The Washington weekly post., 1899-07-04

blame and don't think hts supeTi0rs are
inclined 10 charge him with neglect OF
duty.
'It Is a singular thing that the day BE-
fore the disas ster took place he. OF Ms oNn
accord. doubled the guard that watcnsa
over the room and also the approa -ht1
10 IL. The war chest was al It's iuheSt'
Never. so he tells me, was there so nuCh
money in the war chest as at tnat paft"
ular time Something had occurred 'ha'
in his opinion called for extra watchLui-
ness. and so be doubled the guaTd- but
about midnight there was ueHehuOuo r
explosion. The strong door communicating
with the passage was wrenched rum .'S
hinges and flung outward into the Tau
way II is said that dynamite must nave
been used. and that in very large qeaI
thy Not vestige Of the chesl -eulaiheN
but a few .splintered pieces ol -
The four soldiers in the room
were literally blown TO pieces, and
! those in the passageway were stun
ned bv the shock. The fact that they
were unconscious for some minutes seems
70 have given the criminal whoever ne
WIS, lis chance OF escape. For. aithoosh
an instant alarm was sen: out. ard meme
but those who had a right 10 be on 'he
premises were allowed to - out OF INTO
the treasury, vet no one was cauSh'. hcI
has any cne been caught until this cay.
"put the gold, the goid!' cried jennie
eaEtriy.
'rTtara was not a form ~ II lett. Livery
nicec has disappeared. Il is at once 'he
most clever and the most gigantic too"eiy
| ~ money that has taken place within "cI
| knaw't1ge
"I.ut such 4 quantity Of geld sail Jeh-
rie must have been of emf ,ns ..
! Two hundred million florius Nhy' lild' -
| E,9 eeea is1l't il? 1t would TAKE @ w.
/ mont Of thieves TO carry so IlG0n wv"
/ How has tha. been done. ANA "htte i
/ he .0ht ccrrealedg
IA, my cEIld, if you can ans yer 49,
! ovn .ines. ,oa the Austrian foferhr''' 81
| all nav you almost any SUN yo" I'M ~
name The police are completely oarieu-
! Cf ..orrse nothing has been said 81 'I.is
| Gigantic robbery. but every exit from VI
enna Is watched, and. not only that, but
each frontier is guarded. what the gov.
eminent wants, Of course. is to get bacN
It's gold. the result Of years OF tdAa.ioi'
/ which cannot very easily be releVleu'
And when did this robbery take placer :.
asked Jennie.
"On the night OF the nth"
"On the nigh. Of the lIth? repealeu ~
girl. more TO herself than TO 'he VIM ~.
! old woman. And it was on the lo.h 'N''
the Premier made his war speech: or
.1ExartIv" said the old lady, who over
hoard the remark not intended for ner
ears land don't you think there was
| something striking in the coincidence
! 81 don't quite understand. What coih-
cidence?' .so
.Wer Won know the speech OF the
| premfar was against England. II was
not A speech made on the spur OF 'he
moment, but was doubtless the result o.
MANY consultations, perhaps with nus
sia. perhaps with Germany. VINO knows :
We have been growing very frlendy "t'h
| Russia of late. and as England has spies
! All over the world, doubtless her govern
| ment knew before the speech was mace
that il was coming. So the police appear
| 10 think that the whole resources OF the
| British government were set at the TASK
of Gripping Austria at crlticai ih0-
| ment."
Surely you don't mean. madame. tnat
the government of England would de-
scend to burglary, robbery-yes ana HuI-
der. even. for the poor soldiers who guard
cd tho treasure were as effectually muir
dered as if they had been assaesinated IN
the street. You don't imagine that the
British government would stoop TO such
deeds as thOse?'
The old lady shook her head wisely.
by the time you are my age, my dear,
and have seen as much of politics as L
have, you will know that governments
stop at nothing to accomplish their ends.
No private association of thieves could
have laid such plans as would have done
away with 2OO 100000 of forms in gold, un-
less they had not only ample resources.
hut also a master brain 10 direct them.
4 Nations hesitate at nothing where their
interests are concerned. II was to the IN
terest of no other empire but England to
deplete Austria at this moment, and see
how complete her Vaccinations are. No
nation trusts another. and. if Austria had
proof that England is at the bottom of
. this robbery, she dare not say anything
because her war chest is empty. Then.
again, she dare not allow either Germany
or Russia to know how effectually she
=. has been robbed, for no one can tell what
| either of these nations would do under
the circumstances. The government dare
not let even its own people know what
has happened. 1t is a stroke of yen-
geance marvellous in its finality. Austria
is crippled for years to come, unless she
can fnd the stolen gold on her own ter
ritory.'
The old lady had worked herself up into
such a state of excitement during her re-
citaI that she did not notice that most OF
her companion visitors had taken theiI
leave and when the Princess approached
the two she arose with some trepidation
My dear Princess" she said, your tea
has been so good and the company OF
.: your young eompatriot has been SC
charming that / have done nothing but
} chatter, chatter, chatter away about
: things which should only be spoken OF
under ones breath, and now | must hurry
away. May / venture to hope that you
: will honor me with your presence at one
of my receptions when | send you a
) cardg'
Il shall be delighted to do So" replied
the Princess, with that gracious conde
scensiOn which became her so well.
The -sarrulous old lady was the last tC
! take her leave, and when the Princess
f was left alone with her guest she cried:
) Jennie, l have found out absolutely
nothing What have you discovered?'
''Everything!' replied the girl, walking
up and down the floor in excitement ovel
{ the finding of such a bonanza of news.
I You don't tell me so! Now. do si
2 down and let me know the full particular
= at once"
. When Jennie's exciting story was fin
0 ished, she said:
You see this robbery explains VIII
n the Premier did not follow up his warlik
. speech. The police seem 10 think tha
e England has had a hand in this robbery
l. but, Of course, that is absurd"
Il am not so sure Of that" replied tn
!, | Princess, taking, as she spoke the Chi
}, eago point OF view and forgetting for tn
z moment her position among the aristoc
: racy OF Europe England takes mos
Q things IL can get its hands on, and she /
r not too slow to pick up gold mine her
2 and there So why should she hesitat
when the gold is already minted for her (?
I 'It is too absurd for argument" con
tinued Jennie calmly; $50 We won't tall
r OF that phase Of the subject. must ge
: away TO England instantly. Let us I'M
= cut when the first train leaves"
: Nonsense" protested the Princess
A What do you need 10 go 10 Englan
/ for? You have seen nothing OF Vienna
8 ''Oh. / can see Vienna another time
i i must get 10 England with this accoun
0 OF the robbery"
: Wont your paper pay for telegraphin
Y such an important piece of newsT'
$ ''Oh, yes There would be no difficult
II about that but dare not trust either III