The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-09

direct
ly to the shop Of Herr Feltz Then no time will be
lost and think If 1 am with you you will be more
sure of attention from the chemist who is q very
busy man"
Jennie saw that the director did not wish to let
her out Of his sight and. although she smiled at his
suspicion she answered politely:
ut is very kind of you to take so much trouble
and devote much of your time to I shall be
glad of your company if you quite certain am
not keeping you from something more important"
There is nothing important than the in.
Yestigation have on hand" replied the chief
grimly.
few minutes later the carriage stopped In front
Of the shop of Herr Fetz the wide Graubensrasse
The great chemist himself waited upon them and
conducted them to inner and private room.
Il should be much obliged If you would tell me
the component parts of the mixture In this package"
said Jennie she handed the filed paper bag to the
chemist
How soon do you wish to know the result2"
asked the man Of chemicals.
"As possible"
Gould you give me until this hour tomorrow"
"That will do very nicely" replied Jennie looking
up at the director Of police, who nodded his head
With that the two took their leave, and once more
the director Of police politely handed the girl into
his carriage. and they drove to the Palace Stein
helmer Here she bade him goodbye and thanked
him cordially for his attentions during the day The
had on this occasion been pleasure and could he
have her permission to call at the hour tomor-
row afternoon and take her to the chemist2 this
Jennie assented and cheerily babe him good night.
The princess was waiting for her. wild with Curl
osity to know what had happened.
"Oh Jennie" she cried, "who fired the mine and
who robbed the government
Jennie laughed merry as she replied:
Dear princess what compliment you are paying
mel Do you think that in one afternoon 1 am able
to solve mystery that has defed the combined tai
ents Of all the best detectives In Austria? 1 wish
the director Of police had such faith in me as you
have"
Indeed he has not. He watched me every min
ute he with me. If he feared would disappear
into thin air, as the treasure did"
The horrid mani shall have my husband speak
to him and rid you of this annoyance"
"Oh, no, princess, you mustn't do anything Of the
kind don't mind 1t in the least; in fact it rather
amuses me. One would think he had some suspicion
that stole the money myself"
ga single word from the prince will stop all that
you know"
Eyes, 1 know; but really want to Eep the d.
rector. he is so utterly stupid"
"Now, Jennie, take off your hat and sit down here
and tell me every incident of the afternoon Don't
you see l am just consumed with curiosity? l know
you have discovered something. What is it?"
Il am not going to take off my hat because am
going out directly again; but If you love me- get me
cup OF that delicious tea of yours"
L shall order it at once. but dinner will be served
shortly You are surely not going alone tonight?
Il really must Do not forget have been used to
taxing care of myself in bigger city than Vienna IS
and shall be quite safe. You will please excuse NV
absence from the dinner table tonight"
Nonsense, Jennie! You cannot be allowed TO
roam round Vienna in that Bohemian way!'
linen, Princess. l must go to a hotel for this
roaming round Is strictly necessary and don't want
TO Drlng the Palace Steinheimer into dsrepute"
Jennie. I'll tell you what we will do-we'u both
oflng 1t into diSrepute The prince is dining at his
club tonight with friends so I shall order tbe
carnage and you and 1 will roam round together
You will let me come, won't you? Where are vou
going?"
Il am going to the Graubenstrasse to see Herr
Feltz."
ooh, know Herr Feltz, and dear old man he ia,
He will do anything for me. If you want any favor
from Herr Fetz. you had better take me with vorp
i shall be delighted. All, here comes the teal
But what Is the use Of ordering the carriageP Wa
can walk there in very few minutes"
Il think had better have the carr;aoa 14
prince would be wild if he heard that we two went
walking about the streets Of Vienna at night So
Jennie, we must pay some respect to conventionatv
and we Will take the carriage. Now tell me whore
you have been and what you have seen and all
about It"
Over their belated decocton of tea Jennie re-
lated everything that had happened
"And what do you expect to learn from the apaly-
sis at the chemists, Jennie?"
81 expect to learn something that will startle the
director Of police"
"And what is that? Jennie, don't keep me on
tenterhooks in this provoking way. How can you
act SO? shall write to Lord Dona and tell him that
you are here in Vienna if you don't mind"
We'll under such terrible threat as that SIM
pose must diyulge all my suspicious. But really
oont know anything yet; merely suspect The
weight of that dust, when picked up a handful of
It, seemed to indicate that the gold is still there in
rubbish heap"
You don't mean to say so! Then there has been
no robbery at ALP"
There may have been a robbery planned but 1
don't think any thief got portion of the gold The
chances are that they entirely underestimated 6le
force of the explosive they using and unless I
am very much mistaken, they are dealing with some
thing hundred times more powerful than dynamite"
"And will the chemical analysis show what ex-
plosiye uSed?'
No; it will only show what the debris is COM