The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-10-25

yUn propose To cart away contains
! practically the whole Of the missing
200, 600 OOO forms More than one.
third of the heap IL pure gold. II you
want 60 do n favor To a good friend of
! yours and nt the same time confer n
benefit upon the government itself, you
will advise the government to secure
! the services of Herr Fcltz, 20 that the
gold may he extracted from the rubbish
with the least possible loss. put in n
word for Herr Feltz because am con
vinccd he * most competent man.
Tonight his action saved you from dis
mssal tomorrow; therefore you should
be grateful to him. And now | have
the honor to wish You good night"
"Wait it--wait momentn' came in
besecching tones through the telephone.
"My dear young lady, pray pardon any
fault you have TO find with me and ro-
main for moment or two longer. Who,
then, caused the explosion, and what
was its objcctr'
"That must leave for you to find
ont, Herr Director You sec, l am Civ
ing you the results of merely few
hours inquiry, and you cannot expect
me to discover everything in that time.
| don't know how the explosion was
| caused; neither do l know who the
criminals were. 1t would probably take
me all day tomorrow to find that out,
but as l am leaving the discovery in
such competent hands as yours must
curb my impatience until you send me
full particulars. SO, once again, good
night, Herr Director
mo, moi Don't go yet. shall come
at once to the station, if you will be
kind enough to stop there until ar
rive.
"The Princess Won Steinheimer is
waiting for me in her carriage outside,
and do not wish to delay her any
longer.
"Then let me implore You not to give
up your researches.
"Why2 Amateur efforts are so futile
you know, when compared with the eff
forts Of the regular force. "
"Oh, my dear young lady, you must
pardon an old man for what he said in
thoughtless momentl If you knew
how many useless amateurs meddle in
our very difficult business, you would
excuse me. Are You quite convinced Of
what you have told me-that the gold
is in the rubbish heapf"
Perfectly. will leave for you at
the Office here the analysis made by
Herr Feltz, and if can assist you fur
ther 1t must be on the distinct under
standing that you are not again to in
terfere with whatever may do. Your
conduct in going to Herr Feltz tonight
after you had left me and commanding
him not to give me any information |
should hesitate to characterize by its
right name.
my commands seem to have offered
| little obstruction to you. Herr Feltz
doubtless gave you the information
when you asked for it. -
"No; he did not He gave me the in
formation only when he was assured
that if he withheld it longer Princess
Won Steinheimer would have procured
your instant dismissal from the force.
You have every reason to be grateful
to Herr Feltz, and l want you to un-
derstand that.
II do understand it, and am CRATE
ful to him. Am to have the pleasure
of seeing you tomorrow
IL hope not. When have anything
further to communicate, l will send for
you.
THANK You. shall hold myself al
ways at your commands
This telephone interview being hap
PLY concluded. Jennie hurried through
the main Office to the princess. stopping
on her way to give the paper contain
ing the analysis to the official in charge
and telling him to give it to the director
when he returned to his desk. This
done, she passed out into the night.
with the comforting consciousness that
the worries of busy day had not been
without their compensations.
TO be continued next Thursday