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

pose. IL you meet nlln you VIII ma MN Il dreamer
and theorist But if you succeed in Interest,"
ing him in any matter he will prosecute it the very
end, quite regardless of the time he spends or the
calls OF duty elsewhere
He is just the man | wish to see," said Jennie
dccsively and With that they took leave chem
list and entered the carriage
Il to drive to more place" said Jennie
"befOre ii gets too late
Good gracious cried the princess. "You
~ do not intend to call Prof Seigfried tonght?'
NO, but want to drive the office of the direc-
tor of police"
oh, that won't take ong' said the princess
giving the necessary order The coachman took
them to the night the central police sta
ton by the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, and, leaving the
princess in the carriage, Jennie went alone to speak
with the officer in charge
Il wish to the director of the police" she
said.
He will not be here until morning He is at
hcme. Is it anything important?"
Yes Where is his residence"
IF you will have the kindness to inform me what
your business is, madame, will have pleasure IN
attending to it without disturbing Herr Director"
Il must communicate with the director in person.
The Princess Won Seinheimer is in her carriage out
side and do not wish to keep her waiting" At
mention of the princess the officer bestirred himself
and became effuSively polite.
Il shall call the director at once and he will
be only too happy to wait upon you"
oh Have you a telephone here? And can
1 speak with him myself without being overheard"
Certainly, madame. If you will step into this
room with me, will cali him up and leave you to
spt ak with him."
This done, and when the chief had answered
Jennie introduced herself to him.
Il am Miss Baxter whom you were kind enough
to escort through the treasury building this after
noon"
ooh, yes" replied the chief 81 thought we were
to postpone further inquiry until tomorrow"
Yes; such was the arrangement, but 1 wanted
to say that f.my plans inerfered with if 1
kept under surveillance. shall be compelled to with
draw from the search"
A few moments elapsed before the chief replied
and then it was with hesitation.
81 should be distressed to have you withdraw;
but, if you wish to do So, that must be a matter
entirely for your consideration. 1 have my
duty to perform and I must carry it out to the
best of my poor ability"
Quite So 1 am obliged to you for speaking so
plainly. rather surmised this afternoon that you
looked upon my help in the light of Interference
Il should not have used the word interference
continued the chief ''but 1 must confess that never
knew results to follow amateur efforts which could
not have been reached much more speedily and ef-
fectually by the regular force under my command
well, the regular force under your command
has been at work several weeks and has apparently
not accomplished very much. have devoted part
of afternoon and evening to the matter so before
I withdraw 1 would like to give you some interesting
information, which you may fmpart to the govern
Iment and l quite willing that you should take
all the credit for the discovery as have no wish
to appear in any way your competitor. Can
you here me distinctly"
Perfectly, madame" replied the chief
"Then, in the first place inform the government
that there has been no robbery"
mo robbery! What absurd statement If you
will
the gold if there was no robbery?"
q am coming to that Next inform the govern
'ment that its loss will be but trifng. That heap
of debris which you propose to cart away contains
practically the whole of the missing 100000 for
ins. More than one-third of the heap is pure gold
If you want to do favor to good friend of yours
ana at the same time confer benefit upon tho
government itself you will advise the government to
secure the services Of Herr Fetz, so that the gold
may be extracted from rubbish with the least DOS
slble loss l put in word for Herr Feltz because
am convinced he is most competent To-
night his action saved you from dismissal tomor-
row; therefore you should be grateful to him. And
now have the honor to wish you goodnight
"Wat-wait mOment!' came in beseechint
tones through the telephone. my dear young lady
pray pardon any fault you have to find with me and
remain for moment or two longer. Who, then
caused the explosion and what its object?"
THAT 1 must leave for you find out Herr
Is DIfecuor. You See am giving you the results or
merely few hours inquiry, and you cannot expect
me to discover everything in that time. 1 don't
y know how the explosion caused; neither do
Know who the criminals 1t would probably
take me all day tomorrow to find that out but as
am leaving the discovery in such competent hands
as yours must curb my impotence until YOU send
me full particulars. So, again, goodnight
Herr Director"
NO no! Don't go yet 1 shall come at once TO
the station, you will be kind enough stop there
until arrive"
THE Princess Steinheimer is waiting for me
in her carriage outside and 1 do not wish to delay
her any longer"
&, Then let me implore you not to give up your
researches"
why? Amateur efforts so futile you know
when compared with the efforts of the regular force
oh my dear young lady, you must pardon an old
man for what he said in a thoughtess moment! If
you knew how many useless amateurs NEEDLE in our
very difficult business you would excuse me. Are
you quite convinced of what YOU have told me-tbar