The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-07-10

"Tbank you," gentle, beautiful,
modulated voice answered, and my Lad.
Jemappes lifted upon us the gaze of TIT
two great, deep blue eyes, blue as tina
sea of azure glory out there. Twill 81
here for little while. hear that We
shall sight Gibraltar in an hour. "
docs your ladyship purpose joining
the eXcursionists up the rockf" l began
10 feel throb around my heart as those
| blue eyes dwelt upon me. CaithnesS
had warned me yesterday that l was in
for il.
"No, l think not, she answered
| quietly. 81 have done that several
| times
"Oh, hop ! said to myself. "What
does that mean?" And then aloud; Il
wonder if the old lady with the wig
will attempt il. hear she is one of the
most ardent in the plan.
We all laughed UncOnsciously again
my eyes travelled toward that mysteri-
GUS belt. 1t was gone.
a shudder went through the woman,
whose eyes followed my own. a spot
of color burned on her beautiful face
telegraphing TO lip and eye her startled
pulses. | saw her jaw tremble, and the
hand that graspcd row the arm Of the
steamer chair shook with some great
emotion. She turned to her maid. One
glance was enough. | was more than
ever convinced that the belt was of some
tremendous importance in the woman's
destiny.
"You will bring me my girdle," she
said. biting her under lip nervously and
avoiding my eyes The maid disappear
ed. Just fancy, Lady Jemappes went
on, toying with the heavy gold chain
bracelet on her fair little wrist, fancy
coming on deck without ones accouter-
ments. "
Her eyes again met mine. Anxiety
and terror strove in those beautiful eyes
with the dawn of divine feeling. | held
those eyes moment. But the maid
appeared up the companionway, in her
hand the belt. The peeress could not
speak.
1t was a long girdle, made of some
dress material stuff, | should say. ]
can describe these things as woman
does, with all the adjectives two hands
high. The belt was lined with pale
blue velvet. 1t was about quarter of IN
inch thick. She knotted it moul d her
slim waist. But as she had never done
before, she tCCk small key from Ter
pocket ard fitted it into little gold lock
that clasIcd the belt together. And /
heard the lock snap. She restored tie
key 10 her rockettook. Then, with the
old, graceful breeding and ccmposuIc,
she drew cur attention to the sunset
light ON distant sail at the entrance to
the bay that rounds into Gibraltar.
"We shall spend Christmas OH the
Mediterranean, my lady" said Cath
ness, land the captain has promised us
an English plum pudding, etc., and
dance afterward on deck if the weather
be favorable. The band we're taking to
Egypt is tolerably good. / have con-
cocted some dancing cards. May have
the honor of the first two waltzes, my
lady? lt is asking a great deal, but
England is forever impudent as regards
her own interests. He laughed and
showed Us the pretty dancing cards he
had made, with Britannia, Of course,
lionized through the world lin black
ink.
That's my plan," said Caithness to
me an hour later, when my lady had
gone below. AS my arm encircles her
gentle waist ON the Beautiful Blue
Danube, can tell from the feel of the
belt (she'll be sure to wear IT'D what's
in it, bet. :"
Better still, tap the maid"
Doesn't know any more than we,
hear. ;,
Did you see the woman stop and
speak TO the Turkish chap for full ten
minutes as she left us? l have never
seen her so animated. Their eyes met
more than once, And she glanced at
her girdle."-
"fop the Turk -
"In vain. Wasn't it Carlyle who
called him the unspeakable Turk?'"
Caithness laughed. His silent chess
play has got Europe in fix. That's the
reason I'm going to Egypt"
"There comes my lady again! Rest
less creature today, for some unexplained
reason. l believe she retires below to
read the love letters in that belt There
comes the silent German professor Why
do you suppose he's always in his state
room? He is seldom in the saloon. He
registered DR.. Schmalenstopfer,' /
began.
Hold upr' laughs Caithness. "The
name would knock you down. But if
you sneeze you'll get it. The captains
cabin boy says he has in his large state
room huge apparatus
by Jove! have it! Sure as you re
born, it's q cathode ray photo appara
tus.'
81 wouldn't wonder" says Cath
ness, "but what is he after with x rays?
Where is the man going? Do you know"
Eyes; Alexandria first, heard him
say; later, Constantinople.
"Helloi" laughs Caithness again. 1T
would be good joke to play the Crookes
tubes on the sultan and get the shadow
graph of his inner meaning for Armenia
and Crete. Don't laugh so. 1t will come
to that--this stupendous discovery OF