Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-26
SECRET SERVICE.
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q sol lar TO thu front IL only he got MS
c ance. Bot lack so far nal bean against
Trez r.. ant hope deferred was rap:i lily
making t.s ritei young fellow 81 ts
bea He VS. be,nn'ng to taiak that
J be Ind better TAXA 10 81 NJ 9th sr iia. o. ilte
where his eli ,rtsw a | - N y, app - a-.i
before it va. rDI lat, to Climb II, iait,r
I But ia t " lan hs Wa nearest despair thu
clou IS br IKE
The occai N a-osss SON, half Al gen wears
ago just whan an additional AMI IRE isti"e
m tive incitel him TO get IN. He md met
his ate in tie pers Of q certain II ii,cent
Lane. tie only child Of an OIL lad' vino
! liked to be called Mr. Co; pinser-L ,ns--a
composite name m anu acture |. 50 10 sps "a,
/ by the n w deceased Lane p.rs. wa, hppsi
thus to give socisl brilliancy to a torture
rather recently acquired in poae-lust AMI
artificial manureS.
Mllicent Lane was very charming. A
pretty, plea ing girl, with ~eil-bre air,
thank, to her education at a first-rate
school Her mother, a WORTHY AMI well
I meaning old SOUL did not win on one 20
quickly; SIZE w.s to- anxious 10 let every
/ one know of her country place, of her house
in B.rkeley square. Of her carriages and
horses, aai of the fabulous prices she paid
for her own and Nilhcent's gowns
Even this ostsntation migit havs been
forgiven hal it not gone hani in hand
with tendency to msanneS- Mr.. Cop
pinger-Lane was always determined to have
| her moneys worth, her penny worth,' As
she called it, and in her opinion Cyril Ire
zre was not a good penny worth at all
/ They hal met abroli 1, whore sis was glad
| enough u make USE Of him, for it was part
| Of her economies to travel without cour-
Ter. and utilize any fool who offered himself
D. Il. leo sanS
another affair. Mrs. Lane had male in-
quirie-, AMI had come to the conclusion
| that Mr. Trezire was by no mean an eligi-
bic parti. He was gentleman an officer.
and all that; but he was poor, and without
particular honor in his profession. No; he
was not Mrs. Lanes moneys worth. and,
1 hoping to nip all foolishness in the bud, she
forbade him the house
| Finding Millicent still hankered after the
soldier, Mrs. Lans decided to break up her
house IN Berkeley square and winter abroad.
The news that the Lanes were just start
ing, via Brindisi, for Egypt, p-eye1 greatly
ON Trezire's spirits
"You look very GUM WHAT is the mat
ter with y our asked soldier frienl. who
was Just then private secretary to a great
man at the war Office, deep in all the secrets
| Of government policy.
Il want 70 go to Egypt for very particular
reasons at once ~.
| ado you, By Jove! l can help you.
think-par. OF tho way, at any rate. You
! remain at the club for the ext half hour l
dare say shall have something to tell you
by then 70 your advantage, they say in
the advertisements"
Within til, half hour Trezire received a
letter
"Come over at cnce.7 it ran; "the chic.
wants 10 you. Don't lose n moment
| Co. Marsh tells me that you are pre-
pared 10 undertake long journey" sal / the
great man Wien Tt IRE was ushered before
him. When ca you s'art.'
"Now; il you only give me time to Get
few thing from my lodgings in p ca lily
was the prompt reply.
at is only fair to tell you exactly what
we want you to do. We wish you t. take
charge OF rather bulky parcel as far as
the British fleet All your eXpe1-es shall
10 paid hand omey, but cannot ac-
knowledge yon as our agent
| "a secret mission. in fact.'
