The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-07-16
Y|L.-The KIZOId N His A0gIc AIIIc.
copyright, 1000. by Robert Barr.

puTently IueauluS tHe ulIcCtoi VI poiiCc.
"No I did not see him, but / talked
with him over the telephone I wish
you could have heard our conversation;
1t was the funniest interview that ever
took part in. Two or three times | had
to shut off the instrument, fearing the
director would hear me laugh. am
afraid that before this business is ended
you will be sorry am guest at your
house. know shall end by getting
myself into an Austrian prison. Just
think Of It'll Here have been holding
up the chief of police in this imperial
city as II were wild western brigand.
I have been terrorizing the man, brow
beating him, threatening him, and he
the person who has the liberty Of all
| Vienna in his hands, who can have me
dragged off to dungeon cell any time
| he likes to give the order.
"Not frorc the Palace Steinheimer,
said the princess, with decision.
"Well, he might hesitate about that;
yet, nevertheless, 1t Is too funny to
think that mere newspaper woman,
coming into city which contains only
one or two Of her friends, should dare to
talk to the chief Of police as have done
tonight and force him actually to beg
that shall remain in the city and con
tinue to assist him.
"Tell me what you said3' asked the
princess eagerly, and Jennie related all
that had passed between them over the
telephone.
"And do you mean to tell me that
you are going to give that man tho
right to use all the information you
have acquired, and allow him to accept
complacently all the kudos that such a
discovery entities you tor
"Why, certainly replied Jennie.
"What good is the kudos to meS All
the credit l desire get in the office of
The Daily Bugle In London.
"But, you silly girl holding such a
secret as you held, you could have made
your fortune" insisted the practical
princess, for the principles which had
been instilled into her during youth
spent In Chicago had not been eradicat-
ed by her residence in Vienna. eff you
had gone to the government and said,
slow much will you give me If I re-
store to you the missing gold?' just
imagine what their answer would be.
eyes. suppose there was money In
the scheme If 1t had been really Sc
cret. But you forget that tomorrow
morning the chief of police would have
known as much as he knows tonight.
OF course, If had gone alone to the
treasury vault and kept my discovery to
myself, l might, perhaps, have held
up the government of Austria Hungary
as successfully as held up the chief
Of police tonight. But with the director
watching everything did. and going
with me to the chemist there was no
possibility of keeping the matter Sc
cret.
"Well. Jennie, all can say Is that
you are a very foolish girl. Here you
are working hard. as you said In one Of
your letters, merely to make living,
and now, with the greatest nonchalance,
you allow fortune to slip through your
fingers. Now, am simply not going to
allow this l shall tell my husband all
that has happened, and he shall make
the government treat you honestly, II
not generously. l assure you. Jennie,
that Lord Donal-no I won't mention
his name, since you protest 80 strenu-
ously-but the future young man, who
ever he Is, will not think the less Of you
because you come to him with a hand
int uA hnYnn
and won't say another word on the
subject If 1t annoys you
When Jennie reached her delightful
apartments-wh which looked even more
luxuriantly comfortable bathed in the
soft light that now flooded them from
quiet toned shaded lamps than they did
in the more garish light Of day-she
walked up and down her sitting room
In deep meditation. She was In guam
dairy. Whether or not to risk sending a
coded telegram to her paper was the
question that presented itself to her.
II she were sure that no one else would
learn the news, che would prefer to wait
until she had further particulars of the
treasury catastrophe. A good deal would
depend on whether the director Of police
took any one into his confidence that
night or not II ne did not, then he
would be aware that only ne and the
girl possessed chat important piece Of
news. If full account Of the discovery
appeared In the next mornings Daily
Bugle. then, when that paper arrived
In Vienna. or even before, IL synopsis
were tclegraphed to the government, as
ii vas morally certain to be. the direct
or would know at once that che was
the correspondent Of the newspaper
whom he was 80 anxious to brighten out
Of Vienna. On the other hand. her
friendship with the Princess Won Stein.
heimer gave her such influence with the
chiefs superior that after the lesson
she had taught him no might hesitate
to make any move against her. Then,
again, the news that tonight belonged
to two persons might on the morrow