The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-10
(coPYRIeHT, 1908, BY A. VESSELS coy

demivoltes without making a visible |
enemy. save himself. Why should ne
which aimed at nothing less than his
life2 4.--
"The star-spangled banner looms
largely on the horizon Of all this the
young man unused aloud. "Can you
e XXI lain III that phase of the mystery on-
"The hub of the wheel, T take it, is
my old friend Leonidas Sherman, or,
rather, the three millions sterling which
he is on his way to this country with, -
said the general briskly. "Big Ameri
can robbery, worked by a Disciplined
gang, and somehow your pal Beau
manior is entargled. The day he was
LEONE. Hinted that Sherman should
be warned to be CAREFUL
Forsyth heard the amazing theory
, with an inward qualm lest his shrewd
old relative should have hit on the So
luton of the puzzle, and it filled him
with greater apprehension than even
s stldRd hySS Rs1 e int DUKE ie Beau
manoir's case could only mean COM
plicity, for if his knowledge Of the
scheme was not guilty knowledge, if
he had become possessed Of the secret
accidentally, why did he not invoke the
aid Of the police and expose the con-
spirators9 Forsyth saw that the gen
eral read what was passing in his mind,
straw in defense of his friend.
eff Beaumanoir was culpably i'm
Eplicated these scoundrels wouldn't want
to kill him., any more than he would
want to queer their game by having
Senator Sherman warned" he said.
"There you. put your finger on the
crux,' replied the general, who dis
he could not answer,
i "And,','. proceeded Forsyth, pursu.
ing his slight advantage, "you would
never have got Beaumanoir to assent
7 to Mrs. Talmage Eglinton being asked
here if he had known her to be a pro-
fessional criminal. The 'honor of the
house., as he, calls. it, is undoubtedly
He would hardly compromise that au-
gust sentiment, for which he is appar-
emily willing to die, by desecrating
Prior's Tarrant with the presence of
a woman likely to figure in the police
courts co wonapn too, who, if your the he
father Of the girl for whom I vertically
believe he has more than a passing re-
gard"
The general, secretly in danger of
losing his temper--a thing he. never
> really did-concealed his emotion by
affecting to ruminate. The thought of
his invitation to the dashing American
afterwards carelessly Endorsed by the
duke e., restored his equanimity.,,
THAT was a neat touch,' he re.
marked meditatively as he selected a
, cigar from his case. If his grace is
not cold meat, ia give a good deal tc
: be living under the same roof with him
and Mrs Talmage Eglinton for few
days, with the prospect of Senator Sher
man IS arrival at the end Of them.
s He held the cigar. he had chosen
poised between finger and thumb, anc
;, suddenly gazed round with a comica
!, expression at the rich appurtenances Of
I the majestic dining room. The maze Of
q this latter-day pursuit had led him int
: unfamiliar paths. His ancient triumph'
r had been won under the free sky, wher!
9 he could unravel knotty point will
9 the aid of tobacco at will; but now h,
s by sternly repressive ducal splendor.
"Mustn't light up here, | suppose, :
Q he grunted. "Let's get into the. opel
: and have Whit. Yes, 7 know it's
g o 'clock, but we can't go to bed"
4 He moved to one of the French win
dows, and, parting the heavy curtains
J unfastened the bolts and stepped out o.
!, the terrace where he had spent the ea1
q q lier hours Of the evening: Instant:
l. DOJQ ne anu L ISylu, VIII loIlOWou cioo
behind, became conscious of the SCUM
y Of heavy breathing. AS the shaft o
y - light shot from the opened window the
= saw that at the apex Of the shaft, hal
L way to the balustrade Of the terrace
r. two men were locked together on tn
= ground in ferocious struggle, Will
y twenty PAGES off, in the shadow Of tn
!. gray pile, the dim shapes Of two othe
n men paused irresolute, as if their &C
+ vance had been checked by the sudde
4 opening of the window.
"a For two seconds General Sadgrove
:. eyes blazed along the line Of light; the
., with a spring that would have don
le credit to one of half his age, he hurle
d himself upon the combatants, and s,
x lecting the topmost for his onslaught
dragged him from the prone figure b.
10 low.
u "Get back to The window! Waite
k those other fellows!'' he called to h
Y, nephew, who was hurrying to his a
IS sistance.. And Forsyth did as he we
Sc ibid. tho he had hardly run back end pI