The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-07-31

uhouuiateu voice answered, and my Lady
Jemappes lifted upon us the gaze of the
two great, deep blue eyes, blue as that
sea Of azure glory out there Twill sit
here for little while. l hear that we
shall sight Gibraltar in an hour"
"Does your ladyship purpose joining
the excursionists up the rock?" | began
to feel throb around my heart as those
blue eyes dwelt upon me- Caithness
had warned me yesterday that was in
for it.
"No, / think not" she answered
quietly. II have done that several
times"
'Oh, hoP l said to myself. "What
does that mean?" And then aloud: 81
wonder if the old lady with the wig
will attempt it. hear she is one of the
most ardent in the plan"
We all laughed. Unconsciously again
my eyes travelled toward that mysteri-
ous 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. l saw her jaw tremble, and the
hand that grasped now the arm of the
steamer chair shook with some great
emotion. She turned to her maid. One
glance was enough. I was more than
ever convinced that the belt was of some
tremendous importance in the woman q
destiny.
You will bring mo 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, Clancy
coming on deck without one's accouter-
ments
Her eyes again met mine. Anxiety
and terror strove in those beautiful ewes
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 long girdle, made of some
dress material stuff, should say.
can't 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 an
inch thick. She knotted it around her
slim waist. But, as she had never done
before, she took small key from her
pocket and fitted it into little gold lock
that clasped the belt together. And
heard the lock snap. She restored the
key to her pocketbook. Then, with the
old, graceful breeding and composure.
she drew our attention to the sunset
light IN adistant sail at the entrance to
the bay that rounds into Gibraltar.
I'VE 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. l have con-
cocted some dancing cards. May have
the honor of the first two waltzes, my
lady? 1t is asking 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) 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 us2 l have never
seen her SO animated. Their eyes met
more than once. And she glanced at
her girdle''
Tap the Turk"
I'm 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 againl 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 professori Why
do you suppose he's always in his state
room? He is seldom in the saloon. He
registered DIR. Schmalenstopfer,' !
began.
Hold upl" laughs Caithness. 1.-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 Joyel have it Sure as you re |
born, it's cathode ray photo appara-
tus. )"
II wouldn't wonder" says Cath
ness, but what is he after with X rays?
Where is the man going? Do you know2'
Yes; Alexandria first, I heard him
say; later, Constantinople. !"
"Hellop' laughs Caithness again. 'It
would be a 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 |
Roentgen's. We shall get the psychic
man presently"
GOD forbidl The divine right of
privacy is no more then"
NO." laughs Caithness and turns to
the professor. 1--WE hear, doctor, that |
you are spending these hours when the |
most Of us loiter and smoke and flirt on |
deck in the depths of scientific analyses.
You are interested in the Roentgen
rays?" goes ON sly Caithness, offering a
cigar.