Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1900-06-07

would near WnaI you nnU 10 say ABOUT
1t. am to address him care of the EN-
hassy at St Tttel sburg, so | suppose
he's stationed there now, BY the way,
how did he get your glove, or is that
merely brag on his partY lie says that
it is the only clew he has, and he is 60
ing to trace you from that, it seems, If
| do not tell him who you are and send
him your address. Now, what am | to
say when l write to st. Petersburg
In reply to this Jennie sent some
what incoherent letter, very different
from her usual style of writing She
had not mentioned the young man in
her former communication, she said
because she had been trying to forget
the incident in which ho was the cen
trail figure. In no circumstances could
she meet him again, and she implored
the princess not to disclose her identity
to him even by a hint She explained
the glove episode exactly as it had hap
pened; she was compelled to sacrifice
the glove to release her hand. He had
been very kind in helping her to escape
from false position. but II would be
too humiliating for her ever to see him
or speak with him again.
When this letter reached the schloss
ut Meran, the princess telegraphed to
London. "Send me the other glove,
and Jennie sent it a few days later
came further communication from the
princess.
81 have puzzled our young man quite
effectually, / think, clever as he i'm
AGNES himself to be. | wrote him a
semi-indignant letter to St Petersburg
and said thought all along he had not
really recognized me at the ball, in spite
of his protestations at first Then | saw
how easily he was deluded into the be-
lief that | was some other woman. and
SO the temptation to further cozen him
was irresistible. Am not "A good actress 7
i asked him | went on to say with
some show of anger, that a quiet flirta
tion in the gallery was all very well in
its way. but when it came to young
man rushing in frenzy barcheaded in
to the street after respectable married
woman who had just got into her car
riage and was about to drive away it
was too much altogether, and thus he
came into possession of the glove. AS
the remaining glove was of no use to
me, had great pleasure in sending it
to him, but warned him that if the
story of the gloves ever came to the
ears of my husband | would deny hav-
ing either owned or worn them.
should like to see Don's amazed look
when the other glove drops out of my
letter, which was bulky package and
cost ever so much in postage. | think
the sending Of the glove was an inspira-
tion. fancy his lordship will be now
completely deluded and that you need
have no further fear of his finding
you.
Jennie read this letter over once or
twice, and in spite of her friendly feel
ing for the princess there was some
thing in the epistle which Jared on
her Nevertheless she wrote and thanked
the princess for what she had done and
tried to forget all about everything
pertaining to the ball However. she
was not allowed to erase all thoughts
of Lord Donal from her mind. even il
she could have accomplished this task
unimpeded. There shortly arrived a
brief note from the princess. inclosing
"A letter the young diplomatist at St.
Petersburg had written.
Dear Princess ut RAM, | am very
much obliged to you for the companion
glove, as | am thus enabled to keer
one and use the other as clcw.
see you not only know who the mys
terious young lady is, but that you
have since met her, or at least have
been in correspondence with her. If the
glove does not lead me to the hand,
shall pay a visit to you in the hope that
you will atone for your present cruelty
by telling me where to find the owner
Of both glove and hand "
With regard to this note the princes,
had written "Don is not such foo
as took him to bp He must have i'm
| proved during the last few years.
wish you would write and tell me ex
actly what he said to you that evening '
But with this wish Jennie did not
comply. She merely again urged the
princess never to divulge the secret
For many days Jennie heard nothing
more from any Of the actors in the lit
tie comedy. and the episode began e
take on in her thoughts that air of un
reality which remote events seem Il
gather around them She went on Will
her daily work To the satisfaction OF
her employers and the augmenting OF
her own bank account, although NJ
experience worthy of record occurred il
her routine for several weeks. But {
lull in a newspaper Office is seldom o.
long duration.
One afternoon Mr. Hardwick came t.
the desk at which Jennie was at worl
and said to her
"Cadbury Taylor called here yester
day ana was very anxious to SEQ you
Has he been in again this afternoon p
"You mean the detective? No;
haven't seen him since that day at tn
Schloss Steinheimer. What did he wan
with meG'
'As far rs was able to understand
he has very important case on han,
"a sort of romance in high life-and
think he wants your assistance to un
ravel it, IL seems to be battling him.
1T is not very difficult to battle Mr.
Cadbury Taylor, said the girl, lookin
up at her employer with merry twin
kle in her eye,
"Well, he appears to be in fog now
and he expressed himself to me as bein