The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-03
CHAPTER TX
The Strategy Of the General.


Some five hours later General Sad
grove, at his house in Grosvenor Gar
dens, was taking his morning tub, when
a servant tapped at the door Of the
bathroom and informed him that Mr..
Alec Forsyth wanted to see him very
urgently. The general, as speedily as
possible, donned his dressing gown, and
descended to his sanctum. His keen
eyes just glanced at the troubled face
Of the young man standing on the
hearthrug; then, in his laconic way, he
'What's wrong, laddie7 Your chum
Beaumanoir been in the wars7'
Forsyth favored him with startled
stare and then broke into an uneasy
laugh. =.
'sYou seem to have beer; exercising
vour faculty of second sight already,
Uncle Jem," he said: :,
Th ssn mn was isng sntone eaa said
him !T - o., r,r ,, ren,ied FORSYTH: and
he proceeded to narrate the events of
had told him of the previous attempts
on his life At mention OF the dukes
absolute refusal to disclose, the cause
Of the vendetta and to invoke the pro-
drew a. long breath. On hearing that
he had in the small hours of that
morning. thanks to the vigilance of
sVbil Heanbury, held one of his would,
be assassins at his mercy, but had
quietly escorted him to the door. and
let him go, the whilom hunter OF Da-
colts uttered inarticulate grunts.
to YOU for help,'' Forsyth proceeded
duke to permit me to tell you in strict;
est confidence as much as he has told
me, and I think if you can make any
suggestions for battling these unknown
maiefactors that he will adopt them -
entail going to the police. He has given
me his word of honor to remain at
Beaumanoir House until l return; but
the odds are they'll have another shy
at him directly he pokes his nose out
The general had been absently toy:
now looked sharply up at his nephew.
fYou are not exactly blind, Alec, an {
can read between the lines.' he SAID
TReluctance on the part Of mar
threatened with murder to communlcate
with the authorities must mean thaI ~ !,
has got an ugly sort OF secret hlmself;
e You know his record, sir. Charles
Hamburg was never anyone's enemy bu
his own, and I expect the Duke OF Beau
MANOR is much the same,' replied For
svth with a warmth which left the gen
eral quite unmoved. The old warrlo
reverted to his curios and spent coupl
of minutes in balancing an Afghan ola
Ger on his finger, till, apparently IN
SHRED by the performance, he laid tn
venomous blade aside.
the ca asS he said IAN insuranc
company, knowing what we know i3 w WON;
be ill-advised to take risk on nj
grace 8 life. The chances are in favo
Of his being dead man within twenty
four hours of his quitting ms so pret?;e e1,
have been taken against any more DC
ous detectives, or bogus anything elst
Gaining access to him during your al
Forsyth replied that the dqk
had promised to remain IN n
own room till ne returned, an n
structed to admit no one into the nous
on any pretense whatever. Moreov,e
he added, with a proud note IN h
voice, Sybil was cooperating, and WE
thoroly alive to the emergency. -
"Then," said the general, brlskly,,
will finish dressing, and when we nav
had. mouthful of breakfast l VII :
We must get your duke into the interit
of safer zariba than Piccadilly ma
sion before we can open parall
trenches against such persistent en-
my
General sadgrove and Alec brea
tasted alone together, the former, i
deed, hurrying the meal purposely SO
to get away before the ladies appeare
He had seen enough the previous da
when the duke was calling on the She
mans, to make him shy Of explaining
his guests that he was bound for Bea
MANOR house at 9 O'Clock in the NOR
ing, both Mrs. Sherman and Leonie b
ing aware that his acquaintance wi
the duke only dated from yesterday. T
shrewdly suspected that the young pc
pie who had been fellowpassenger
the ST. Paul took more tn;
a. platonic interest in ca
other, and he did not want
stimulate that interest into anxiety u
til he was better Informed.
He pursued the subject apologetical
as soon as he was in the cab with /
nephew.