Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-16

i ne men Dau JnOuRnJ tnat, were
detective sent to spy upon them,
would doubtless decide that my next
best chance of learning their inten-
tons would be to follow madam's diIec-
tions and go the next day to P,
where l would expect further develop
ments. Miss Cutting told Inc land
had suspected as much myself that,
from what she could gather, this had
been merely scheme of madam's to get
me OUT of the way for "a hours, no mat
ter whether 1 were a spy or untried
confederate. Madam herself, however,
had disagreed with her companions.
She had declared that an effort must be
made to stop me, and that every train to
p must be watched. Miss Cutting
herself, whom they had never wholly
trusted, and for whom. on account of
her interference in my behalf, they had
no greater love, they tried to intim-
date further with threats. 1t was nee
essary, however, that both her father
and herself, who might prove for
midable witnesses against them, should
things go wrong, be gotten out of the
way. vi tbiS IVuSOil ohC Souiu uot bc
Kept temporary prisoner, as they mad
at first suggested. Her Hhther had
made all arrangements for n fight, IN
which she was to accompany him, and
che was, therefore, taken for the e.
maindcr of the night to the hotel ut
which madam was staying. She was
now on her way to join her father and
% nroip dam ri NTH hin, Sha xs,nc
important witness for my own side also,
but she had saved my life. What else
could do but further her own escape?
/ promised to do whatever in me lay to
prevent the danger which threatened
our country and to aid her to my ut
most ability both in shielding her fn-
Their and in covering their escape. AS
she babe me good-by when left the
train at the last station before p
the tears had finally welled to her eyes.
1 was glad to think that partially, Mt
any rate, they might be tears of relief.
l took the next train back to town,
eagerly looking at every station for the
first edition of the morning papers.
When finally they arrived and opened
thO piit nav IhiSCoNtIcd DOll
the headlines | had hoped to find. The
first was as satisfactory as the second
Seemed to me conclusive. 1t stated that
II young man had been captured in
brooklyn, while in the very act of de-
stroying the valuable papers which had
been stolen two weeks before from the
state department in Washington. A few
hn1 hann L..
letters which had passed between the
Russian ambassador and our secretary
Of state, regarding the return to the
Russian government of some suspected
persons now in this country. guam
tity of dispatches from the said gov
eminent to their ambassador at WASH
ington, were also among the documents.
The young man an whose possession
they were found had been brought TO
New York, and was now awaiting ex-
animation. From what l could make
Of this article he had apparently given
no information which implicated any of
the people connected with the House
with Green Blinds, and i doubted
whether any such information was in
his possession. 1t was scarcely prob
able that more than the barest direc-
tions had been entrusted to him.
The second headline read something
as follows: wealth, Wit and Beauty
to do Honor to Our Executives Mr..
IS Famous BALLROOM Literally
Lined with Roses. Tuxedo on the qui
viye. A Brilliant Affair Tonight
Upon these grounds, then, was bas-
ing my case.
While stood, listening, upon the VIM
dow ledge the night before, madam had
mentioned both Tuxedo and the name of
the man at whose house the bail was to
be given. 1t was to be given in honor of
Il great statesman and his wife. Menu
hers of the various foreign legations
were to attend. During the day had
seen, in some mysterious connection
with madam and her associates, the
young man who had been tried and con-
Nlcted of crime which had held in Eng
land position very similar TO the way
things here, as | dissected them, were
tending. Madams voice and his were
alike. 1t had been considered
no matter how l was supposed to be
related to the affair-eXpedient to get
me out of the way for ~ hours and to
do so without exciting my suspicion.
After that ! might return. Miss Cut
ting and her father had been ordered to
escape from the country within the
same time, as it was desirable that they,
after that time, should not be within
reach OF the police. Last of all, the man
Jackson, n tool in the hands of the
others, had been experimenting very
rccently-as shown by his absent eye
BROWN chemicals of an explosive ma
ture. And the third man at the House
with Green Blinds, who had not spoken
in my hearing, was wanted together,
for all | knew to the contrary, with the
in his own country to pay the
penalty of an attempt made upon the
life of his sovereign.
PART V.
1t was ten o'clock when once more
entered the office OF my chief. found
him awaiting me there. Kay had just
come from my rooms with news of i'm
portance from the House with Green
Binds. A short time before the people
in the street and the houses near, had
been startled by the noise of heavy
explosion. 1t had come, as well as
they could make out, from the house he
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