Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-08-29

something which caused my heart to beat
violently. Advancing toward me in the
obScurity. from the far end of the street,
was the figure of a man. The next mo-
ment the moon penetrated the clouds which
! had muff1ed 1t, and l perceived that the
approaching figure was my cripple of the
night of the murder.
PART ".
striving to maintain the same calm
| face" the ambassador continued, II walk
! ed slowly on down the street. The cripple
| continued to shamble along toward me.
and we were within twenty PAGES of each
| other when my senses, keenly on the alert
warned me OF the presence of something
unusual in one of the doorways 1 was
| passing the left. Not daring to turn so
much as an eyelash in that direction, for
| fear of betraying myself, l walked steadily
past. and came up to where the cripple
! had taken his stand SO as to intercept my
| advance.
"Peering up into my face with the one
eye which was not hidden by the ban
dage the fellow commenced to demand
| money in the usual whine of his class
affected to hesitate. stopped, and put nv
hand INTO my pocket. AT the same moment
my intent ears caught a light, swift foot
fail on the road behind me-
Il can hardly describe how the rest hap
pened. L felt something strike me violently
| in the back. then came crash of splinter
| ed steel, an oath, and loud cry in Monta-
lemberts voice as he came running up
from the rear. Leaving him to deal with
| the ruian behind me, | sprang forward
ana clutched the one in front.
AS l had anticipated. his iameness was
feint. Instead, l found myself engaged
with an active, powerful man who let fall
lis crutches, and struggled so desperately
| IN my grasp that it was all | could do to
prevent his escape till Montdlembert came
| to my assistance.
The other man, it aDpAar; had beer too
quick Tor him. He had taken to his heels
the moment he heard Nontalembert an
| preaching. and being good runner had
soon made pursuit hopeless. Nor did |
| ever md out who he really was though
imagine him to have been a mere s,,hnrjf
nate Instrument.
with regard to his companion it was
a!Isreht- BY our united efforts we suc-
ceeae1 IN securing him, and dragging him
mo the house prisoner. There his ban
cages torn Off. and some false hair reInov-
| 49, n - iushtity was quickly disclosed 1t
was Inc chief of police himself,
1 need not repeat the expressions which
| l. addressed to him. and which ne received
W., WIN ops'!nate silence But it did not take
| me long to realize that it was uselasS Ia
| '&Ih OF Furnishing him for his crimes Tbe
only advantage L could gain from nv VIC
| 10y was 10 extort confession of the real
| authors and motives of this yIlainv
| AS soon as l had exhausted mvsa,f in
reproac hes. therefore, l said to him:
| But II Is not you with whom 7 am
| concerned. but those from whom Won re-
S .e,' your instructions. Your fate is in
your own hands. Tell Inc the whole of rho
! circumstances frankly. and YOU shall on
| uhharmed; refuse. and will take Won hac
| 10 the spot where you attempted nv Nfe
| ,.u sloot you Gown as l might have done
| at the time
| he turned pale at this threat. which
/ he had evidently not expected These gem
| Try VINO undertake to play fast and loose
Win the hves Of others always attach an
! extraordinary value to their own miserable
| existences.
| NJ lie Baron. 1 swear to you that 7 am
| speaking the truth when 1 say that / know.
a ans nothing of this affair. beyond
| the orders which l received. Those orders
| We're to waylay NJ. Starovitch and Won. md
| If either of you should be wearing a white
| thread on his back. to kill him. You know
| fon a, mat the first time, two nights ago.
| let you go, because my agent failed to
| see the white thread; and | have been
severely blamed for it since. the thread
| must have come off,
| es. took it off that night because If
vas not convenient to me to deal with yc,,
| then. L said. seeking to impress him wit h
| the idea that l knew everything But now
| you nave not yet told me from whom you
received these orders you speak of
| He glanced at me with a sullen expres-
sion.
Come NJ. lie Baron, you know as we'll
| as do
i
| should like to have the pleasure of hearing
| it from you
| Il took out my revolver, and laid it on
| the table.
| 90 Well, then. If I must say it-from
| Prince George himself
Thank you; that is enough Now. as
soon as you have written that down and
| signed 1t in the presence of this gentleman
| and myself you may go home
| He drew back at this. and scowled No
| doubt he had counted on being able to DENY
! everything as soon as he found himself in
| safety.
" I refuse to sign,' he muttered, at length.
| Il took up my revolver.
'Montalembert, may I trouble you to
| take this person by the left ARM l said,
| quietly.
'"rhe man muttered an OATH
Give me the paper, then, since you
| irsist.'
Ten minutes later he had gone, leaving
me in possession of a document which I
regarded as not less valuable than the
papers intrusted to me by poor Starovitch
1.-THE following morning. just L was
about to start for the palace. a carriage