The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1902-08-22
LITTLE MISS Millions
OR,
THE WITCH OF MONTE CARLO.
A ROMANCE OF THE RIVIERA.
Bp ST. GEORGE RATHBORNE,
Author Of "Mss Pauline, OF NeD York." "7h1
Spiders Wt6," "Aiss Caprice" etc.. etc.
1900 Stree. and Smith. New York.

Copyright 1900 Street and Smith. New York.
CHAPTER XIII.-(Continued.)
Merrick would have been lost in
amazement could be have seen his
old and simple friend. Jones, great
hearted Jones, who broke the bank at
Monte Carlo because of the deep de-
testation he felt toward the world
wide sin Of gambling, which he hoped
to stop through radical homeopathic
treatment-Jones, who had appeared
so utterly guileless and honest with
Merrick, gave evidence of having
some secret affiliation with the
French government.
Stranger things than this have hap
pened and Yankee detectives have
ere now won fortune in foreign parts.
The men who kept near Jones
seemed both ready and willing to
obey his slightest wish, whether it
meant to watch over the booty he
had forced the swollen bank to dis
gorge at the call of his grand system,
or to guard the president of the re-
public from evil designs-these men
were like himself, members Of the
Paris secret police, accustomed to
peril in all It's guises, and only ach-
ing for a chance to strike the con-
spiracy a knockout blow between the
eyes.
Matters were not so bad, then,
after all.
If the royalists could gather quite
force in the endeavor to carry out
their plans, the president was not
wholly unprotected while he had
these brave men to call upon.
Jones was curiously affected while
in the presence Of the other.
He could not account for his feel
ings at the time, but as opportunity
arose he cast many side glance at
the president.
The fact of the matter was that
the first gentleman Of France seemed
to have such happy faculty for dis
guising not only his face, but his
voice as well, that Jones was puzzled
to account for his identity.
Why, an actor could hardly have
done better.
Really, the distinguished gentle
man who shone SO brightly in the Pc
culiar sphere where fortune had
placed him might have also made
a name in the annals of the stage,
il his present effort were any critic
rion to his ability.
Little guessed the majority of those
good people who sauntered about the
gardens, chatting of the remarkable
scene SO recently witnessed, and the
uncertain future of Monte Carlo, that
in their very midst stalked the ele-
ments of a sensation far more tragic
than a mere run upon the bank, or
any scene connected with that men,
orable event.
1t is often so in real life.
Perhaps when Merrick learned the
news, If he ever did, he would COM
prehend certain things in connection
with the run upon the heather bank,
and suspicious might well arise re-
garding the philanthropical motives
influencing Jones.
But the time for dreaming and re-
Election was gone, while the hour for
action had swung into line-Jones
gave the president the benefit of his
experience in such matters, and just
as the two gentlemen who acted as
a special body guard came up again,
cycling him suspiciously the while,
our good friend saw the curtain ring
up on the last act of the strange
drama.