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

demivoltes without making a visible
e enemy save 5 himself: Why IS should he
which aimed at nothing less than his
lif EN-, 49,. $50 u,oa ,a,,o. ,oo,,,.
largely on the horizon Of all this, " the
young man unused aloud. "Can you
Gle Jem?"
rather, the three millions sterling which
he is on his way to this country with"
said the general briskly. "Big Aneri-
can robbery, worked by, disciplined
gang, and somehow your pal Beau
manior is entargled. The day he was
at our house he tried vaguely to warm
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
the, physical peril of the duke had in
stilled. ENHANCEMENT" in Beau
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,
and he clutched at the only visible
straw in defense of his friend.
eff Beaumanoir was culpably i'm
plicated 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
liked the raising Of questions which
he, could not answer,
nA An so RFoeeGded Forsyth pursn
never have got Beaumanoir to assent
to Mrs. Talmag!e Eglinton being asked
here if he had known her to be pro-
fessional criminal The 'honor Of the
house. as he. calls it, is undoubtedly
the motive Of his inexplicable silence.
He would hardly compromise that au-
emily willing to die, by desecrating
Prior's Tarrant with the presence of
a woman likely to figure in the police
courts-a woman, too, who, if your the
DRY is correct, has designs against the
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
|
affecting to ruminate. The thought Of
his invitation to the dashing American
afterwards carelessly Endorsed by the
duke. restored his equanimity.
THAT was neat touch,'' he re-
marked meditatively as he selected a
cigar from his case. eff his grace is
, and Mrs Talmage Eglinton UT few
days, with the prospect Of Sen tor Sher
man IS arrival at the end Of tNem.
He held the cigar he had chosen
poised between finger and thumb, anc
, suddenly gazed round with comica
!, expression at the rich appurtenances Of
the majestic dining room. The maze OF
this latter-day pursuit had led him int
unfamiliar paths His ancient triumph'
, he could unravel knotty point will
the aid of tobacco at will; but now HI
wanted to smoke, and was confronted
8 by sternly repressive ducal splendor. ;.
; Mustn t light up here, suppose,
> he grunted ILet's get into the opel
:, and have a Whit. Yes, I know it's
o clock, but we can't go to bed
= He moved to one Of the French win
> dows, and, parting the heavy curtains
! the terrace where he had spent the ear
. lier hours Of the evening; Instantl.
: both he and Forsyth, who followed clos
> behind, became conscious Of the SCUM
J Of heavy breathing. AS the shaft o
9 light shot from the opened window the
! saw that at the apex Of the shaft, hal
l way to the balustrade Of the terrace
) two men were locked together on tn
= ground in ferocious struggle, Will
: 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
I opening of the window.
e For two seconds GENERAL Sadgroye
:. eyes blazed along. the line Of light; the
}, with spring that would have don
e credit to one Of half his age, he hurle
d himself upon the combatants, and 81
x Letting the topmost for his onslaught
dragged him from the prone figure b
o low.
/ rGet back to The window! Waite
& those other fellows!' he called to hi
=, nephew, who was hurrying to his a,
s. sistance.. And Forsyth did as he wa
'e bid. tho he had hardly run back and pu