The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-07-23
VJU.-The Robbery in the Sleeping Car
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Jennie had promised Prof Seigfried not to COM
municate with the director of police. ana she now
wondered whether she would be breaking her word
or she let that official know the result of her
investigation when it could make no difference. one
way or the other. to the professor. If Prof. Seig
fried could have foreseen his sudden death.
would he not she asked herself. have preferred to
make public ali she knew of him, for had he not
constantly reiterated that fame. and the consequent
transmission of his to posterity, what he
worked for? Then there this conSideratiOn-f
the chief of police not told how the explosion
had been caused his fritlesS search would futile
ly on and doubtless. in the Of police inquiry,
mary innocent persons would be arrested, put to
Inconvenience and expense and there q
chance that more who had absolutely nothing
do with the affair might be imprisoned for life.
She resolved, therefore, to tell the director of the
police all she knew, which she would not have done
had Prof Segfried been alive She accordingly
sent messenger for the great official, and just as
she had begun to relate to the impatient princess
what had happened he was announced The three
of them held convention in Jennie's drawing
with locked doors
81 in a position" began Jennie F'to tell Won
how the explosion in the treasury caused and
who caused it, but before doing you must promise
to grant me two favos, each Of which is in your
power to bestow without inconvenience"
'What they?" asked the director of police
cautiously.
"To tell what they is to tell part of my story.
You must first promise blindly and afterward keep
your promise faithfully"
Those rather unusual TERMS Miss Baxter"
said the chief, but accede to them, the will
ingy have found that all the gold is still in
the treasury, you said it was"
every well, then. the first favor is that 1 shall
not be called to give testimony when inquest is
held the body of Prof. Carl Seigfried."
"You amaze mel? cried the director. GLOW did
you know he dead? 1 had news of it only It
moment before left my office"
Il with him when he died" said Jennie
simply. which statement drew forth exclamation
of surprise from both the princess and the director
My next request is that you destroy utterly
chine which stands a table the center Of the
professors ROOM Perhaps the instrument already
disabled believe it s-but nevertheless shall not
rest content until you have seen that every vestge
of it is made away with because the study of what
is left of it may enable other scientist to put
it in working order again. l entreat you to attend
to this matter yourself l will go with you, if you
wish me to, and point out the instrument in case 1t
has been moved from it's position"
'The room is sealed up" said the director sand
nothing will be touched until arrive there What is
the nature of this Instrument"
1T is of a nature deadly and destructive that
if it got into the hands of anarchist he could
alone lay the city of Vienna in ruins"
Good heavens!' cried the Mortified official,
whose bane the anarchists, and Jennie in men,
tionng this particular type criminals had builded
better than she knew. If she had told him that the
professors invention might enable Austria to con-
quer all the surrounding nations, there is every
chance that the machine would have been carefully
preserved.
FFhe explosion in the treasury vaults" continued
Jennie. twas accidentally caused by that instrument
although the machine the moment was in a garrett
half mile away. You the terrible effect of
f1Raf
would cause in the hands of of those anarchists"
81 shall destroy the instrument with my own
hands, asserted the director fervently hopping his
paid brow
Jennie then went on to the increasing astonisIl-
ment of the princess and the director and related
detail of her interview with the late Prof Carl
Segfred
81 shall go at and annihiate that machine"
said the director, rising when the recital had been
finished. Il shall see to that myself Then after
the inquest, shall give order that everything in
the attic is to be destroyed. wish all the scientists
on the face of the earth could be safely placed be-
hind prison bars"
Il am afraid that wouldn't do much good" said
Jennie, unless you could prevent chemicals being
Struggled in The scientists would probably reduce
your prison to powder and walk calmly out through
the DUST
Mr.. Harlwick had told Jennie that if she solved
the Vienna mystery she would make a European
reputation Tor the Daily Bugle. Jennie did
than was expected of her, yet the European reputa-
ton which the Bugle established was not one TO he
enVied 1t is true that the account printed of the
cause of the explosion dramatically finished off with
the professors tragieal sudden DEATH caused great
sensation in London The comic papers of the week
full of illustrations showing the uses to which
the professors instrument might be put To say
that any sane man in England believed a word of
the article would be to cast an undeselved slight
upon the intelligence of the British public No one
paused to think that if newspaper had published
an account of what could be done by Ieeentsea rays
without being able to demonstrate practically the
truth of tire assertions made the article would have
been laughed at If some years ago newspaper had
stated that man in York listened the voice OF
friend at that moment standing in London and was
not only able to hear what his friend said but could
actually recognize the voice speaking in an ordinary
Tone and then If the paper had added that uI-
fortunately, the instrument which accomplished This
mad been destroyed, people would have spoken Of