The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-24

J. The Blue Envelope.
@ Valcour-
3 A Good Republican.
4. The Chictta1n.
B. Madam IzaDel-
G. The Secret Vault
z. General FOn6eca
g. A Terrible Crime
g. The Missing Finger
10. For Tomorrow We DE
IL L.esba's Bright Eyes
Il. The Man In the Shruppery.
49, Dom Pedro de Alcantara-
L. The Man With the Ring
I5 A Dangerous Moment.
16 Traitor to the Cause.
a. The Torch of Rebellion.
IS A Narrow Escape
H. The Waysde Inn
20 arise and Strike.
q. One Mystery Solved
p The Death Sentence
g At the Eleventh Hour.
o. The EnlperOr's Spy.
% The Girl Love
SYNOPSIS PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
Robert Harcline, fresh from college and
g member of a firm in New Orleans, Of
which his Uncle Nelson is the head, is
sent by his uncle to Brazil to act as prt-
vate secretary and confidential COM
paniOn to Dom Miguel de Pintra, head
of the revolutionary movement against
Dom Pedro. Dom Miguel has been a
good customer of the Harclines, and he
and the elder members Of the firm were
tast friends. Liking the prospect OF ad-
venture, Robert consented to go
On the voyage he encountered Valcour.
@ 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 him off the scent and reached Rio
in safety. There he was, however. arrest
cd Dut on the way 10 lne ponce neSld-
quarters his captor was murdered by Po-
lice Sergeant Marco, a revOlutionist, and
he was allowed to escape. He reaches
the home of Dom Miguel safely and the
old man is much impressed at learning
that his new secretary is the son of his
Hw7r =HH far-f N1
PaOlas his hosts niece; her brother Fran
cisco-a man who puzzled him greatly
and Dom MiguePs daughter, label de
Mar, whom he supplants as secretary.
tion are kept.
on one trip to this vault they surprise
Izabel in the passage and she discovers
the secret of unlocking the door by
means of a ring worn by Dom Miguel.
She puts him off his guard by declaring
she was only seeking her father, to whom
she feared harm had come.
label steals her fathers ring, Is sur
prised and opening the vault door, locks
Dom Miguel in the vault, and escapes.
Harcliffe follows her and finds she has
taken a train for Rio.
Nine label is murdered and the ring is
stolen from her body. Robert, in search
FOR the ring and disguised as a police
OFFICER follows Dom Pedro to Cuyaba,
where, in the shrubbery. he finds a man S
pody with the hand severed. Entering the
house he is promptly made a prisoner.
After being questioned by the emperor,
Robert is confined in room with another
prisoner. a Mexican, namcI Manuel Pes
Ia To his establishment, Pesta produces
could not we'll disguise the scorn felt
While he is being again questioned by the
emperor, 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 or
dered to be brought into the emBeror' S
presence. An attempt to break into the
secret vault was frustrated by PaOla an
nouncing that nitroglycerin had been
placed between the walls
The ring is finally secured by the en-
peror's spy, and Harcliffe IS taken to the
vault which is opened and found empty.
Valcour, after observing PaOla's relea Sc
of carrier pigeons. accuses him of trea-
son Robert, carefully guarded in his
room, is given as fellow prisoner the mad