The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-03-30


nervousness gave place 90 unespeet-
ed strength IL started 60 his feet
aud began TO pace the room
'iieavcnai" he exclaimed more
than once. IF indeed | have been
hefooied- made a dupo Of but no.
u cannot be-. Btill. " Il IL. 1 VIII re-
vcnge myself on madame To the last
drop OF my blood
For the present YOU must only
eonfido IN me. said Nnndeieur. lay
ms a restraining hand on the young
mans arm. And now for your Sc
er"t st ia safe With Dfucf aud my
self. We must know g."
PloEzi ealmea down M suddenly
az he had given way % rage. lie
seated himself on "a sofa and began
in a quiet voice. what have TO
say b. simply thiH."
Their in terhe language he poured
cut for Nandeleura benefit an ae-
count of some process. interiarded
with formulas. equations and sym
bots. absolutely beyond my eompfe-
henslon.
FAndeluur sat and listened IN
tentiy. NeN and then he pat a
question. which MAS Immediately an
sWercd AZ last riozzl had come TO
the end 81 his narrative.
That IL t." he said; the whole
thing IN n nutshell 4"
Upon my weird" said Nauaeieur.
~ IN very ingenious and plausible
and may turu Out OF Immense beHe.
IN to the world but az the present
Iuncturc I cannot sre money la n.
aud money II what madame wants
and means GO have. To be frank
with you. professor. see no earthly
reason In her wanting 10 patent
what You have just told me. But ia
tharc nothing eiseY Are you Ger
tain r.
Absolutely nothing" was his re-
asanss.
We'll" said vandeleur. 4 am
punHied. own u. I must thtuk
matters over.
hic was interrupted by a loud en-.
oiamation from the young man.
You are wrong after all. SIR.
yaBdrieuT." BE cgled. ''Aiaaams
means 10 patent something else.
why should aha not have q great
idea in her head quite apart from
me and minn1 An. this relieves me
Ii make. me happy. True. some
one has tried 10 murder me. but Il
10 NOT Inaassns@st Ia not the lady
| whom Donna AAfta loves"
iilN eyes hIasna whit delight. lie
laughed tn fseefish excitement
After soothing him az beat sc
could. and tTs8nz 70 set a half
promise that he wcaid not see
/ either madame oF the young lady
untll we met again. We left hifn.
As we were walking from the
house Vanaslegf turned 20 me ard
aHld;
n have bean invited 20 a reenp-
| ftou tonight Al the house Of oar
uaHtual friends the sAudendalrz |
understand that both madame and
the young indY arc 90 BE- preneut.
| Would you Ike to come with nas
4 ann allowed 10 bring a friend."
eagerly ansensed. We arranged
wiaen and = here 10 meet. aud we're
about 10 part when he suddenly sx-
claimed
This Il = difficult probicn. shall
have no rest until I have solved a.
I'ipEzis discovery IL fsEcuious aud
clever. bat at present d IL unwurk.
ats!e. Do net SEE daylight. bat 40
laepholc D. &C. - despined that may
et~e roe what l want. between now
and our sanefinx tl1iA evening I will
try to have an interview with Poi
lax. Give me HE address
I did - and We parted.
We met asain at a late hour that
evening at the Isaudsrdaie'a beauti-
fsi house On Portland place. wit
and beauty we're so be found IN the
aav thFang. also wtaaoms. and fair
sparkling Of some Of the most
brilliant brains In London. Men Of
note came fsce Ia fsor with one In
every direction. but both Vandalism
and I were seeking one face and one
alone.
We found her q, last. surrounded
BY thruuE Of admirers Asa Dame
was looking her most brilliant and,
I might add. her youngest SELF. she
WIS dressed In dazzling white and
silver. and whenever she moved
light seemed 10 h. reflected ~ every
point. The hfiluanoe OF her golden
hair was the oHiy distinct eoior
about her. Hy her side stood Donna
Marta. a tat, pale Eiri. ainlast too
slender Tor absolute beauty. Her
grace. however. WAS uudeuiabie. and
although | have seen more lovely
faces. this one had n singular power
Of attraction. when looked az her
once I wanted 20 look again. aud
when she slowly raised her iusni-
nous eyes aud fixed them on my face
owned n thrill Of distinct graft
fication / began 20 understand the
| possibility of pioxxi's giving himself
up absolutely TO her charms.
Her presence here tonight. IN con-
junction with Mime. Sara. produced
an effect which was astonishing as
" was rare. Each acted as a per-
feet foil to the other. each seemed
90 bring out the rare fascination OF
her companion.
Donna Marta glanced NJ me again .
then / saw her bend towards Nine.
sara and whisper something In her
ear. A moment later. 60 my amaze.
rne1,, the great lady and the slender
girl were by my side.
MIR. Druce. this II an unexpected
pleasure. May I Introduce you 10
my young cousin. Donna Marta2 Is
your friend. Mr.. Vandeleur, also
here touIghtf'
"He Is. l VIII find him" / re-
pliod.