The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-07

sunk into a mere adventurer, q Svevrien ami
snSTo't,err e., d,psn r,ass &c . y Is pos possible DC, that hat h.
heard Of. him in Europe. and when he came VI
here-if ho ever camo--"
...Wyhich is as gooa as proved" Put in.
point. however; IL is Ike you Enyf4sh. Bui
will you,oNplaip why no one. none OF MS, at any
small place. Why are there no traces of himi'
That il the darkest part of the business to
You shall not say, monsieur, that We have
not tried our best 10 clear up that. There
teeted !" where / "P Command o' I uTm, IIns so Sna1s,
slall he made through he district n complete
s sStn ! S Sis1cI PRINCE +, SS chaTmsnt IT, must 18th b. vs5y
shall be found. whether alive or dead"
lie was not found, nevertheless, But q day
or two later the Baron sent for me, and said
they had laid hands upon the two rogues. Pho
puS, and Dclin, CrooS.
Identified by the police. No doubt they await
your arrival with tho great prize, Tor which
arrest thom. | am writing to beg that this DO
done AT once. for by Interrogation they may Be
Princc-at lonst, when In custody they cannot
carry out their programme. They will not be
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This news in n measure ended my mission,
which did not extend beyond laying bare and
l could not rest satisfied with that had still
10 fnlttl II duty 10 my employer. | must un-
ravcl the more serious mystery Of the Princes
disappearance.
SO l prepared to return without delay to
Algiers and assist, SO far as ] might be per-
miltcd, in the examination OF the consplrators.
Thcir, luck interposod in my favor, and in no
further iTiiGHsi'01 than aS0i in 'n that aS'e Of the he 0 da,sc fi'an'' TEESS
strange fact has been proved again and again,
and might bo illustrated by many examples.
partpre l was wandering aimlcssly through
tthe little town of Biskra, when ,chance-the
Arab cnravanscrai OH the outskirts, near where
the road comes in from Tonggourt and FL Wayla.
1t was, of the same character as those I had
seen in the far East. a great square inclosure,
which stood the camcls, horses, and other. ant
mails, while on the four sides were low doors
opening upon tho travellers rooms.
a little on one side was n new arrival-ono
of those old. fashioned hooded vans seldom seen
out OF France, and only there in out.of the.way
They, are used by Quack doctors, cheap jacks,
wandering photographers and the like: The
these callings with that OF horse dealer, for q
number OF promising looking colts stood around
blue blouse and sabots was giving them water.
Suddenly i saw him look toward the back of the
van, i slye a i Low na snr,1l %hiI ~ n anf wh hi, > ms;tt,,.
Following the direction of his signal, l saw
two young people t,Eims apaTt with a haste that
old story. Love was not running smoothly, and
tho chief obstacle was. no doubt; this stalwart
female in the mans red beret who had Just en-
tered the caravanscrai. -.
l drew near amused as l saw the youth
SIlHttn UP u "dltT DuChtl, tut girl nuTTleulN re-
sumo her task of shrcdding cabbagcs in the pot
n,fsu, W., while the APPROPRIATENESS -. or mother
the other u shameless mink.
Then l caught the lads face and was held in
stantly spellbound.
II Was undoubtedly Stanislas dc Medea.
For all his ragged. dusty Clothes, his i'll
kermit locks i and grimy face; ! rccognized him
graph I now held in my hand.
Surely. it is time, PRINCE" l said. accosting
querade should end 81 come from your father.
he fears that you are dead; he almost wishes It,
an indelible stain upon an ancient name"
He had meant; | saw clearly. to deny his
ite asrsi and pR he ss ! Msas Q" out ms eyes filled with
II DO not understand. | have done nothing
very wrong; ! love her 10 distraction-,
and, much to the surprise Of all who met us
thus arm.in'arm. took the princely stable boy
There was nothing very new in his story. He
had been wandering up from the coast incog.
limits, when he had fallen in with these vaga-
bond traders and had been attracted by tho
then dragged him at her tai, hopeless and
lovesick youth. prepared TO play any part. &C.
Della Crocc must have seen him when pass.
ing through Biskra; PRINCE Ge,S stanislas re en- n.
bazaar. and had difiiculty in, shaking him OFF.
Out Of this the whole plot o, had grown n,. T.
must have been aided and developed by the
notary's clerk.
But my task was not quite ended vet. had
extreme difficulty in weaving Prince Stanislas
from his inamorata. He refused at first point
blank to leave the van. 1t was not until I
took these good folk-truc Bohemians. yet in
their way honorable, fair-iealing Biscayans-
into my confidence that l succeeded in getting
him away.
The mother. with her strong, harsh voice,
clinched the matter at once.
He could not marry her. That would not be
suitable. Anything else-merci, monsieur:
trOD dhonneur!'
Tbclieve Yvette eventually married a pay SER
geant in the Zouaves. and was handsomely
lowered by Prince Casimir.
AS for Prince Stanislas, he went down like a
lamb to Algicrs, where I left him to bear wit.
ness against the rogues who had tried to ruin
him, and j returned home.