Exceedingly secre. | will he plain with
YOU. We have heard from the fleet that
they are short Of dynamite, AMI it may be
necessary TO force the pas age OF the ID 'r-
daneles There is no time, you understand,
to end out a parcel By sea, a the stud mast
reach aUiulTdl Nltuil Tic usAi "cra.
and, therefore, it must be overland WHAT
do you ayr
| "1 should have to take it part Of my
baggage, 1 presume, in an ordinary port
manteau. amongst my shirts"
Precisely. As private baggage. entirely
on your own account. You quite un Ter
standr
Il think so. II an explosion occurred and
survived, which is hardly probable, l
should be hanged; il only discovered with
the dynamite. should so to some foreign
Jail. see the dangers. sir, and am quite
prepared to face them. but on one condi-
tion-that l am to have a staff apDoin.m mt
in the very next campaign
The general readily compiled with
the condition, AMI that night Trczire
was seated in the mail train for
Paris His baggage, amongst it being
: the portmonteau containing the dan
gerous explosive, was registered through to
Turin. One part only of his compromising
cargo h. retained in his possession. Tnese
were the observation-disclosures pieces OF ma
chinsry, which, wrapped up in cotton WOOL
were carefully packed in the center Of his
dressng-bag, and this bag hs kept in his
own hands and under his own eye.
! Arriving in Paris soon after daylight. he
, transferred himself from the Care du Nord
> to the Care du Lyon. He was in excellent
: time for the through mail train, and he met
at the station. quite by accident. Of course.
; an official from the British embassy, who
. helped him-merely out Of personal friend
. ship to secure a compartment to himself.
Trezire first made himself comfortable and
then kept a sharp lookout for the Lanes.
whom he knew were to go on by that train
They were late; Mrs Lane had been bag
| Cling over her bill at the hotel, AMI it was
not easy for them to find places in tho
J already crowded train Trezire at onco
I went to their rescue.
t but what brings you here!' a,kel Mrs.
: Lane, with some suspicion VIXEN he ad .
: dressed her.
b am en- route to Turin and Venice, first
y after that, ! don't know. am on special
mission
Taking DISPATCHES to Constantinople; or
: to the British aimiral, perhaps, IN Besika
bayi' suggested Miilicent.
~Possiblv Or jewel for the sultnn's first
favorite-a present from the queen
(Which YOU have in that dire sing bag
You ar So careful Of cried qlick-wit;ed
Mrs lane. drawing her own ccnciG ions
do give II me to lut my feet On.
Trezire protestsl, but Mr. Lane W ul /
have the bag AMI kept it n foots DOL Tor
the rest of the day, little dreaming what II
contained
On reac ling Turin an the cary morning
Tr-xire ma lie the bat, his first care, AMI
then procee lie to clear his heavy baggage.
an that OF the ladies. throu "a the IaiIan
! custom nouSs
Tde boxe. were laid out upon the counter
"a gpoils W Mrs Lane hfi haii-s-
doz IA Ire basket, a les 9: Miliirent as
F. many m,rs; anil they quite srampci the
two modest pTtmsntsaas owDsi By Ire
| Gre Ona Of ih.s. .tter c1attinei tie tel
tle parcel on which 4 pm Ell tie young
offi ,er's presea. >aiety ant iatur' repltS-
ton
Toe custom house officers cas- his eyes
ov,r the h.1s critically. AM selected on
OF 80 dress task Z FOR search.
N no: rot INST one, piraSe, h'- @
yor Mr. Trez e CON; let "a IL open hat,
has, ,r irt4-p, 81 M. Lane
@B on - cr-l tae o:Hcial, wlH'n
= fer y ur key or your b gage >h=
b. - .i Take csre!
Thi> wc1li n have suitei t. Z r. at
-Mv dear madam yru really must Civ
in sail tue ter. l-x.l .oiii-T. -Why !
y,.u Oh 5sct TO tne openIng 'aat part caia
bnxi l u?'ao~e there &. something liable
81 dutv. Wat SITE Ctcar.'
M TeE.re hos can yoc, I've lost m
KEYS
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hi> chief AMI two assiSfants