The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-08-01

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IN his hands once or twice and read the
cordial message which the old man haa
seTibslei on the hack OF u
Then you have Succeeded cried hafl-
wick. you got the document. But why
Sid you give Il 90 Sir James instead u
letting ne hand it to him.
That Is loEs story. To put II nF'ells,
It wa. because the messenger caTryiHs
the document wSs Lord Doasl siirhnS
who is-vhs Is-sn old friend OF mine.
Sir James IS his uncle. and Lord Danai
promised thnf re- would persuade me Ola
mar 20 let other newspapers have 70 an-
vanfaxes which ne refused TO the baiiy
Rugie I did net give the document 70
Sir James. / gave II back 20 Lore Donai.
Lord Donal St'rilng-Lord Lonai Stif-
ling" rlusei the editor. Where nave
heard that name before
.He IL a member OF the British E1mcas-
81 al St Petersburg; 50 you may nave
seen his name in the dispatches.
mo: ne is not 50 celebrated as all that
comes "a. All. / remember noWi 1 NET
the detective the other night, ana ASKED
him IL ANYTHING hsd come o. that romance
In hlsh life 10 solve which he had asked
your assistance. He said the search for
the mIssln1 lady had been abandoned. ana
mentioned the name OF Lord ponal sur
ling as the foolish young man VINO had
been engaged in the pursuit OF the IN
known"
Jennie eolorsd at this. and drew her
seif'up Indignantly.
Before YOU say anything further
against Lord Dor,al." she cried hotly' !
bcg TO inform you that he and are 10 De
married"
"Oh, I beg your psrdonr' said the edit
ter icily Then having failed TO ma the
other girl, he speedily eonsoled himself
by"
There was no other girl! vas the
person 8ir Cadhury Taylor vas n search
Of willingly gave him valuable assist
ance in the task Of fsiling to find myself.
Having only stupid man 80 zeal Uith'
had little difficulty n accomplishing my
purpose Neither Mr. TAYLOR nor Mir.
Hardwick ever suspected that the missing
person was In their own employ"
We'll, / ara bIeszsdF' calculated Hard
wick. $50 you banned Cadbury Taylor in
searching for yourself. as Won baTed me
In getting hold OF the Russian letter. II
seems 10 me. Miss Ia zter, that where your
own iIclinations do not coincide with the
wishes OF your employers the interests OF
those who pay you fall 20 the ground.
MIR. Cadbury Taylor didn't pay ne any
thing for my services as amateur detec-
tive, and he has. therefore. no right to
grumble. A. for the St Petersburg trip,
/ shall send you check for all expenses
Incurred az soon as I reach home"
"Oh, you mistake me-" asserted Mr..
HardWick, earnestly Il had no thought
OF even limiting that you have not earned
over and over again all the money the
Daily Bugle has paid you; besides, l was
longing for your return, for want your
assistance in solving a mystery that has
rather puzzled us all. Paris Is In tur-
moil Just now over the"
JenEie's clear laugh rang out.
u am going over 10 Paris IN day or
two, Mr.. Hardsick. to solve the mystery
Of dressmakins. and / think, from what
know Of Il already, 1t will require my
whole attention 1 must insist on return
Ing to you the cost OF the ST. Petersburg
Journey. for, after all. 1t proved TO be a
rather personal excursion, and ! couldn't
think Of allowing the paper 20 pay for it.
/ merely came In tonight TO hand you this
card from Sir James Cardiff. and 1 also
desired 20 tender TO you personally my
resignation, and so l must bid you good
by. Mr.. HardvIck." said the girl, holding
cut her hand, land 1 thank you very
much indeed for having given me chance
to work on your paper"
Before the editor could reply she was
gone, and that good man sat down in his
chair bevildered by the suddenness of 1t
all, the room looking empty and dismal,
lacking her presence.
"Confound Lord Donal"' he muttered
under his breath, and then. as an editor
should, he went on impassively with his
nights work.
1t was intended that the wedding
should be rather quiet affair, but cir
cumstances proved too strong for the
Young people. Lord Donal was very pop
ular. and the bride was very beautiful.
Sir james thought II necessary to invite a
great many people, and he intimated to
Lord Donal that highly placed person
age desired 10 honor the function with his
presence, and thus the event created quite
little futttr in society. The society pa
pers affirmed that this elevated parsonage
had been particularly pleased by some
Diplomatic service which Lord Donal had
recently rendered him. but then, OF
course one can never believe what one
reads in the society press. However, the
man Of elevated rank was there, and SO
people said that perhaps there might be
something IN the rumor. Naturally there
was a great turn out OF Anlba ssaGJrs and
Ministers, and their presence gave color
and dignity 10 the crush at st. Georges.
Hanover SQUARE. The Princess Won Stein
heirne- made q special journey from vi
emma TO attend, and on this occasion she
brought the Prince with her. The general
opinion was that the bridegroom was a
very noble looking fellow. and that the
bride in her sumDtuOus wedding apparel
was quite too lovely for anything
The Princess was exceedingly bright
and gay, and she chatted with her old
friends. the Ambassadors from Austria
and America.
bassador from America, that | did not
have time to speak with you at the
Duchess OF ChiselhurSts ball, bur | was
compelled TO leave early. You should
have come TO me sooner. The Count here
was much more gallant. We had a most
delightful conversation, hadn't we,
Court? | was with Lord Donai, you re-
member"
ION. yesr' replied the aged Austrian.
bowling low. II shall! not soon forget the
charming conversation / had with your
hishness, and | hope you, on your part,
have not forgotten the cordial invitation
you gave me TO visit again your castle at
Merau."
Indeed, Count, you know very well
how glad l am 10 see you al any time,
either IN Vienna or a Meran."
The American Ambassador remained
silent, ana glanced alternately from the
bride 10 the Princess with a puzzled ex-
preston on his face.
The mystery OF the Duchess Of Chisel-
hurst's ball proved too much for him, as
the search for the missing lady had PROV
ed roo much Tor Mr.. Cadbury Taylor.
The END.
DU MAUHIER AND MONEY.