The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1895-02-06
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whoever had iUuud 1t intended To depoSi
II with the roii3e next morning. Perhap
1t had already been left with some Office,
or The police. In any event, l must be be
fore the prince. Without losing anotheI
minute jumped into my cab again TIL,
driver, half dead with the cold and NOR,
than half drunk with the brandy be hat
taken to warm himself up, stared at mt
with bewilttorcd air when / ordered hin
to drive mo to tho nearest police station
There, after having aroused the unhappy
man In charge, l charged him to deliver
the famous muff only to me IL 1t should
De brouBhtto him, promising him goodly
sum If he returned it TO me. AT three
other stations did the same II l had
had time, would have visited all the "a
stations in the city. | minded neither
fatigue nor cold | must save a woman
mn adoreG woman, but rot too clever. The
idea of forgetting her nuif In such weath.
er! She would have forgotten her um
brel1a on Mount AFaTat in the delugel
one last precaution, and the most essen
tial, remained to be taken / absolutely
must 20 to the prefecture of police The
FIRST difficulty was thnt the Siberian cold
1T was now In the norning-had been
too nnch for my driver. Tho unhappy
man was dead drunk on his scat | had
to climb up beside him, gather UP the
reins and drive his old nag with one hand,
with the other passed around my .Johu.
who was snoring away like n steum on,
glne, eInitttng fumes that feared would
intoxicate me myself by simple ctlor alone
AT the prefecture had a relative, an
uncle whom | never went to see because
ho always read mo lectures. The good
man certainly did not suspect that he was
pUinr IN rprpiyn bia pppharx, that rinIt
His functions being such that he might
be called on ut any hour, he lived In the
same building, / had no scruples In hav.
ing hl'n aroused, SO after having set my
driver near stove to thaw irrupted into
MY unele'a apartment In such dishoyeled
stnto that the old man-who really loved
mo-selzed mo in his arms
My God, boyl' he cried. "What ter
rible business Is this9"
"Thero has been no murder done vet
my dear uncle, stammered, for was
SO cold my tongue refused to do it's work
= have come to beg your aid to prevent
tho killing of two persons, in at least ono
OF whom you are strongly interested" i"
TheFeupnn, my teeth chattering like
the clapper of mill, ] told him the story
OF the note and the muff.
My unclo began by delivering mo 90
virtue of giving me time TO get warm
again.
And as for your discreetness," he CON
ludcd, this is no time for such foolish
ness. You must tell mo tho husband S
name, III order TO prevent his finding what
ho is looking for, and also what he is not
looking for"
had to give in. Besides my uncle is
the most discreet Of men, and, to tell tho
truth, tho princess has since had adven-
lures much more renowned than that. l
gave my uncle tho prince name and took
my leave, having his promise that the
muff should be delivered to me alone II It
We're brought to the prefecture, and at
about o'clock in the morning let my.
self into my rooms, after having walked
home to restore the circulation OF my
blood.
At about 9 o'clock In the afternoon,
with trembling hand, rang at the
princess hotel. l had plausible pretoxt
too plausible, alas!-to explain my early
yistt--that accursed muff In the course ,,
OF my life l have had many cold In tn,
head, but,the one lad that day exceeded
the limits of belief.
Madame, 1 said, smiling like the
waste pipe OF bath, II have passed the
night searching for It, or at least prevent
ing your husband from finding it, The
horse is founderca, the driver is probably |
dead, and ], l fear, am not long, for this |
world, All taat the most devoted fore. |
thought could-cou"- A sternutatoiy |
cataciYsm that made the very strings of |
the princess piano dance cut me short
Astonishcd, the princess started
1t is nothing" said, with tho calm |
that preoedes new storms, Il sneu2cd. -
Heaven bless you,'' responded the |
princess mechanically, but how Is 1t you |
say you passed tho entire nightP i do not |
understand.
The muff, /" l stnmmered.
AT theee words the princess h-oko into a |
tit of laughter which l pnnctuatad with /
hoarse coughs
Tho nutf2' she said at last, when she /
could control herself to speak why,
there 1t is -
She pointed ont on table strange OBJ
1eet deformcd by prolonged compression.
Where was itf'' / exclaimed, bewil.
dered
Where was ita" repeated the princess.
Never mind. Do you remember my fall
upon the ioef"-From the French For
ArGnnnut
We axuhranteeJahnson's MagubtIo Oit.it
las no superior for all aches aud IA ina In.
efhal or sxtarnal, man or beast. Sl.U1
We so cts; so OF etza - eta
Sliller's Drug Store 4Gg Marke stfeet and
'. lAItorths Sesond and Market streets /
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