The Minneapolis journal., 1905-06-24

plomacy to penetrating the cause OF
the duke IS obstinate silence.
AS he had anticipated, there was
lull that day in the activity OF the en-.
emy-at any rate OF overt attempts.
No communication reached him from
been heard from if suspicious charac-
ters had been on the move in the
neighborhood of the mansion; for, tho
unseen, that tireless tracker might be
trusted to be at his post, which was
anywhere and everywhere within the
radius Of a mile. The denser
taisksts tanasasd bn If the ar park might RfsslPb bg
| that he lowered in the nearer precincts
of the gardens, unseen but ready. His
presence relieved the general from dis
| turbing the routine of the household by
special instructions to the servants, who
were still futtered by the lassooing Of
day. So far, all the ,precaution that the
general had delegated to others than
himself and Forsyth was to give. the
bailif a quiet hint, as a message from
the duke, not to admit the " artists to
the park, should they present themselves
the painters of ssfdeer like unto swine''
had not renewed their application or
put in an appearance.
/ In the afternoon Beaumanoir, shaking
off some of his weary apathy, went
downto the portico with his male guests
to receive the four ladies, who arrived
in, time for tea, whihc, with the gener-
the ter4ace. No sooner S - were er the the first M
greetings over than Mrs. Sadgrove
caught her husbands eye and .tele-
+. graphed the information that she had
something for his private ear at the
earliest opportunity, He therefore con.
Beaumanoir did the honors to Leonie
paired off with sybil, as the party
mounted, the marble steps to the ter
race.
"Jem,' said Mrs. Sadgrove, scan
ming the rugged face of her spouse
with a sidelong scrutiny, II received
an anonymous letter this morning. Let
them get ahead bit, and I'll show it
The screed which she put into yis
hand contained but five words:
i Their is danger from Ziegler."
General Sadgrove's eastern exper-
fences had not educated him into an
expert in caliggraphy, but it needed no
particular insight, to perceive that this
was a lady,s handwriting, clumsily dis
to the paper, half a sheet of '1note";
and here he &Was rewarded with a
startling discovery. He had noticed
that the letter Of acceptance from Mrs.
Talmage Eglinton, which the duke had
, received at breakfast, had been heavi-
!, ly charged with a peculiar perfume,
, and this unsigned missive was simply
reeking Of the same pungent fragrance.
He had sat next the duke, and knew
that there was no mistake.
You have no idea who sent this9 ~
he asked.
seem to recognize the scent as
!. having come to me before in notes
proper, signed notes., Mrs. sadgrove
) added, with gentle signi6eaace, Sign snea nnd no{
from curiosity, but from a desire tc
J. help him in case he did not know: 81
heard the name Of Ziegler when VIZ
Z were calling at the Cecil yesterday. &
was mentioned, think, by one Of ths
t attendants as that Of the gentlemen
], occupying the rooms where the disturb
: The. general looked hard at her an,
d saw that his little drama had not de
e ceived the companion Of his India,
' days;
trouble about this, Madge. tits al
d in the days work. -
s But he himself was greatly troubled
d inasmuch as if that anonymous warn
r ing came from Mrs. Talmage Eglinto
+ ali his "case' was demolished, and
II perfect maze Of new problems was pre-
ri sented. A warning from her would b
j. presumptive evidence that she was a
J. ally, and--sad blow to his amour propr
@ would stultify all the theories he ha
t based on what he had fondly hoped wa
f. an unerring intuition. He would hav
+. to begin all over again, solacing hin
- self-and it was no small solace-wit
% the reflection that he had raised a
= unnecessary bogey in anticipating da1
ger to Sybil Hanbury from Mrs. Ia
s. mage Eg1inton's Is visit.
ot Yet BY the time he reached the to
10 of the terrace steps reaction had Sc
rs in, and he began to think that his brai
ID could not have lost all it's cunnin,
1e For, unless in the very improbab
IS event Of Mrs. Talmage Eglinton ha,
le ing found out something about the my
Ii. terious Ziegler thru occupying the ne1