The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-05

les, tndC Is q WORD" ne answered. 1T Is q
proper name-a woman's name. 1t is Antha-
man."
"Anthanian. Anthania is a dependency of
Russia, is it notf"
mo. of Turkey
Are there many Anthanians in New York;"
How many l can't say. Very few l should
guess"
us there an Anthanian consul hereq'
"Anthania Is represented by the Turkish
consul. But there is an Anthanian merchant
here who has, | believe, some consular author
ity."
His name isq'
"His name is Monsieur Tako."
ID you know him2'
slightly
Write me a note of introduction to him
without more ado.n
Half an hour later I was esconced in Monster
Tako's private Office.
Monster Tako was an excessively courtly little
gentlemen and encouraged me to speak as freely
as / liked.
"How many Anthanians are there in the city?"
l inquired.
'All told, three and twenty families he
answered. Here is a list of them. Every
Anthanlan upon his arrival is required to pre-
sent himself here and / register his name upon
this list. Thus l have a personal acquaintance
with every Anthanian in New York"
TO what class do the Anthanians here for the
most part pertainfr
They are all merchants and merchants serv-
ants"
Have you any woman upon your list by the
name of Iospu2"
'.Iospul There is only one Iospu in New York.
She is my own little daughter, three years Old"
THANK you" said, rising, II have occupied
too much of your time already"
Not aC all" he responded. Indeed, / see
that the information that l have afforded you
mas not been satisfactory. l have an hour to
spare, and | shall be delighted to place it at your
ommand Meanwhile. try a glass of Anthanian
wine, and an Anthanian cigarette"
htMnncia1p Ta1yA - T co;l G,,o-, o-o J.-Ion +Io~
l have any right to expect. I am in a vexatious
quandary. / will tell you my story"
l told it to him. again suppressing the senti-
mental passages.
Il am not in the least surprised, was his
comment when l had done. Anybody, save an
Anthanian, would have said: Ridiculous! in
credible! a fairy taler But we Anthanians are
accustomed to this sort of thing. In Anthania
there is an established school or sect of philoso-
piers who have cultivated, what in English you
would call mesmerism, to a fine art. Evidently
one of these people has found his way to
American, and, evidently, you have fallen into
his hands,"
"Ah! at length a CLEAN of light! Monsieur
Tako, is there any method you can suggest
whereby | may be enabled to trace my mesmer-
list to his home2"
Il have no doubt that we can track him hither,
for L shall make your interests my own. But it
will be slow progress if he has any motive for
concealment, and | suspect he has, from the
.act that he has not reported to me. However,
1 shall take immediate measures. Give me your
address. You may hear from me in a day-you
may not hear for a month. For the present
leave the matter in my charge. If you have not
heard from me at the expiration of six weeks,
come to see me-"
"And am l to remain idle all this timer"
IF l should strike his trail in the city, I will
call you in at once. say six weeks. because L
may not learn anything salient until l have
written to Anthania and got an answer.
l did my best to thank Monsieur Tako
adequately, and accomplished my departure.
How | dragged through the ensuing six weeks
it would be equally futile and superhuous for
me to attempt to say. Every day l looked for
ward to a message from Monsieur Tako, and
every night | went to bed trusting that one
would come to me on the morrow. Every day I
contemplated going to his Office in spite of his
recommendation of delay, and every day l de-
cided to defer my visit at least for another four
a~nd-twenty hours. l battered my poor wits
until they were sore in the endeavor to conceive
an Independent line of investigation, but with
absolutely no result. consumed all my leisure
in securing the city, pausing in front of each
separate house, and querying whether its ap-
pearance suggested the domicile of my sweet
heart. My single solace, my single comrade,
was Iospu's little handkerchief which | felt as
sured belonged to Damozel. 1t became a woe
fully crumpled little handkerchief and quite
devoid of fragrance before those six weeks were
out. One thing l learned. l learned at what a
snails pace the sun can travel when a lovers
wish instead of an astronomers telescope counts
up his progress.
The six weeks lacked but a few hours of being
out when finally Monsieur Tako's message was
delivered to me by the postman. In a stiff Eu-
ropean penmanshipit requested, Favor me with
a call at l o'clock to-day"
was more than prompt. At three-quarters
after noon | crossed Monsieur Tako's thresh-
hold.
"Ah, he exclaimed, there you are. Well, 1
have news. / could discover nothing in the
city. l had to await a response to my letter
from Anthania. Not until last night did one
arrive
And it saidg' I cried eagerly.
sit said some very important things. Before
recurring to them | must thank you for having
brought this business to my notice. 1t seems
that the Anthanian governments even more in
terested in it than you are"
'Indeed2 How 500"
"Why-but we will come to that. TIC begin,
your view of the old man VINO stepped from out
the body of the statue-do state it correctly?-
was exceedingly transitory; Notwithstanding
which would you know him if you should see
him again."
II think I should. His appearance was ex-
ceptional enough to impress me powerfully"
We'll and good. Do you recognize thatg"
Monsieur Tako passed me a carte-de-visite
photograph.
by Heaven!" I cried. 'It is he-it is he be-
yond a peradventure! Where is hea Lead me
70 him."
My voice shook with emotion.
"Ah, not so fast" pursued Tako. IT can't
lead you to him just at present. But now for nv
information. Are you composed sufficiently to
attendg"
''Oh, certainly, certainly" I said, striving to
be polite.
well, then, I wrote to Anthania as I promised
to. | simply inquired whether any of our noted
mesmerists were absent from the country. Last
night l received the reply: lone mesmerist is
absent from the Countrywide most skiilful,
therefore the most dangerous one of all, by
name Tuli Lanm; he whose likeness was in
closed, and whom you have just identified. He
quilted Anthania a twelve month and more
ago, after having rendered himself
liable to the gravest criminal pen
alties, after having jeopardized the life
of a member of the royal family by prac-
ticing upon him his diabolical art. The govern
ment has been hunting for him high and low in
every nook and corner of Europe. Strangely.
they never thoueht of America Rrt nom nraeo