The Holly chieftain., 1902-10-17
.u1nE MISS MILLIONS
THE WITCH OF MONTE CARLO.
A ROMANCE OF TllE RIVIERA
~ ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE,
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cHAPrER. XIV.
BY Wire From Paris.

CHAPTER. XIV.
By Wire From Paris.
you are positive, princess?" he
asked hoarsely.
There is no doubt. believe me"
This Is as serious as it Is mysteri-
GUS. The secret police Of Paris rare
" come to Monte Carlo, save to make
Nm important arrest"
i The man who had never quailed
when facing the awful terrors OF jun
gle and desert experienced . qualm OF
fear at thought of being convicted as
q traitor to his country, for the fate
Of Dreyfus told how France would
I treat her sons who turned against her
rs Devil Island.
"You fail to notice one important
fact, monsieur" she said softly, yet
eagerly.
Then tell me-" s.-es
"These four men moved like auto
matte figures, under the direction of
one master mind"
He gave a quick cry as he grasped
what she meant.
"Sacre! the Americana"
"Yes, Monsieur Jones'"
..'He is not what he seems, merely q
lucky traveler-I remember now, he
speaks French fuently. A startling
suspicion bursts upon me-yes, it
must be true that he is leagued with
the secret police Of the government
against US. Mon Dieu! It is q peril
GUS moment"
Count Leon never spoke truer
words in all his life than when he
declared with SO much spirit that
the moment was fraught with great
danger to himself and the royalist
cause he represented.
The shock was all the more severe
because he had just been congratu-
ilating himself, as men will sometimes
10 In their egotism. over the kind fate
THAT had given him the power over
these tremendous issues.
A dozen suspicious took shape in
his mind on the spur Of the moment.
Jones assumed malign form COM
parable only with Satan himself, and
!. his most simple act appeared to take
ION meaning that was both diaboli-
cal and crushing.
1t flashed athwart the mind Of our
African conqueror that this American
must be his particular bette noir,
figure destined to drag him down
from the proud heights to which he
had ascended, and accomplish his
utter ruin, so that, unable to longer
show his face in France. he must per-
force return again to equatorial AZ
rica and unite with bold Captains
Voulet and Chanoine in their designs
of founding an empire there.
When circumstances. aided and
abetted by the sharp eyes of the ad-
venturess, had snatched the mask
from Jones, the innocent Yankee
tourist assumed degree Of import
ance in the mind of this arch plot.
ter that no one else had ever filled.
Perhaps the consciousness of gilt
had much to do with 1t, for It oft
times makes towards of the bravest.
He unconsciously turned his head
and looked first to the right and then
to the left.
There were many people passing
1ither and yon, for the crowd seemed
10th to depart after the exciting cpl.
sode of the evening, SO that his eyes
glanced from figure to figure, as
though searching for some dreaded
personality.
Have they Teturned?" he asked.
b "They are all here in the gardens.
l made sure Of that before addressed
YOU"
"And-that mani"
"Oh, Monsieur Jones is frowning at
US even now, as he frowns at any
man with whom he sees me conyers-
Ing"
The count smiled grimly, being un-
der the impression that perhaps for
once the Olgavitch had overestimated
the power Of her charms and had de-
ceived herself with reference to
Jones.
well, this means q different scene
from what expected. had thought
to carry out my plans without much
disturbance-now shall be com.
PEELED to bring all my force to bear
upon the matter. Yes. blood may even
how. and these beautiful gardens be-
come q scene of battle"
The prospect might not seem allur-
ing to mos, men. but then Count Leon
had become hybrid as 1t were, par.
taking somewhat of tue nature Of the
hyena to be met with In the deserts,
xenailv nrouaed hv the scont ~ hIo<A Z.