The Norfolk weekly news., 1900-10-11

known 10 all the world except Austria,
! and | imagine nothing will he said
! about il here "
"ls there, then, any truth In the re-
port 2" nskod the princess innocently.
Truth It's ell truth; that Ia just
where the trouble ls There IL little use
In orr denying IL, because this London
sheet IL evidently well informed, and, to
deny it., we should have to publish
something about the robbery itself,
which we are not inclined to do. II is
| known, however, who the two corre-
spondonts of the London paper are, and
| | believe the police are going to make
IL 40 interesting for those two gentle
men that they will bo glad TO leave
| Vienna for time ut least OF course
nothing can bc done openly, because
| Englishmen make such fuss when
| their liberties are encroached upon.
One of the young men has been Iured
across the frontier by IA bogus telegram,
and | think the authorities will zee
that he does not get back in hurry;
the other we expect to bo rid of before
long. or course we could expel him,
but IL we did it would be thought that
we had done 70 because he had found
ont tho truth about the explosion. "
"How did you learn about the explo-
sion p asked the princess.
"Oh, ! have known all there was to
know ever since ii happenedp'
The princess gave Jennie a quick
look. which said AZ plainly rs words,
| tha xpa Nunutad n IN
own household and we never suspected
It,"
"Why didn't you tell me about itf"
cried the princess Indignantly.
"Well you see, my dear, you never
took any interest in politics, and / did
not think the affair would have any at
traction for you. Besides he added,
with smile. I'VE were all cautioned
to keep the matter as secret az possi-
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"And wonderfully well you have
managed iti" exclaimed the princess
"Thnt shows what comes Of trusting a
secret to a lot Of men. Here 1t Is pub
lished to all the world"
"Not quite all the world, my dear.
As l have said, Austria will know
nothing about il"
"The princess tells me, said Jennie,
"that you were kind enough to en-
deavor to get me permission to make
some investigation into this mystery
Have you succeededf"
eyes, Miss Baxter, as l have said,
have succeeded quite beyono my ex-
pectations. for the lady detective is
comparatively new thing in Vienna.
However, the truth is the police are
completely in a fog, and they are ready
to welcome help from whatever quarter
it comes. Here is "A written permit from
the very highest authority, which, you
are not to use except in a case OF
emergency. Here is also an order from
the chief Of police which will open fol-
you every door in Vienna, and, finally,
here is badge which you can pin on
some not too conspicuous portion OF
your clothing. This badge, l under
stand, is rarely given out. 1t is partly
civil and partly military. You can show
it to any guard. who will. on seeing It,
give you the right of way. In case ht
does not. appeal to his superior officer
and allow him to read your police per
nit. Should that fail then play youl
trump card, which is this highly i'm
portant document.
} 1.-The director Of the police, who is ,
, very shrewd man, seemed anxious t.
, make your acquaintance before you be
gan your Investigations. He asked III
if you would call upon him, but SCENE,
taken aback when told him that yo'
were my wife's friend and guest a
our house. SO he suggested that yo'
would in all probability wish first t
see the scene of the explosion and pro
posed that he should call here with hi
carriage and accompany you to tn
treasury. He wished to know il O cloc
in the afternoon would suit your con
venience.
"Oh, yes" replied Jennie. ~ al
anxious to begin at once, and Of cours
shall be obliged to him II he will at
as my guide in the vaults of the treas
ury and tell me how much they hav
already discovered.
"You must not expect informatio
from the police-in fact, doubt if the
have discovered anything; still, if the
have, they are more likely to keep it
themselves, and / imagine they wi
hold pretty close watch on you and
more anxious to learn what you fin
out and thus take the credit, if the
can, than to furnish you with an
knowledge of the affair they may hal
pen to possess. y
II THAT is quite natural and on
what one has right to expect. don
q wish to rob the police of any cred
there is to be gained from this invest
II CATION, and am quite willing to tui
over to them whatever clews may ha
e pen to chance upon.
e "Well, if you can convince the d
e rector of that, you will have all the a
e sistance he can give you. 1t wouldn
d be bad tactics to let him know that "
u are acting merely in an amateur wa
= and that you have no desire to rob the
J. of their glory when it comes to the sol
L. ing of the problem. ..
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