The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1888-05-17
BAR HARBOR.
A Wild, Weird Tale Of Love
and Adventure.
ny A. MOS LEE.
PUBLISHED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH
THE AUTHOR.
tCopyri0hed 1857. BY O ". Dillingham; - Al
R.ghts Resercedl
CHAPTER XIV.

THE DETECTIVES AGAIN.
While lydia and Natalie had been talking
large steam-yacht glided noiselessly down
the bay and anchored OF Cromwell's har.
Dor. A boat put Of from the yacht and
came rapidly toward the shore.
While the yacht was coming to anchor, q
man sitting modify and dejectedly looking
out Of one of the windows of Glen Gore
cottage raised his eyes toward tho sea, be
yond the pines that stood between him and
the shore.
he saw, or thought he saw, two masts
and the extreme tip Of the blaclSened
smoke-stack Of 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 installing her Only
an hour or two ago he had telegraphed her
captain and was momentarily expecting an
answer. Now, here, as by magic, in I'LL her
aquatic beauty before them lay the yacht
He could scarcely believe his senses
As the captain neared the shore, he rccog-
nized Fairfax, and, raising his hat, he greet
cd 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 CON-
panion in adventures. The captain. after q
cordial inquiry after Fairfax's health, land
moro especially Of that of your fair cousin"
here sly, knowing twinkle momentarily
filed his eye-answered Fairfax's inquiries
rs 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 will soon hear about it. At present, !
and two others beside yourself and your
own confdants 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.
Brieux. These two men are noted rivals,
and letters from 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 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 Princess
whereabouts. They have spared, and will
spare, nothing IN their efforts to find her.
Mr.. Nebbitt telegraphs 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 all OF on the yacht to
,llao0 al tnl NV, al
Fortunately had steam up and all my
coal in. We came up here flying, can toll
you.
IF you have read the message, you will
observe 1t says that Louvait and Leroi will
reach New York on the 9th or the 7th To
day is the 7th. know Nebbitt we'll enough
to believe that when he says thing is so it is
80. You may depend upon it that when those
men arrive in New York they will come di-
rectly here, il 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 q moment
II know Louvait well. When he's around
there's no child's play, / can tell you. He is
always in dead 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 80 full Of genius as
Louyait, 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-
ceedcd, 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 las
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 ct
q moments notice. shall not, for can
not, 60 back with you; but all whom you
brought, with the addition Of Lady Lydia
Broadacres, her aunt and their servants,
will return in the 'Namovna' 1t is now two
o'clock. BY five o'clock precisely they must
be ready to start"
AYE, ave, Mr.. Fairfax. That's bust
ness" said the worthy officer, his head
nodding approvingly.
But how was it that Louvait end Leroi
had discovered the whereabouts Of Nataliel
Simply because the gentleman who had
seen her at the village church the first Sun
day after her arrival, and had spent the
rest Of the day pulling out her identity,
soon afterwards returned to his city home,
and, being . man OF prominence, had been
interviewed BY . journalistic friend In
talking shout his summer O Mount Desert