The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-09-22

tainiy, Cognls
ofmsdori shock hl, head slown.
have no special in,ii ue,lons, hc answt
ed, Asd without them thsll not enter III
palace. They are not iitely 10 arrive nov
| Precisely my position, sicur;on answer
ed, drawing the etds book tcrot. the di'
patch form which lay upot his table. Av
fol lot q fass about roihing, ! think.
rather Ike sarirg CHAN myself.
/ A s,rorg man the Russian answered
but upfoituiAe. What excellent elgs
reties! There IA really chance, tber
that you may TOT be at The palace your
stlii
There lss ehaLee, Stourlon admitted i
an even toue There iis chance both ways
What sSturd lhIrgs these iel,s are
Curloui, too, the Russian remarked, wha
cosmopolitan crowd they bring into
city. By the by, | bad yliitor y,s'erda'
who was iIqaiiqg fof you,
fndeedf Sloutlon answered politely.
The Russian tlsw away clcud Of smok
from In front OF face ard shot keei
g'anee at hIs host. stturton was to al
sppearsrces urcoLfelcus P,rbsps thei
he had rot teen Lepaiga.
have qul c fy.goten bis name, ofms
dorf continued. Hjwever, | fsIcy tha
bis itqu ry was qui,e casual one.
4nA - hx
the entrance Ct SlCurton's servant, wht
carried two cards upon saver TO hi'
master. The Rui Sian rose at once to biz
feet.
will rot detaip lou, be declared. Ny
visit was In 10 way an tfllcial one. You
have probably more important callers.
Hirsbiieid aid De Grissen, S,ourton re
marked. Their csll is probably frler dly
one. win yCu 70. stay and here tie news,
COUNT
willingly, the Russian answered, Send
me away In an Instant, II you thlnk best,
but, from their calling together, it is obyi.
Gus that their visit Ia not oiieisl. A la
bonne heure, mon cher De Grlsson
Stourton stood with bis back to the writ.
Ing table. Instltclively be was assured Of
some hidden purpose ia these somewhat
unusual calls. He welcomed his visitors
cIvilly, and waited for them to declare
themselves.
Our visit, my dear Sir Ronald, Hirsh
field said, ia not In the least official. To
tell the truth, we first went to cur friend
Ormsc orf, ard, learning that he hsd come
here, we followed. De Grisson here and
are perplt xed. The time is growing very
short, and we are without instructions from
either Berlin or Paris TO attend the ball to-
night. How is 1t with you, Sir RonaldG
Stourton calmly il. cigarette. He
knew very well that he was being closely
watched.
am still In commuuic ication with London
he said quietly. / expect to receive an.
other message Immediately. As this is
purely an n,fllcisl visit, gentlemen, !
shall offer no apology for changing the con-
versation. | am particularly anxious to
have your opinion, Monsieur dc Grisson,
ON my English thoroughbreds.
Lady Stourton reioined her husband as
aoon as bis guests had departed. II is set
tied, then, that we do not 60 tonight,
Ronald? she asked.
II is settled that you will notgo, Esther
he answered, because In about an hour or
so we are going to have carnage accident.
Rut, SO far as | am concerned, anything
might happen.
A carriage accident. Lady s.ourton ex-
claimed. What on earth. do you mean'
Exactly what ssy, Sir Ronald answered.
| can turn up Ike Jack-in.the-box at the
last moment II needs be, but nothing OF
that sort can happen so far as you are con-
cerned. An ordinary illness Is too thin. |
am going to drive you into lamp-post-
horses frightened by the shouting and
crowds, you know-and see that 1t gets
into the paper.
How remarkably pleasant Esther de-
clared. | am not sure that will drive
with you this afternoon.
| WON'T hurt you, be laughed. Don't
pretend to be sfrsio, because ! am quite
sure that yol are not.
But you? Are you expecting another
dispatch, thel?
He nodded. | en- praying for one, be
sent Paulton tff this morning
BY the o'clock train to Vienna, with In
structions to cable Serdo from every telo-
graph flee en- route, asking fora cllfirms-
lion OF this first dispatch. II get it-Tell
I'm not responsible for blunders 10 Down.
rg street. II this message has been tam
,ertd with-v,ll, ought to hear In time
% make some sort Of a show tonight.
VIA. about the others Esther asked.
/ sm quite sure they are all going, S.our-
on answered, because they have all gone
,ut tf their way to come here and assure
ne that they are rot.
Esther laugh, d.
Ard this Ia VITA, people call diplomacy
he exclaimed,
A mendicant in horn spectscles, bent and
sizened with sfpsieDt sse, lGaned bis tray
4 wares upon ide table ard tapped upon
be shoulder OF mast,d soldier, whose
inform ard decorations easily betrayed
lis nationality.
o. msdorf, ole moment
Count ofmtdoii laughed stf.ly IS be
rev back behind apillsr.
You are a gelius, Michael ! be ,Iclsimtd.
cculd rot even have guessed whom you
we're but for your voice. Hls goes every.
hing!
| have spoken to the Prince. He will
ot telleve that S.ourton 10 no. here.
When be Ia convinced be vii be furious
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