The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-02

er OF label de Mar had ever reached
the capital
On the third morning after my arrival
was strOlling down the street toward
the railway station, in company with
MaZanOvitch, when suddenly 1 paused
and grasped my comrades arm conyuI-
sively.
Look thereP exclaimed.
Mazanovttch shook of my hand. i'm
patiently.
I see." he returned; lit is the Senior
tia Lesba Paola. riding the Emperors
carriage"
But that scoundrel valcour is with
her" 1 cried.
Vaicour that. He is faithful to the En-
peror, who employs him. Shall we. who
are unfaithful, blame him for his fidel-
fty?"
While sought an answer to this dis
concerning query the carriage whirIed
past US and disappeared around a cor
ner; but 1 had caught a glimpse of
Lesba's bright eyes slancing coyIy into
the earnest face Valcour bent over her,
and the sight filled me with pain and
suspicion.
Listen, Captain" said /. gloomily.
that girl knows all the important
secrets OF the conspiracy
True" answered the unmoved Ma
zanovitch.
And she is riding in the Emperor's
carriage, in confidential intercourse with
the Emperor's spy
True" he said again
"Paola has disappeared. and his sis
ter is at court. What do you make of
it. senhor?"
Pardon me, the Minister of Police
returned to his duties this morning
said the man, calmly. Doubtless his
sister accompanied him. Who knows?"
Why did you not tell me this?'' 1 de-
manded. angriIy.
1 am waiting for Paola to commune
cate with US. which he will do in good
time Meanwhile, let me counsel pa
thence. Senior Americana
But 1 left him and STROBE down the
street. very impatient indeed. and filed
with strange misgivings. These Brazil
ians were hard to understand. and were
it not for Lesba I could wish myself
quit of their country forever
Lesba? What strange chance had
brought her to Rio and thrown her into
the companionship of the man most
inimicaI to her brother. to myself. and
to the Cause?
Was she playing double game?
Could this frank. clear-eyed girl be a
traitor to the Republic, as had been LA
bel de Mar?
1t might be. A woman's mind is
hard to comprehend. But she had been
so earnest a patriot. so sincerely inter
ested in our every success, so despond-
ent over our disappointments, that even
now 1 could not really doubt her faith
Moreover, 1 loved the girl Had I
never before realized the fact, I knew IL
in this hour when she seemed lost to me
forever. For never had speech of mine
brought the glad look to her face that
l had noted as she flashed by with Val
cour pouring soft speeches into her ears.
The Emperor's spy was a handsome
fellow; he was high in favor at court:
he was one of her own people
Was he. by the by? Was Valcour
really a. Brazilian? He had a Brazilian's
dark eyes and complexion. it is true;
yet now that 1 thought upon it. there
was an odd. foreign cast to his features
that indicated he belonged to another
race. Yes. there was a similarity be-
tween them and the features Of the Pole
Mazanovitch. Perhaps VaIcour might
also be Pole. Just now Mazanovftch
had spoken kindly of him, and
1 stopped short in my calculations, for
1 had made second startling discovery.
My wanderings had led me to the rail-
way station, where. as L approached 1
saw the Emperor of Brazil. Dom Pedro
de Alcantara, surrounded by a company
of his Uruguayan guard, and in the act
OF boarding a private car attached to
the Matte Crosse train
l had never before seen the Emperor
but from descriptions of him as well as
from the Difference OF those about him,
1 had no doubt of his identity.
His hurried departure upon a Jour
ney. coupled with Paola's presence at the
capital. could only bear one interpreta-