Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-01-26


While lydia and Natalie had been talking.
a large steam-yacht glided noiselessly down
the bay and anchored off Cromwells har-
Dor. A boat put OFF from the yacht and
came rapidly toward the shore
w nile the yacht was coming to anchor,
man sitting moodily and deiectedlv looking
out of one of the windows of Glen Gore
cottage raised his eyes toward the sea, be-
yond the pines that stood between him and
the shore.
He saw, or thought he saw. two nnasts
and the extreme tip of the blackened
smoke-stack of a steamer projecting up
above the trees. He looked again. There
surely had been no vessel there in the
morning, and that was very extraordinary
place for anchorage
Taking his hat, he walked rapidly toward
the shore. As he gained an opening in the
wood the captains gig was about halfway
between the yacht and the landing place.
The yacht plainly enough was the Ma
movna-" There was no mistaking her. Only
an hour or two ago he had telegraphed her
captain and was momentarily expecting an
answer. Now, here, as by magic in all her
aquatic beauty before them lay the yacht.
de could scarcely believe his senses.
As the captain neared the shore, he recog-
nlzed Fairfax, and, raising his hat, he greet
ed him with:
''Good afternoon, Mr.. Fairfax. I'm glad
to see you again, sir.'
The latter returned the salute, and has
tened to shake hands with his late COM
panlon In adventures. The captain, after
cordial inquiry after FairfaX's health. land
more especially of that of your fair cousin
here a sly, knowing twinkle momentarily
filled his eye-answered FairfaX's inquiries
as to the cause of his unexpected presence,
by handing him an envelope, with the cool
remark:
My dear sir, your games up. All the
world viii soon hear about it. At present,
and two others-beside yourself and your
own confdants-are the only persons in
America who know the true state of affairs
Those two others are Jean Louvait and
Jean Leroi: the former head of the police
department at st. Malo, the latter at St.
Brleux. These two men are noted rivals,
and letters from a friend in Hayre have told
me that they have been like blOodhOunds in
their pertinacity to discover the trail of the
abductors OF the stolen Princess Natalie.
Now q telegram, in cipher, from Mr.. Neb-
bitt, tells me he has just learned that both
Louvait and Leroi lately sailed by separate
steamers for New York.
''You know the glory and the reward that
awaits the discoverer of the Princesss
whereabouts. They have spared, and will
spare, nothing IN their efforts to find her.
Mr.. Nebbitt telegraDhs me that he is con-
WINGED they know your whereabouts and all
about you, and wants me, Immediately on
receipt of this telegram, to start for Bar
Harbor and take you al off on the yacht to
some remote place selected by yourself.
fortunately / had steam up and all my
coal in. We came up here flying, can tell
you.
'If you have read the message, you will
observe it says that Louvait and Leroi will
reach New York on the 9th or the eth. To-
day is the 9TH. l know Nebbitt well enough
to believe that when he says thing is SO it is
so. You may depend upon it that when those
men arrive in New York they will come di-
rectly here, if they are obliged TO hire a
special engine to do it. There will be a race
between them. Each will stimulate the
other. and neither will lose moment
Il know Louvait well. When he's around
there's no child's play, I can tell you. He is
always in deal earnest. He can talk English
like native. His geography is something
wonderful; his knowledge of human nature
still more so, and his ability in the direction
of resources most wonderful of all. They
say Leroi, although not so full of genius as
Louvait, supplies this lack by patience,
precision and tremendous bulldog peril
nacity.''
Fairfax's jaw had dropped during the first
part of the recital; but, as the captain pro-
ceeded, he became more and more aroused.
His old-time fire; his quick decision; his
fertile invention, all returned to him. Retro
spection, reflection and disappointment
must be cast to the winds. Action, instant
action, was the word.
Looking over Nebbitt's telegram (as
translated from the cipher dispatch) he
found it corroborated the captains utter
ances. All dreaminess, moodiness was BAN
ished Fairfax was himself again.
Captain said he, ''be ready to leave at
a moments notice. l shall not, for | can
not, go back with you; but all whom you
brought. with the addition of Lady Lydia
Broadacres. her aunt and their servants,
VIII return in the 'Namovna.' It is now two
O'Clock. BY five o'clock precisely they must
be ready to START
0Aye, ave, Mr.. Fairfax. That's bust