-Iane was always determined to have
her moneys worth, her penny WORTH a;
she called it, and i'll her opinion Cyril Ire
zjre not good penny worth" ct all.
They hal met abroad, whsro she was glad
enough to make nss Of him. for it part
of her economics to travel without q cOur-
Ter, ani utiiiz, any fool who offered himself
insteai. Back in London it was altogether
another affair. Mrs. Lane had made in-
quirie AMI hal come to the conclusion
that MIR. Treziro was by no means an eligi-
bic parti. H. was n gentleman, an officer.
and all that; but he was poor, ana without
particular honor in hi; profession No; he
was not Mrs. Lanes moneys worth, and,
hoping to nip all foolishness III the bud, she
forbade him the house.
Finding Milliceut still hani,ereI after the
soldier, Mrs. Lane decided to break up her
house IN berkeley square and winter abroad.
The news that the Lanes were just start
ing, vi, Brindisi, for Egypt, proved greatly
on TreZire's spirits.
"You look very glum WHAT is tho mat
ter with ou.' asked a soldier friend, who
was in then private secretary to 4 great
man at tho office, deep in ali the secrets
of government policy.
~ want t, go to Egypt for very particular
roa Ons Mt unc2.'
D
thin!;-rarj o. Tho way, at any rate. You
remain at the club for the next half hour |
hare say shall have something to toll you
hy th'n t" yniir advantage, they say i'll
the al verti-enisnts."
- thn the half hour Treziro received a
let i
& at once" it ran; "the chief
~ -. "se' v.u. DON'T lose moment"
e.. Mrrs', tells that you pre-
al TIT y : ha
gs,ra. anrn when Tr 2 r. was u,herad before
him. ~ "n can YOU START"
= ~; y"u only give ma time 10 get a
L.. Tag fsuni my lodgings in PiCca1iliy,'
e. - i ,nit reply.
- : only fair to tell you exactly what
syn rant Won ~ dc. We wish you to take
CHAT Il rather bulky parcel rs far as
tl.., i'r,tts' Ret All your expenses shall
IL, ,-,,t !,and nmeiy, but we cannot ac-
tn"" .r''ige goa our agent
- "..rat sion, III fact37
'I.,r"' iiCgiv secrct | will lie plain with
ynp "" have heard from tho fleet that
they .,r, short of dynamita, and it may bs
necessary Ia force the pa, ago of the Oar
dam lie. There is no time, you understand,
tp en p;It y parcel by sea- rs the stuff must
each tie admiral within the next week,
and, therefore, it. must be overland. What
do you ayf'
a shooll have t. take it as part of my
basSa4s, | presume, in ordinary port
manta III. aInoagSt my shirts"
Pr ciseiy As private baggage, entirely
on y"ur own account You quite under
stan ~
= think So IL an explosion occurred and
l survivoi, which is hardly probable,
should te hanged; if only discovered with
the dynamite. should go to some foreign
Jail. ea tie dangers. sir, and am quite
prepare TO face them, but condi-
tion-that l m to have staff appointment
in the very next campaign"
Tho general readily complied with
the condition, AMI that night 1rezire
was seated i'll the mail train for
Paris His baggage, amongst it being
the = rtmonteau containing the dam
geruu; explosive, was registered through to
Tu, in. vOhe part only nt has compromising
cargo H. retained in his pos session. These
were the Observation-Disclosures pieces of ma
chinery, which, wrapped up i'll cotton wool,
were car fully picked i'll the center of his
dressingbag, and this bag lie kept in his
own hands and under his own eye.
Arriving i'll Paris soon after daylight, he
transferred himself from ti;s Care du Nord
to the Care du Lyon. II, was in excellent
time for the through mail train, and he met
at the station, quite by accident. of course,
an official from tho British embassy, who
helped him merely out OF personal friend
ship t. secure n compartment to himself.
Trezire first made himself comfortable, and
then kept sharp lookout for the Lanes.
whom he knew were tn go on by that train
They were late; Mr.. Lane had been bag
Cling over her bill at the hotel, AMI it was
not easy for them Ia find places in the
already crowded. tram. Trezire at once
went to Ihor cae.
But what brings you here:' a,kei Mrs.
lane, with >oma suspicion, whom he nd
dressed ier.
Pm en- routs to Turin and Venice, first
after that, | don't know. l am on a special
mission"
Taking dispatches to COnstantinople; or
to the British admiral, perhaps iii Besill1
bayl' suggested Millicent
POSSIBLY. Or jewels for the sultan's first
favorite-a present from the queen"
Which you have in that dressing bag
you careful off, cried quick-wi.ted