The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-04-30

have money 10 redeem Htr Jewels, anu,
being bright woman. she knew the
traditional stupidity OF the official po-
lice. and so thought there was no danger
of her little ruse being discovered. But
when the cable message came saying no
money would be sent her different
complexion was put upon the whole af-
fair, for she did not know but If the po
lice were given plenty of time they
might stumble on the diamonds. All
that Is necessary for me to do now is to
find out how many persons there are in
Vienna who would lend large sums Of
money on valuable jewels. The second
Is to find with which one of those the
princess pawned her diamonds. In my
opinion, the diamonds never left Vienna.
You see, the ball had been announced,
and immediate money was urgently
needed. She pawned the diamonds be-
fore she left the capital of Austria, and
the chances are she did not intend any
one to know they were missing; but on
the eve of the ball her husband insisted
that she should wear her diamonds, and
therefore, being a quick witted woman,
she announced they had been stolen.
After having made such a statement,
she of course had to stick to it. and
now, failing to get the money from
America, she is exceedingly anxious
that no real detective shall be employed
in investigation.
At Dover Miss Baxter, having notes Of
this interesting conversation in short
hand, witnessed the detective bid good
by to his friend Smith, who returned to
London by later train. After that she
saw no more Of Mr.. Cadhury Taylor
| and reached the Schloss Steinheimer at
Meran without further adventure
Miss Baxter found life at the schloss
| much different from what she had eX-
pected The princess was young and
| charming lady, very handsome, hut in
a state of constant depression. Once or
twice Miss Baxter came upon her with
apparent traces Of weeping on her face.
The prince was not an old man, as she
expected, but young and of a manly, stall
wart appearance. He evidently possess
ed fendish temper and moped about
the castle with constant frown upon
his brow.
The correspondence Of the princess
was in the utmost disorder. There were
hundreds upon hundreds of letters.
many of which she could not tell whcth
er they had been answered or not and
Miss Baxter set to work tahulating and
arranging them Meanwhile the young
newspaper woman kept her eyes open.
She wandered about the castle unmo-
Tested. poked into odd corners, talked
with the servants and, in fact, with ev-
cry one but never did she come upon a
clew which promised to lead to solu
ton of the diamond difficulty Once she
penetrated into n turret room and came
unexpectedly upon the prince, who WAS
sitting on the window ledge looking
absently out on the broad and smiling
valley that lay for miles below the cas-
tie He sprang to his feet and looked so
6ercely ut the intruder that the girls
| heart failed her, and she had not even
the presence of mind to turn and run.
"What do you want2' he said to her
shortly, for he spoke English perfectly.
"You are the young woman from Chi
cago, l supposey"
"No." answered Miss Baxter, forget
ting for the moment the role she was
playing; ~ am from London.
"Well, it docsn t matter; You are the
young woman who is arranging my
wife's correspondence
eyes -
The prince strobe rapidly forward and
grasped her by the wrist, his brow dark
with forbidding frown. He spoke in u
hoarse whisper;
"Listen, my good girl Do you want
to get more money from me than You
will get from the princess in ten years
service2 Hearkcn, then, to what | tell
you. If there are any letters from
from-men, will you bring them to
mel"
Miss Baxter was thoroughly frighten-
ed, but she said to the prince sharply:
"lf you do not let 90 of my wrist, III
,cream. How dare you lay your hand
On mel"
The prince released her wrist and step
ped back.
Forgive me. :" he said. 'I'm very
miserable man Forget what l have
said"
"How can | forget itP" cried the
girl, gathering courage as she saw him
quail before her blazing eyes. what
do you want me to dot"
II want you to bring to me any let
tiers written by-hy'-
written by Won Schaumberg cried
the girl, noticing his hesitation and
filling in the blank.
A red wave of anger surged up in the
princes face.
"Yesl' he cried Bring me letter
to her from Won Schaumberg, and I'll
pay you what you ask. =
ut is contrary to my duty to the
princess she began hcsitatingly.
when he stopped and turned fiercely
upon her.
"What Is contrary to your dutyp"
"There are letters, tied very daintily
with a blue ribbon, and they are from
man. The princess did not allow me to
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