Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-05-24


them.
YES. yes, want Them" said the
prince, land will pay you handsomely
for them
every we'll" replied Miss Baxter
lyon shall have them. IF you will wait
here ten minutes, | shall return with
them.
"l}ut," hesitatcd the prince. "say
nothing to the princess. "
ooh, moi ! shall not need to- The
keys are sure to be on her dressing
table.
Miss Baxter ran down to the room of
the princess and had little difficulty in
obtaining the keys She opened the Sc
cret drawer into which she had seen the
princess place the packet of letters, and,
taking them out she drew another
sheet of paper along with them, which
she read with wide opening eyes; then
with her pretty lips she blew long,
astonished whistle Taking both the
racket of letters and the sheet of paper
with her. she ran swiftly up the stair
and along the corridor to the room
where the prince was impatently
awaiting her.
"Give them to met he snapped.
rudely snatching the packet from her
hands. She still chung to the separate
piece of paper and said nothing The
prince stood Ivy the window and undid
the packet with trembling hands He
examined one and then another of the
letters, turning at last toward the girl
with renewed anger in his face
"You are trifling with me, my girl,
he said
"No, am not :" she said atoutly
"Thcse are my own letters. written
by me to my wife before we were mar
red"
"Of course they are What others
did you expect? These are the only let
tiers, as far as have learned, that any
man has written to her and the only
letters she cares for of all the thou
sands she has ever received Why, You
foolish, blind man. ! had not been in
this castle day before | saw how mat
ters were The princess Is breaking her
poor heart because you are unkind to
her, and she cares for nobody on earth
but you, great stupid that You are
as this true? Will You swear il 9
true cried the prince, dropping the
packet and going hastily toward the
girl Miss Jennie stood with her back
to the wall, and, putting her hands be-
hind her, she said
NO, no; NOu are not going to touch
me again OF course it's true, and if
you had the sense Of a 6vear old child
you would have seen it long ago And
she paid $50, 600 of your gambling
debts"
"What are You talking about? The
princess has never given me penny OF
her money; | don need it Goodness
knows, / have money enough of my
own
"Woll, Cadh1ry Taylor said that you
+ oh, II warrant Won. it is like all
the rest of his statements. pure moon.
shine.
"Of whom are you speaking? And
why did my wife protect that wretch,
whom she knows has stolen her dia
munds?'
"YOu mean Won Schaumherg
or t gS a.. .
stole them, and the reason the princes,
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IN" prince bewlIdered, took the
sneei mat she handed To MN ana reaC
H. wrinkle OF LeWllderlnent corruSat
ing MS prov
81 don understand what this has t,
do with the case he said at last. II
seems To he an order on the bank "A
Vienna for the diamonds, written 10y
tine princess herself.
"Of course II is Well, if the dia
monds had been delivered, that pape,
would now he in the possession Of tn,
bank instead Of i'll your hands. ~
"Pclhaps she mlSlald this order anC
wrote another.
"Perhaps, still it might be wortl
while finding out
Take this, then, to the princess anC
ask her
"It is not likely she would remen