The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-11-01
JENNIE BAXTER. JOURNALIST
- by ROBERT BARR ~ =
TIL.-Ihe WIl0[d N His M0Q|c AI|Ic.
~ ROBERT BARR =

Cr1pO, NtiI, nNNo yOU NeeH UlIl Hp
parently meaning the director Of police.
"No. | did not see him. but talked
with him over the telephone, wish
you could have heard our conversation;
II was the funniest interview that | over
took part in Two or three times had
90 shut otf the instrument. fearing tho
director would hear mo laugh. am
afraid that before this business IN ended
you will be sorry ! am guest at your
house. know I shall end by gotting
myself into an Austrian prison. Just
think Of IL Here have been holding
mp tho chief OF police In this imperial
city as IL were wild western brigand.
/ have been terrorizing tho man. brow
beating him. threatening him, and he
the person who has the liberty of all
Vienna In his hands. who can have mo
dragged off to dungeon cell any time
he likes to give tho order.
"Not from the Palace Steinheimer.
said tho princess. with decision.
"Well. he might hesitate about that:
yet, nevertheless. II Is too funny to
think that a mere newspaper woman.
coming into city which contains only
one or two Of her friends, should dare to
talk to the chief Of police as have done
tonight and force him actually to beg
that shall remain In the city and con.
time TO assist him"
"Tell me what you said'" asked tho
princess eagerly. and Jennie related all
that had passed between them over tho
telephone.
"And do you mean to tell mo that
you are going to give that man the
right to use all the information you
have acquired. and allow him to accept
complacently all the kudcs that such II
discovery entities you tor"
"Why. certainly" replied Jennie
"What good is the kudos to mes All
the credit desire got in the Office Of
The Daily Bugle in London"
But you silly girl. holding such
secret as you held, you could have made
your fortune" insisted the practical
princess, for the principles which had
been instilled into her during youth
spent in Chicago had not been eradicat-
ed by her residence in Vienna. "lf you
had gone to the government and said.
How much will you give me If re-
store to You the missing goldS' just
imagine what their answer would be. "
"Yes. suppose there was money in
the scheme if it had been really II So
cret. But you forget that tomorrow
morning the chief of police would have
known as much as he knows tonight.
OF course. il had gone alone to the
vault nyl Gant al Iiarnvary tn
myself. might, perhaps have held
mp the government of Austria Hungary
as successfully as l held up the chief
of police tonight. But with the director
watching everything l did. and going
with me to the chemist there was no
possibility Of keeping the matter a So
Cret.
"Well, Jennie. all can say il that
you are very foolish girl. Here you
are, working hard. as you said in one of
your letters, merely to make living.
and now, with the greatest nonchalance.
You allow fortune to slip through your
fingers Now, am simply not going to
allow this. shall tell my husband all
that has happened. and he shall make
the government treat you honestly. II
not generously. / assure you. Jennie.
that Lord Donal-no. l won't mention
his name, since you protest 40 strenu'
ously-but the future young man. who
ever he il, will not think the less of you
because You come to him with hand
some dowry. But here we are at home
and won't say another word on the
subject II II annoys you"
When Jennie reached her delightful
which looked even NOR,
luxuriantly comfortable bathed in tn,
soft light that now flooded them from
quiet toned shaded lamps than they die
in the more garish light Of day-sh'
walked up and down her sitting room
In deep meditation. She was in quan
dairy. Whether or not to risk sending ,
coded telegram to her paper WAS th'
question that presented itself to her
II she were sure that no one else woult
learn the news. she would prefer to wal
until she had further particulars of tn
treasury catastrophe. A good deal woul'
depend on whether the director of police
took any one into his confidence tina
night or not. If he did not, then b
Wouiu Do thdt ohiy ho anu III
girl possessed that important piece O
news If full account Of the discover
appeared in the next mornings Dali
Bugle. then, when that paper arrive
In Vienna, or even before, if synopsi
were telegraphed to the government, a
II was morally certain to be, the direct
Or would know at once that she wa
the correspondent of the newspape
whom he was so anxious to frighten ou
of Vienna. On the other hand, he
friendship with the Princess Won Stein
heimer gave her such influence with tn
chiefs superior that after the lesso
she had taught him he might hesitat
10 make any move against her Then
again, the news that tonight belonge
10 two persons might on the morroN
come to the knowledge of all the CORE
spondents in Vienna, and her efforts, a
far as The Bugle was concerned, woul
have been in vain. This consideratio
decided the girl, and, casting off all sig
of hesitation, she sat down at her writ
inc IA hle and heuan the first chaDter c