The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-16
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d OBERT HARCLIFFE, fresh from
n college and a member Of q firm
in New Orleans, of which his
Uncle Nelson is the head. is sent by
his uncle to Brazil to act as private
secretary and confidential companion
TO Dom Miguel de Pintra, head Of the
revolutionary movement against Dom
Pedro. Dom Miguel had been good
customer OF the Harcliffes'. and he and
the elder member of the firm were fast
friends Liking the prospect OF ad-
venture, Robert consented to go.
On the voyage he encountered VAL
cour, a spy sent by the Emperor Of
Brazil, who knew that the American
secretary was expected This spy had
decided that Robert was the person for
whom he was looking and had planned
to make way with him.
But the American cleverly threw hi~
of the scent and reached Rio -.
safety. There he was. however, ar
rested. bur on the way to the police
headquarters his captor was murdered
by Police Sergeant Marco. a revolu-
ZIONIST, and he was allowed TO escape.
finally reaching his destination through
the assistance of many devotees to the
cause. At the beautiful home of Dom
Miguel he learned more of the revo-
l.
horita Lesba PaoIa. his hosts niece:
her brother Francisco-a man who
= -zled him greatly-and Dom Miguel's
az -, 1ter, label de Mar.
FbeI- next morning he had an I'M
~ SAINT experience with Madam LA
, = who had been acting as Dom
8 .guels secretary, but was relieved
Uy him. The revolutionists did not
trust her. Dom Miguel revealed to him
the secret of a hidden vault where all
the party's papers and treasure were
hidden. While they were entering the
vault with lights extinguished Madam
label suddenly appeared. struck
Mgh. and tried to discover how the
lock- was worked. The father seized
her, and. denouncing her as spy,
sent her from the room
Meanwhile Harclfffe had been getting
deeper in love with Lesba- and more
deeply mystified by her brother, who
was chief of Dom Pedro's police
One night Dom Miguel aroused his
secretary with the startling statement
that label had stolen the ring which
was the key to the treasure vault
They captured her as she came from
the vault with a bundle of papers,
When Dom Miguel went to return
them, she dashed a lamp into Har-
cliffe's face, locked her father in the
vault and fed toward Rio. The secre-
tary followed but she eluded him and
caught a train at a distant station
on the train she was stabbed to the
heart and the finger bearing the ring
was severed from the hand Harciiffe
followed by the next train and was
promptly arrested by revolutionary
sympathizers. After exciting expert
ences Harcliffe made his way back to
Dom RIiguels residence, only to find
the Emperor and a group Of his
friends there. In the shrubbery he
found a mans body with the ring
finger severed Entering the house he
was promptly made a prisoner.
After being questioned by the En-
peror, Robert is confined in a room
with another prisoner. a Mexican.
named Manuel Pesta- To his astonish-
ment, Pesta produces the ring. and
confides il to his keeping. While he is
being again questioned by the En-
peror, Paola enters, and reports that
the leaders Of the conspiracy, with a
few exceptions, are under arrest.
Piexoto has been brought to the house.
and is ordered to be brought into the
Emperor's presence An attempt to
break into the secret vault was frus-
trated by Paola announcing that nitro
glycerin has been placed between the
walls